New contract guarantees 160,000 rail car shipments over the next four years. Article from Watco Companies website by Tracie VanBecelaere - Managing Editor The...
AUSTIN, Texas, March 3, 2009 (ENS) - In February, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act allocated $2.25 billion in federal transportation funds to Texas....
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 By Bj Lewis / Staff Writer Denton Record-Chronicle The Denton County Transportation Authority can take more needed steps in the...
March 5, 2009 AUSTIN – Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) officials recommended that transportation projects be funded under the American Recovery...
... Glad to see some life on the SO,Its been a long time coming ! What does the commission expect to happen to the track and stuctures and roadbed when the...
Texas lawmakers were negligent in 2007 when they failed to appropriate money for the state's rail relocation fund. Even in a tight budget year, action on this...
This morning, on the TRE rail from Fort Worth to Dallas, I got to ride on the newly opened section of elevated rail through Irving. The conductor informed us...
Monday, March 9, 2009 San Antonio Business Journal The value of goods traveling between Texas and Mexico by freight rail has exceeded $9 billion for the first...
March 12, 2009 - Progressive Railroading The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas (METRO) recently awarded a $1.5 billion contract to Parsons...
Lewis Beale | March 11, 2009 | Miller-McCune.com President Obama's stimulus package includes a big boost that high-speed-rail advocates have been praying...
Monday, March 9, 2009 - Dallas Morning News Op-Ed Linda Koop is a member of the Dallas City Council and chair of North Texas' Regional Transportation Council....
Indianapolis Star report March 13, 2009 Beech Grove's Amtrak repair facility will share $82 million in federal stimulus dollars to help rebuild or repair 68...
Has this group planned or planning any activities for May 9,Nation Train Day.in the DFW ,Temple,or Austin area? Have'nt seen anything posted about it... ...
Texas Rail Advocates is working with Amtrak, BNSF, UP and others like Operation Life Saver again this year. You are on the TRA email list and should have...
Pay the freight. Fund improvements to the state's freight rail system and reap a host of benefits Houston Chronicle - March 17, 2009 The freight rail industry...
Posted on: RedOrbit.com Saturday, 21 March 2009. Source: redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports A senior executive of France's national high-speed rail system, SNCF,...
Changing their minds, officials allow $30 million for proposed North and Southeast rail lines By PEGGY O'HARE - Houston Chronicle March 24, 2009 Federal...
LEGISLATIVE RAIL NEWS UPDATE This Tuesday in Austin, a public hearing is scheduled to be held for Texas House Bill 300, which deals with TxDOT's "Sunset"...
March 28, 2009 By Jared Janes, Brownsville Herald EDINBURG - The quiet freight railroad lines that divide many of Hidalgo County's cities down the middle might...
March 27, 2009 Rail Relo NOW! needs your help with passage of a bill that promises to be critical to putting money into the Texas Rail Relocation and...
Applauds Committee's Approval of SB 1923 From Rail Relocation and Improvement Association AUSTIN, Texas—Efforts to put state dollars into the Texas Rail...
http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/1293883.html WASHINGTON — BNSF Railway's Matt Rose testified Wednesday (4/1/09) before Congress, but not about...
By STERRY BUTCHER - BIG BEND SENTINEL - April 9, 2009 FAR WEST TEXAS – Changes may be rolling on the South Orient. Last Friday, a public-private partnership...
BULLETIN - PRESIDENT OBAMA ANNOUNCES A VISION FOR HIGH SPEED RAIL IN THE U.S. Details are available on the Federal Railroad Administration website at...
By Gordon Dickson - April 16, 2009 - Fort Worth Star-Telegram Faster, more frequent Amtrak trains could be running on Texas tracks in just a few years — and...
By BOB RAY SANDERS Fort Worth Star-Telegram - April 18, 2009 While many of his staunchest critics wait at a decrepit depot for the arrival of a 19th-century...
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