Three things must happen before North Texans can get TEX Rail commuter trains

By Gordon Dickson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; November 24, 2017 If all goes according to plan, a year from now the…

Continue Reading →

HEY, Amtrak (and others)…Let’s get some things DONE

Editor’s Note: Russ Jackson is the distinguished retired editor of the Western Rail Passenger Review. – Ccrail.com Editor By Russ…

Continue Reading →

Dallas/Fort Worth: New Plan Would Put Security on Every DART Train, Around the Clock

From NBC DFW 5; November 15, 2016 A new plan was presented to the DART Transit Board on Tuesday that…

Continue Reading →

Texas: November 15th marks fifth anniversary of parade float-train crash

By Stewart Doreen, Midland Reporter-Telegram; November 15, 2017 Today, the Reporter-Telegram remembers arguably the most horrific incident in the history…

Continue Reading →

Texas: Dallas and Fort Worth move toward high-speed rail connection … slowly

By Tristan Hallman, Dallas City Hall Reporter, The Dallas Morning News; November 13, 2017 Dallas and Fort Worth officials are…

Continue Reading →

Texas: Why TEX Rail commuter train cars may be safer than older models

By Gordon Dickson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram; November 10, 2017 The new passenger train cars being built for the planned TEX…

Continue Reading →

Passenger railroads try new social media tools to connect with riders

By Daniel Niepow, Associate Editor, Progressive Railroading Magazine; November 2017 In May, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) signed off on…

Continue Reading →

Study: Proposed Texas-Oklahoma passenger-rail service is ‘feasible’

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; November 8, 2017 A study of a proposed passenger-rail service between Oklahoma City and South Texas…

Continue Reading →

Union Pacific Unveils Commemorative Locomotive Honoring U.S. Armed Forces

A press release from Union Pacific Railroad: UP Locomotive No. 1943 begins Salute to the Military Tour San Antonio, October…

Continue Reading →

Grapevine, Texas on track for TEX Rail station, hotel development

By Miranda Wilcox, Community Impact Newspaper; October 17, 2017 The zoning application for the development of a rail station, hotel…

Continue Reading →

El Paso, Infrastructure phase of $97 million Downtown streetcar project months ahead of schedule

By Elida S. Perez, El Paso Times; October 16, 2017 The key component of the $97 million Downtown streetcar project…

Continue Reading →

Dallas: Transit-oriented developments kicks off in Farmers Branch

By Steve Brown, Real Estate Editor, The Dallas Morning News; October 13, 2017 Construction has started on the second phase…

Continue Reading →

Railroads, shippers assess damage wrought by two historic storms

By Julie Sneider, Senior Associate Editor, Progressive Railroading Magazine; October 2017 As of late September, railroads and transit agencies affected…

Continue Reading →

Texas: Stadler and the Fort Worth Transportation Authority Unveil the First U.S. FLIRT Train

A press release from Stadler US, Inc.: Stadler and the Fort Worth Transportation Authority (FWTA) introduced the first FLIRT (Fast…

Continue Reading →

After Iowa Pacific’s departure: Texas State Railroad displays artifacts, museum in works

Written by JACQUE HILBURN-SIMMONS, Tyler Morning Telegraph; October 9, 2017 RUSK – In the late 1800s, prisoners from Rusk Penitentiary…

Continue Reading →

WSP USA joins Texas Central HSR team

Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief, Railway Age Magazine; October 6, 2017 Texas Central Partners LLC, developers of a proposed…

Continue Reading →

Wind Rides on the Back of Union Pacific Trains

A press release from Union Pacific Railroad; September 29, 2017: Drive down an interstate in Texas, Iowa, Oklahoma, California or…

Continue Reading →