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KCS reports Q4 and full-year 2019 results

(Source: Kansas City Southern press release, January 17, 2020) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern (KCS) reported strong fourth quarter and full year 2019 results, driven by implementation of Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) principles. Fourth Quarter 2019...

Kansas City Southern net profit slips in fourth quarter

(Source: Freight Waves, January 17, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Net profit for Kansas City Southern slipped in the fourth quarter of 2019 compared to the prior year, but revenues were 5% higher amid increases for chemicals and petroleum and industrial and consumer...

KCS train speeds clocked by police in Decatur

(Source: Westside Eagle Observer, January 8, 2020) DECATUR — Recent fervor over the number of times passing Kansas City Southern freight trains blow their whistles at night has sparked an interest in the speeds they maintain as they transit through Decatur. In 1970,...

Seven killed, 30 injured in Mexico bus crash with train

(Source: Reuters, January 7, 2020) MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s largest railroad operator Ferromex said on Tuesday that at least seven people were killed and more than 30 injured after a bus collided with one of its cargo trains in the northern border state of Sonora...

KCS calls for jailing protesters to deter blockades in Mexico

(Source: Mexico News Daily, December 17, 2019) MEXICO CITY, Mexico — The solution to railway blockades that disrupt the movement of goods is to enforce the law, suggests the president of Kansas City Southern of México. José Zozaya said allocating the necessary...

KCS Director Garza sells $458,880 in company stock

(Source: Trent Times, December 17, 2019) NEW YORK — Kansas City Southern Director Antonio O. Garza sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, December 6. The shares were sold at an average price of $152.96, for a total value of $458,880.00....

KCS CFO Upchurch sells $151,650 in company stock

(Source: Tech News Observer, December 12, 2019) NEW YORK — Kansas City Southern CFO Michael W. Upchurch sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 9. The shares were sold at an average price of $151.65, for a total...