February 19, 2021 - TRA Newswire - Freight and passenger rail systems in Texas are coming back to life after being hammered by record cold, two snow storms, ice, frozen switches and power failures since last Sunday. The storms shut down all...

April 13, 2020 - PFLPetroleum Report - North American rail volumes declined 8.0% year over year in March compared to the 6.6% year over year decrease in February. March’s volumes were -11.7% compared to -8.4% in February. Volumes were negatively impacted by...

October 9, 2019 - freightwaves.com - Eight U.S. freight railroads, including BNSF, Union Pacific and KCS, have filed a lawsuit against a railroad union, saying the union is refusing to come to the bargaining table to hash out issues involving train...

January 29, 2017 - TRA Newswire - The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has announced statewide "Let's Move Texas Freight" workshops and is encouraging stakeholders to register and participate in a session. TxDOT, in partnership with the Texas Freight Advisory Committee, federal,...

December 8, 2015 - Houston Chronicle When he signed a five-year transportation funding bill on Friday, President Barack Obama sent America one singular message: Keep on truckin'. Apologies to R. Crumb, but we're having a bit of a nostalgia fit. It has...

November 2, 2015 - (Special to TRA) The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has released their Draft Texas Freight Mobility Plan for a 30-day public comment period.  The Freight Mobility Plan is TxDOT’s first comprehensive and multimodal transportation plan that focuses...

  Only 34 projects (3%) would be slated for rail, and that equals 1% of total cost but freight rail impacts 17% of employment (Texas Freight Mobility Plan pie chart) Dug Begley - Houston Chronicle - September 24, 2015   Texas has thousands of...