Updated October 21, 2021- TRA Newswire - The last stumbling block holding up moving freight rail traffic across the Rio Grande between Texas and Mexico in deep Southwest Texas was removed by the state legislature Tuesday. With a $15.5 million dollar appropriation...

March 8, 2021 - TRA Newswire - No trains will be able to cross the newly rebuilt Presidio, Texas-Ojinaga, Mexico international rail bridge until the Texas legislature appropriates $35 million for the final touch, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)...

Updated December 28, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Two heavy haul locomotives pulling a 100 car ballast train from Alpine, Texas have made their way over the long mothballed South Orient Railroad line to Presidio, in deep Southwest Texas. This...

October 8, 2020 - TRA Newswire - The city of San Angelo in deep Southwest Texas is moving ahead on a $600,000 deal to create a rail port in that city. The city council action this week is called a game...

November 21, 2019 - news9.com - PRESIDIO, Texas - Many traded goods that end up in Oklahoma cross the Mexican border in Texas by automobile. At the Presidio, Texas, port of entry, all of that is about to change with a new rail...

October 23, 2018 - TRA Newswire - The Texas Department of Transportation held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday for the rebuilding of a burned-out railroad bridge that spanned across the Rio Grande, linking Texas and Mexico.  Marc Williams,  Deputy Executive Director for the...

December 4, 2017 - TRA Newswire - FHWA funds improvements to the South Orient Rail Line SAN ANGELO – Texas Transportation Commissioner Tryon Lewis and State Rep. Drew Darby led a gathering of county, state and transportation officials in a rail spike-driving...

Updated August 13, 2017 - TRA Newswire - AUSTIN – The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that the Texas Department of Transportation has received a $7 million federal grant to help rebuild the Presidio-Ojinaga International Rail Bridge and 72 miles of...

March 20, 2016 - TRA Newswire Unit trains from Texas Pacifico are now hauling frac sand for Fort Worth based Maalt LP at their Big Lake terminal in West Texas.  Despite the slump in the oil market, demand for frac sand...

August 26, 2015 - Alpine Avalanche Proponents of passenger service on the old South Orient through Alpine hope that a renewed interest in using the rail line for freight will lead to a future travel boom, especially for tourism in Mexico. It...