December 14, 2018 - ProgressiveRailroading.com - Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) Chair Carrin Patman on Wednesday unveiled a $7.5 billion METRONext Moving Forward Plan during the Greater Houston Partnership's annual meeting. The proposed long-range plan calls for completing more than 40 projects —...

December 14, 2018 - Tom Giovanetti, President, Institute for Policy Innovation -  tribtalk.org - With a limitless supply of wasteful government spending to target, including their own “Congressional Pig Book” outlining 232 federal earmarks totaling $14.7 billion dollars, my friends at Citizens Against...

December 9, 2018 - cnet.com - by Geoffrey Morrison - With limited routes and low-speed diesel locomotives, train travel in the US seems far behind the rest of the world. That's not going to change anytime soon. Compared to other wealthy nations,...

Updated December 12, 2018 - TRA Newswire - You, as a Texan, have a rare opportunity to let your voice be heard in the Texas Department of Transportation Rail Division's 2019 Texas Rail Plan. This is the first time that TxDOT has...

December 7, 2018 - RailwayAge.com - Despite producing more than one-third of U.S. crude oil output, urbanization, rapid economic growth and congestion mean Texans could be getting out of their cars and on to high-speed trains much sooner than most other...

December 6, 2018 - TRA Commentary - There continues to be misinformation regarding the railroad industry in Texas and we’ve been hearing more inaccuracies lately about the regulations that a soon-to-be-built bullet train line between Dallas and Houston is required to...

December 2018 - Texas Highways - There was a time when going home for the holidays meant taking the train. Whether boarding a steam locomotive or the electric interurban, passengers who could afford a ticket enjoyed unheard-of advantages in speed and...

Union Pacific photo image gallery: https://www.up.com/media/media_kit/bush41/funeral-train-photos/index.htm Updated to December 6, 2018 - Houston Chronicle - In Stetsons and waistcoats, Astros gear and flag-print hoodies, thousands of Texans lined up along the sides of small-town train tracks Thursday to mourn their former president, the...

November 28, 2018 - Houston Chronicle - Hold onto your seats. Construction on the new high-speed bullet train connecting Houston and Dallas will finally begin in late 2019, according to WFAA in Dallas. The Houston-Dallas line, the United States' first bullet train, will...

November 29, 2018 - ProgressiveRailroading.com - The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) yesterday announced $281 million in additional fiscal-year 2018 funding through the Capital Investment Grants (CIG) program for four transit-rail projects and one bus rapid transit project. The rail projects include the Tempe Streetcar; the Los Angeles Westside...