September 12, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Construction is finally underway on The Medina Line, a nine-mile shortline railroad project in Southwest Texas. The project was first approved by the Surface Transportation Board in 2008 but had to fight legal obstacles from...

September 10, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Back in 1997 Amtrak's Texas Eagle tri-weekly train was written off as part of a cost-cutting effort by the passenger rail service. The train schedule for the San Antonio to Chicago service was deleted...

September 10, 2017 - Express-News Editorial Board - It didn’t have to be this way, San Antonio. We didn’t have to nearly run out of gas over Labor Day weekend. Long lines could have been avoided. The focus could have remained fully on...

September 8, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Amtrak's Sunset Limited service through Houston and Beaumont, a casualty of Hurricane Harvey's catastrophic flooding, restarts service next week. The tri-weekly passenger train service runs on two host railroads, Union Pacific and BNSF Railway. Tracks...

September 5, 2017 - MeridianStar.com - Meridian could benefit one day from a long-time desire, now under study, to re-establish a passenger train route from Ft. Worth, Texas, to Atlanta. The plan is a priority of the Texas-based I-20 Corridor Council. The missing...

September 6, 2017 - TRA Newswire  - Railroad crews didn't take time off from Labor Day weekend and were kept busy in recovery efforts along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast following a battering by Hurricane Harvey and torrential flooding. Rail...

September 5, 2017 - TRA Newswire - The Oklahoma House Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, September 7 at the state capitol to review progress and look at the potential for expansion of passenger rail and light rail transit. The...

September 1, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Around the edges rail traffic is starting to inch back after Hurricane/Tropical Storm Harvey devastated Houston and the Gulf Coast of Texas. Union Pacific Railroad reports that freight rail service in the Houston area is...

August 29, 2017 - TRA Commentary - Not satisfied with his earlier anti-Texas bullet train rants and filings, Congressman Kevin Brady (R) Conroe, has filed an amendment to the Omnibus Appropriations Bill to derail the project. And we always thought that Brady,...

UPDATED August 29, 2017 - TRA Newswire - Two Class 1 railroads in Texas have announced Hurricane Harvey relief funds to help those impacted by the disaster. Union Pacific today pledged $250,000 to support Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. The funds will be...