[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]March 2, 2022 - Bill Stephens, Trains.com - BNSF Railway has urged federal regulators to take steps to protect cross-border traffic to and from Mexico as part of any approval of the proposed Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern merger. But BNSF dropped its...

August 3, 2020 - TRA Newswire - In a record time of just five months, President Trump signed off on a presidential permit for a second international rail bridge to cross the Rio Grande at Laredo. The president announced approval of...

July 3, 2019 - Freight Waves - Rail union workers are at odds with other members of the freight rail industry over how cross-border rail operations are run at Laredo, Texas. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) wants any post-North American Free...

January 29, 2017 - riograndeguardian.com LAREDO, Texas — U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar is continuing his efforts to get a high-speed rail service between South Texas and Monterrey. Last week, the Laredo congressman hosted a two-day international meeting with the Federal Railroad Administration,...

July 27, 2016 - lmtonline.com Special to the Times Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, announced Wednesday the Federal Railroad Administration and the Texas Department of Transportation’s release of 10 service and route options for high-speed passenger rail service connecting Oklahoma City, Fort Worth,...

July 18, 2016 - KVUE.com The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) are seeking public input on proposed intercity rail services between Oklahoma City and South Texas. The Interstate 35 corridor currently has Amtrak...

July 9, 2016 - TRA Newswire The Rail Division of the Texas Department of Transportation will hold three public meetings in August to inform the public of their planning-level study for passenger rail along the I-35 corridor. The long awaited meetings will...

Kendra Ablaza Laredo Morning Times  - September 26, 2015   Union Pacific plans to invest an estimated $90 million to expand operations at the company’s Port Laredo Intermodal Ramp in North Laredo. Brenda Mainwaring, vice president of public affairs for the Omaha-based freight railroad...