Railfanning the Lone Star State on a line that includes broad vistas, interesting topography and about 20 trains per day.

The Texas Railroad Commission has urgently requested an additional $100 million in emergency funding from state lawmakers as it faces an escalating crisis of leaking and erupting oil wells.

When the Texas oil industry took off in the early 1900s, state lawmakers saw a lot of similarities between the regulation of railroad and of pipelines. After all, they are both fixed pieces of ...

When the Texas Railroad Commission was created in 1891, regulating trains was part of its mission. The state agency’s duties ...

Trevor Moresco, an actor from tiny Hitchcock, Texas, has a busy holiday seasoning store as The Conductor in The Polar Express at Galveston Railroad Museum.

Katherine Culbert is campaigning on the need for greater transparency on the Railroad Commission ... has only lived in Texas for a decade and hasn’t been around the state’s oil and gas ...

an oil well control specialist in West Texas and Eddie Espinoza, a retired school teacher and veteran of the Green Party. The Railroad Commission is the oldest state regulatory agency, formed in ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - This week’s Mark in Texas History takes a look at the power of transportation, especially by train. The Angelina and Neches River Railroad was a key part of developing the ...

Abandoned wells in the Permian Basin are increasingly erupting with briney, polluted water. The Texas Railroad Commission says it needs emergency money to respond. Audio recording is automated for ...

US 79/Texas 6 at the Union Pacific Railroad Crossing in Hearne will be closed beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18 through 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21 for the railroad to complete needed repairs of the ...

an oil well control specialist in West Texas and Eddie Espinoza, a retired school teacher and veteran of the Green Party. The Railroad Commission is the oldest state regulatory agency, formed in ...