October 26, 2022 | BNSF, CP, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, October 25, 2022) Union Pacific has taken issue with a video that Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern showed federal regulators of a KCS grain train “breezing through Houston.” UP says the video painted an incomplete picture that...
October 5, 2022 | CP, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, October 4, 2022) Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern will make their closing arguments for their merger on Thursday, the sixth and final day of Surface Transportation Board hearings on the first Class I railroad combination in two...
September 8, 2022 | Headlines, KCS, Mexico
(Source: Freight Waves, September 7, 2022) Kansas City Southern is letting customers know that it has created an industrial development program for companies seeking shovel-ready sites near its network in the U.S. and Mexico. Full story: Freight...
September 7, 2022 | CP, Headlines, KCS, Mexico
(Source: Railway Age, September 6, 2022) Construction is expected to start in October or November on a second Kansas City Southern international rail bridge at the U.S./Mexico border connecting the border cities of Laredo, Tex. and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Full story:...
September 6, 2022 | COVID, Headlines, KCS
(Source: Kansas City Southern press release, September 6, 2022) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern (KCS) announced today the first return to the rails of the KCS Holiday Express train since the start of the pandemic in 2020. This year, the festive, six-car...
August 29, 2022 | CP, Headlines, KCS
(Source: Freight Waves, August 28, 2022) Kansas City Southern is set to begin construction on a second international rail bridge at the Laredo, Texas-Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, border crossing. Construction is scheduled to begin in October or November and expected to be...
July 22, 2022 | Headlines, KCS, Mexico
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 20, 2022) Kansas City Southern today announced its affiliate Kansas City Southern de Mexico has reached an agreement with the Mexican Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) to fund a new investment...
July 20, 2022 | CP, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Trains Magazine, July 15, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern — responding to critics, skeptics, and opponents — told federal regulators this week that their proposed merger is in the public interest and should be approved. Full...
June 9, 2022 | CP, CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, KCS, Mexico
(Source: Trains Magazine, June 8, 2022) Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern want to haul produce grown in Mexico to destinations in the Midwest and Canada. Full story: Trains Magazine
May 24, 2022 | Headlines, KCS, Mexico, UP
(Source: Laredo Morning Times, May 23, 2022) LAREDO, Texas — Just as commercial vehicles saw a record number, trains also had a record month as Kansas City Southern and Union Pacific Railroad pulled a record 26,177 cars full of imports across the Rio Grande. Full...
