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A Texas first: BNSF launches solar and wind powered weather monitoring station

October 6th, 2025
October 6, 2025 - TRA Newswire -BNSF Railway has deployed its first solar- and wind-powered weather station in Haslet, just north of Fort Worth. The station runs without commercial power and supports real-time weather monitoring across the rail network.The automated weather...

TxDOT is studying the Austin-San Antonio corridor for passenger rail service

October 5th, 2025
October 5, 2025 - TRA Newswire -The Texas Department of Transportation is taking a closer look at potential intercity passenger rail service in the heavily congested I-35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio.Caroilne Mays, Senior Director of Planning and Modal...

Connecting the Heartland - How Northern Flyer Alliance Is Reviving Rail in the Midwest

October 3rd, 2025
October 3, 2025 - Guest Blog, Beth Russell, MBA, Communications Director at All Aboard Ohio -In the vast stretch between Texas and Kansas lies a gap, not in geography, but in mobility. The Northern Flyer Alliance (NFA) is working tirelessly to fill...

Candian rail & terminal company adds major Houston ship channel rail facility to its portfolio

October 3rd, 2025
October 3, 2025 - TRA Newswire - Cando Rail & Terminals (“Cando”), one of North America’s largest owners and operators of first and last mile rail infrastructure, has announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the rail terminal...

All Aboard! Silver Line Opens on Oct. 25 with Free Rides Across DART System; Regional Transportation Council looks at expansion

October 3rd, 2025
October 3, 2025 - TRA Newswire -A major milestone in North Texas public transportation will soon be reached: The DART Silver Line will begin operations Saturday, Oct. 25.The North Central Texas Council of Governments announced that the 26-mile, east-west regional...

Passenger Rail makes steady progress in the Rio Grande Valley

October 3rd, 2025
October 1, 2025 - riograndeguardian.com -MISSION, Texas - A group called RGV Rail Advocacy held an info share Sept. 30 at the Mission Events Conference Center. The 501(c)(3) non-profit provided an open free space for RGV citizens to learn about...

Kazakhstan Awards Wabtec a $4.2 Billion Locomotive Order

September 26th, 2025
September 26, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Wabtec Corporation, which operates a major locomotive manufacturing facility at Fort Worth Alliance announced this week a landmark agreement with National Company Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ), the national railway of Kazakhstan, to deliver Evolution Series...

UP wants a shot at serving a Bay City petrochemical plant, now only reached by BNSF

September 25th, 2025
September 25, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Union Pacific Railroad is looking at a little friendly competition and is proposing to build a new 5 mile long branch line that would serve a petrochemical facility in Bay City, Texas. That polymer...

Don Franks named new TxDOT Rail Division Director

September 25th, 2025
September 25, 2025 - TRA Austin -The Texas Department of Transportation's Rail Division has a new Director. He is Don Franks, who previously served as the Section Director for Rail Safety and Compliance at the agency.  He replaces Jeff Davis, who...

$5 Billion to be awarded: Could California's billions in fed high-speed rail money pulled back now be Texas' gain?

September 23rd, 2025
September 21, 2025 - TRA Newswire -States and rail entities will soon be scrambling to apply for over $5 billion that the Federal Railroad Administration just announced will be designated for intercity passenger rail projects, including safer at-grade rail crossings. In...

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