Subject:

Freight Railroads

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Train Museum CEO Says Rolling Stock Will Leave Fair Park For Frisco in Late April

    Via.LaPrelle says the Big Boy's move in April has prompted calls from all over the world.​Got a call this morning from Bob LaPrelle, president and CEO of the Museum of the American Railroad, which, as you're well aware by now, is due to roll out of Fair Park to its new digs in Frisco. I'd left him ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Feds Roll Out $15 Million to Begin Studying Feasibility of DFW-to-Houston High-Speed Rail

    ​About a month back we looked at docs the Texas Department of Transportation submitted to the Federal Railroad Administration in the hopes of landing some federal money dough for that loooooong-discussed Dallas-Fort Worth-to-Houston high-speed rail line. Long story short: The state wanted $18 mill ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Railroad Museum in Fair Park Gets a Prized Piece, And It's Headed Straight to Frisco

    ​Once upon a time, the City Attorney's Office had hoped to get the Museum of the American Railroad outta Fair Park by August 1. But that was way back in February -- before the myriad court hearings and legal filings that ultimately led to Judge Martin Hoffman setting a January 2011 trial date in t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 6, 2010

    All Aboard

    ​Once upon a time, the City Attorney's Office had hoped to get the Museum of the American Railroad outta Fair Park by August 1. But that was way back in February -- before the myriad court hearings and legal filings that ultimately led to Judge Martin Hoffman setting a January 2011 trial date in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Richard Allen on Logistics Hub's Chapter 11: "It's a Good Project. It's Just a Timing Issue."

    Richard Allen​Over the last year, whenever I have spoken with Richard Allen, CEO of The Allen Group, he has been open at times, guarded at others. But I have to say today, when he and I talked about his entry into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, he sounded better than he has in some time -- more confidant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2008

    Is Fort Worth-Based BNSF Trying to "Intimidate Its Critics"?

    Richard Allen​Over the last year, whenever I have spoken with Richard Allen, CEO of The Allen Group, he has been open at times, guarded at others. But I have to say today, when he and I talked about his entry into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, he sounded better than he has in some time -- more confidant ... More >>

  • News

    December 6, 2007

    Birth Defects

    Critics blame poisons from the tie plant for severe birth defects

  • News

    December 6, 2007

    American Toxic

    The railroad tie plant that gave birth to tiny Somerville may now be killing the town, residents claim

  • News

    November 29, 2001

    Boxcar Willies

    Increasing train traffic rattles nerves and homes in Fort Worth

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