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TNW Announces Logistics Center Acquisition

February 24th, 2020
February 18, 2020 - RailwayAge.com - TNW Corporation (TNW), a Dallas-based privately held operator of short line railroads and transportation logistics services, has acquired a multi-commodity bulk material handling and storage facility located in Harwood, Texas. The 20-acre facility meets a growing...

Renfe Inks $6 Bn Deal with Texas Central

February 24th, 2020
February 23, 2020 - Brinkwire - Spanish train operator Renfe on Thursday said it had signed a $6-billion deal with US rail developer Texas Central to design, build and run a high-speed rail line in the United States. In a statement, Spain’s...

Texas Central's new trains: no middle seats, ever

February 24th, 2020
February 18, 2020 - MassTransit.com - (Editor's note: Texas Central previewed their train layout to attendees at the Southwestern Rail Conference on January 24, before this press release was issued). Texas Central has unveiled the first look at the interior layout of...

BNSF Railway announces Logistics Center North Houston at Cleveland

February 23rd, 2020
February 13, 2020 - RT&S - BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) today announced its newest logistics center, Logistics Center North Houston at Cleveland. Once completed, the rail-served development is designed to help businesses increase their reach and speed to the densely-populated Houston...

Developers set to launch KCS rail-served distribution park in El Campo TX

February 23rd, 2020
February 11, 2020 - Houston Chronicle - Stonemont Financial Group is moving forward with the first phase of the Southwest International Gateway Business Park, a 540-acre rail-served industrial park planned in El Campo, 60 miles southwest of Houston. The Atlanta-based developer announced...

The Amtrak Funding Déjà Vu—Again

February 23rd, 2020
February 12, 2020 - Railway Age - Color it neither Democratic nor Republican. It’s Amtrak—or, more precisely, the Amtrak déjà vu. Since its 1971 creation by Congress as America’s national intercity passenger railroad, Amtrak’s survival has been a near-run thing dependent...

Texas A&M System Regents Approve Quiet Zone Project

February 23rd, 2020
February 6, 2020 - today.tamu.edu - Silencing train horns adjacent to the College Station campus will improve quality of life for the campus community adjacent to the railroad corridor. The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents gave approval during its regular...

Passenger rail study Texarkana-Little Rock-Memphis flawed?

February 7th, 2020
February 7, 2020 - TRA Newswire - A recently released study of potential passenger rail service from Texarkana, Texas through Arkansas to Memphis, Tennessee may be flawed, according to one rail advocate. The $900,000 state-commissioned rail study that involved the Arkansas...

Gulf Coast rail 1 step closer: Mobile AL City Council votes to fund Amtrak

February 7th, 2020
February 6, 2020 - apr.org / railpassengers.org  - Passenger rail service between Mobile and New Orleans took a big step forward this week. The Mobile City Council voted to pay up to $3 million to cover some operating costs for the...

FRA report: Texas in top 4 for fatal rail trespasser strikes

February 7th, 2020
February 4, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Texas is one of four states with the most fatal trespasser strikes along rail lines according to a report published by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA). The report provided a summary of FRA trespasser strike...

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