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On a recent Amtrak trip from Chicago to Los Angeles, I noticed one or two flatbed trailers on intermodal railcars. I saw them about 10 - 20 miles west of LAUPT on BNSF. I was not aware that anyone was using flatbeds in intermodal service. Does anyone have information about this? Was this experimental...

The Executive Directors of the Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas Department of Transportation will all be presenters at the 6th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference in Dallas on January 29, 2010. This marks the first time all three DOT Directors will be together to discuss the future of passenger and freight...

Deputy Federal Railroad Administrator Karen Rae will be the featured speaker Jan. 29 when Texas Rail Advocates ( TRA ) holds its 6 th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference at the Magnolia Hotel in Dallas. www,SWRailConf.org Ms. Rae plays a leading role in the development of the Obama Adminstration’s...

The venue for the January 2011 Southwestern Rail Conference will be the recently refurbished Grand Hall at Dallas Union Station. The 7th Annual conference will be held the evening of Thursday, January 27 and all-day Friday January 28 2011 and features presenters from both the freight and passenger...

Well, those folks of the fledgling rail division at the Texas Department of Transportation are out looking for some new talent to add to their ranks. They have posted a position for a Rail Operations Specialist at this link: http://www.txdot.gov/careers/job_search/openings.htm?type=org&org...

The head of the Federal Railroad Administration, Joseph Szabo, will be the keynote speaker at the 8th Annual Southwestern Rail Conference in Dallas January 27th. Szabo is expected to discuss passenger rail service for higher and high speed service, how implementation of Positive Train Control...