Texas Rail Advocates

A non-profit formed in 2000. Dedicated to advancing the development of rail service to its full potential as a carrier of freight and passengers.

[Texas Rail Advocates @TXRailAdvocate]

Texas Senate Transportation hearing reviews $775 million windfall federal rail crossing grant, asks what can we do to make at-grade crossings safer and keep traffic moving
https://t.co/2YRxMoJUtH
@TxDOT @TxDOTCommission @TXRailroads @txslrra @TanParkerTX

[Texas Rail Advocates @TXRailAdvocate]

Texas funding is secured, so go ride the Heartland Flyer. $17M federal grant for station upgrades preserved @Amtrak @TxDOT @TxDOTCommission @OKDOT @CityofFortWorth @GainesvilleGov @GainesvilleTX @TanParkerTX @HagenbuchTX @NCTCOGtrans @FortWorthReport

[Texas Rail Advocates @TXRailAdvocate]

Tale of two routes: More revealed about passenger rail study connections between Austin and San Antonio https://t.co/CGgTqwiSii @JudgePeterSakai @AndyBrownATX @TxDOTCommission @TxDOT

[Texas Rail Advocates @TXRailAdvocate]

It's train time Saturday morning. Join TRA at the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco TX for a 9am tour. $18 per person, cheaper for the kiddos. Proceeds benefit the museum. Sign up through this link, pay at the museum. @HistoricTrains
https://t.co/ZpLiqpf4dB

[Texas Rail Advocates @TXRailAdvocate]

Breaking: Texas sweeps a federal rail grant announcement today. $775,000,000 + https://t.co/cLZAEXa5og @TxDOTCommission @TxDOTCommission @DanPatrick @TxDOTCEO @TanParkerTX

[Texas Rail Advocates @TXRailAdvocate]

Go ride the Heartland Flyer next year. @TxDOT funding for this popular @VisitFortWorth to @OKC train carries it into 2027. https://t.co/QtlW029EGT @Oklahoma_Rail @OKDOT @RailPassengers @FortWorthReport @TanParkerTX @HagenbuchTX @DavidSpillerTX @RealOriginalNFA

[Texas Rail Advocates @TXRailAdvocate]

Ooops. Our registration link was down. If you tried to sign up for our tour of the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco TX this Saturday, please try again! https://t.co/ZpLiqpf4dB @HistoricTrains

[Texas Rail Advocates @TXRailAdvocate]

On your calendar for Saturday morning August 15th? Join Texas Rail Advocates as we mix, mingle and tour the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas. Sign up now. https://t.co/ZpLiqpf4dB @HistoricTrains

[Texas Rail Advocates @TXRailAdvocate]

Join Texas Rail Advocates Saturday August 15th at the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco. Sign up for a special tour! Let's talk trains.
https://t.co/yjIZyiEYZQ @HistoricTrains

[Texas Rail Advocates @TXRailAdvocate]

Have old rail cars to donate? An Abilene, Texas non-profit is looking
https://t.co/gv7K4lXTml @txslrra @UnionPacific @BNSFRailway @CPKCrail

[Texas Rail Advocates @TXRailAdvocate]

Come join @TXRailAdvocate Saturday August 15 at the @HistoricTrains Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco Texas for a tour and get-together! Sign up today. https://t.co/W6Z4r3ex2Q

[Texas Rail Advocates @TXRailAdvocate]

And the new President/CEO of DART is......... (to be delayed until next week)
Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board is split on "Candidate A" amid questions
https://t.co/VMO62clljS @dartmedia

[Texas Rail Advocates @TXRailAdvocate]

Deep dive: @TxDOT study finds more frequent Austin-San Antonio rail feasible on existing corridor
https://t.co/frOiK4D13H @TxDOTCommission @GregAbbott59 @AustinTransit @railforsatx @RailPassengers @TxDOTCEO @BucyForTexas @AndyBrownATX @JudgePeterSakai @UnionPacific @txslrra

[Alex Wolford @TheTexanRhino]

New equipment for the Trinity Railway Express from @SiemensMobility seems to be almost ready for service.

Seen there at their Sacramento plant, five Siemens Charger locomotives will soon be headed south to Texas to relieve older equipment.

Photo by Gabriel Lodato.

[Texas Rail Advocates @TXRailAdvocate]

Opinion: Austin, Let’s Get Serious About Rail to San Antonio https://t.co/LJX07IQinI
@ATP_org @AustinTransit @Amtrak @COSAGOV @AndyBrownATX @RailPassengers @I35travel @TxDOT
@TxDOTCommission

[Texas Rail Advocates @TXRailAdvocate]

Port of Corpus Christi, DART, Arlington score federal rail funds in latest round of BUILD grants https://t.co/ujgWst4Fus @CityOfArlington @dartmedia @ThePortofCC @TxDOT @TxDOTCommission

[Texas Rail Advocates @TXRailAdvocate]

Oklahoma unions do "ride-along" on the Heartland Flyer to show support for funding the TX-OK train https://t.co/1ELLb0GgnG @smartunionworks @TxDOT @TxDOTCommission @Oklahoma_Rail @RailPassengers @OKDOT

[Texas Rail Advocates @TXRailAdvocate]

Texas Rail Advocates asks Texas Transportation Commission to add Passenger Rail Priorities in their 2027 budget request. Intercity Rail Advisory Committee, Revolving Passenger Rail Fund, Support for Heartland Flyer and join the Southern Rail Commission https://t.co/9uJDmOYXP4

[Texas Rail Advocates @TXRailAdvocate]

BNSF celebrates America250 in Fort Worth with one of its three commemorative locomotives. That's LtGov
@DanPatrickTX up in the cab. Let's roll! https://t.co/YMLVWmpdud
@BNSF @TanParkerTX

[Texas Rail Advocates @TXRailAdvocate]

BNSF celebrates America250 in Fort Worth with one of its three America250 commemorative locomotives. Catch LtGov @DanPatrickTX up in the cab. @BNSF @TanParkerTX https://t.co/YMLVWmpdud