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Laredo’s new rail capacity and the future of North American trade

August 24th, 2026
August 24, 2026 - Texas Railroad Association - For generations, Laredo has served as one of the principal gateways connecting the economies of the United States and Mexico. Today, everything from automobiles and agricultural products to appliances, electronics and manufacturing components...

Freight roundup: STB releases report for proposed rail line in South Texas; UP adds rock terminal in Denison yard

April 16th, 2026
April 16, 2026 - TRA Newswire -The Laredo Gateway Industrial Railway is one step closer to operating in South TexasUnion Pacific's Denison rail yard rolls out a new rock terminal (Laredo) - The Surface Transportation Board released a Draft Environmental Assessment for a...

Safety issue: Feds cracking down on Mexican train crews operating in Texas rail yards

December 21st, 2025
December 21, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Just as the Trump administration has been cracking down on foreign truck drivers that can't read road signs or speak English, the Federal Railroad Administration has been inspecting trains at Texas border crossings and...

Austin company gets the greenlight for autonomous Texas-Mexico elevated railway

June 29th, 2025
June 19, 2025 - KXAN.com -An Austin company is looking to revolutionize the way products move between Texas and Mexico.Green Corridors, LLC just got the green light from the White House via a permit to build an elevated railway for autonomous...

CBP and CPKC join forces to boost US-Mexico rail security at Laredo with cutting-edge tech

May 26th, 2025
May 26, 2025 - Laredo Morning Times -A border security collaboration between U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Canadian Pacific Kansas City is set to enhance safety along the expanding railroad trade route at the U.S.-Mexico border through the Laredo...

Another rail-served park pops up: Gateway Industrial Rail Park in Laredo

March 19th, 2025
March 19, 2025 - TRA Newswire -Ironhorse Resources, Inc. has announced a long-term partnership with Kraus Development to serve as the railroad developer and operator for the 2,000-acre master-planned Gateway Rail Industrial Park. The rail park is located within Kraus...

CPKC wraps up construction on 2nd international rail bridge span at Laredo

December 22nd, 2024
December 22, 2024 - TRA Newswire -Patrick J. Ottensmeyer International Railway Bridge more than doubles CPKC capacity at the Laredo border crossing.Canadian Pacific Kansas City (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) (CPKC) said it has completed construction of the new international railway...

Laredo mayor says passenger train to MX/TX border cities will boost tourism, security. Is TXDOT & FRA listening?

July 17th, 2024
July 16, 2024 - TRA Newswire / latintimes.com -If Mexico builds it, will Texas be ready? That's a question yet to be answered if the new President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, follows through on her predecessors' plans to boost the...

3 Texas rail projects awarded in FRA nationwide $1.4 billion CRISI grants, state only gets 1% share of total

September 25th, 2023
September 25, 2023 - TRA Newswire -Rail improvement projects in Laredo, Brownsville and the Texas Panhandle will benefit from nearly $15 million in Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) program grants, the Federal Railroad Administration announced today.The U.S. Department of...

KCS to break ground next week on 2nd span of new International Bridge in Laredo

October 24th, 2022
October 24, 2022 - TRA Newswire -A ceremony next week will mark the start of groundbreaking on both sides of the Rio Grande for a new international railroad bridge between Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. The formal groundbreaking will...

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