June 8, 2021 - TRA Newswire - A Request For Proposals (RFP) is being issued by the Port of Corpus Christi Authority as it begins a search for a short-line rail operator. The authority is expected to select an operator in...

December 22, 2020 – TRA Newswire - The 45 short line railroads operating in Texas got their Christmas gift several days early when the omnibus appropriations/coronavirus relief/tax legislation passed in Congress. That bill contained the law that makes permanent the...

July 6, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Short line railroad operator Watco will take over rail infrastructure assets and related equipment at six major Dow Chemical North American sites, including two along the Texas Gulf coast and one in Louisiana. Watco, the...

April 20, 2019 - TRA Newswire - The cities of Borger in the Texas Panhandle and Gonzales in South Texas are moving forward to help short line railroads in their area improve safety and sustainability to serve local shippers. In Borger, 31...

Updated to March 4, 2019 - TRA Newswire - Amidst an onslaught of bills filed by rural legislators intent on killing high-speed rail in Texas, there is a smattering of positive freight and passenger rail bills filed this session in Austin. Rep....

April 6, 2017 - TRA Newswire - TNW Logistic Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of TNW Corporation, announced today a partnership with the Perry County Port Authority (PCPA) to expand economic development opportunities in the Tell City River Port area,...

January 9, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Representative Trent Ashby (R), Lufkin, has filed House Bill 3566 that would allow the 43 short line railroads that operate in Texas the ability to use tax credits for certain railroad reconstruction and replacement...

December 28, 2015 - TRA Newswire BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) announced Austin Western Railroad (AWRR) as its 2015 Shortline Railroad of the Year during BNSF’s annual Shortline Conference in Fort Worth, Texas. AWRR, which is operated by Watco Companies of Pittsburg,...