May 4, 2020 - TRA Newswire - Today through Wednesday, the Federal Railroad Administration is conducting public hearings by phone on the proposed safety and operating standards for Texas Central Railway. You can have your say about the FRA's “Notice of Particular...

March 13, 2020 - TRA Newswire - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has announced that U.S. railroads will receive $248 million in grant funds for safety and infrastructure projects with four of those projects in Texas receiving $5.6 million. The grant...

Updated March 13, 2020 - TRA Newswire - (Updated to include listing of three public meetings on draft safety regulations) It's called a Rule of Particular Applicability. What it really means is that the Federal Railroad Administration, in the past, never needed...

February 26, 2020 - TRA Newswire - As Texas Central Railway awaits the outcome of a federal review to start construction of the 240-mile long high speed rail line between Houston and Dallas, protests from landowners and one Houston area Congressman...

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...

October 9, 2019 - freightwaves.com - Eight U.S. freight railroads, including BNSF, Union Pacific and KCS, have filed a lawsuit against a railroad union, saying the union is refusing to come to the bargaining table to hash out issues involving train...

Updated September 5, 2019 - TRA Newswire  - Texas Central, the company that is developing high-speed rail between Houston and Dallas, announced that the Federal Railroad Administration approved a petition for rulemaking on how to operate trains up to 200 miles...

July 3, 2019 - Freight Waves - Rail union workers are at odds with other members of the freight rail industry over how cross-border rail operations are run at Laredo, Texas. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) wants any post-North American Free...

June 7, 2019 - al.com - By John Sharp | jsharp@al.com Amtrak is expected to return to the Gulf Coast within 24 months, linking a new passenger rail between New Orleans and Mobile. U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., announced Friday the awarding of a $33...

April 23, 2019 - Progressive Railroading - The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) last week relaunched a $5.6 million safety awareness campaign urging people to take greater care at grade crossings. In 2018, 270 people were killed at railroad crossings....