June 23, 2009 | Headlines, KCS
(The following appeared on the Kansas City Star website on June 22, 2009.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern has received the first two of 27 locomotives that will be converted to cleaner, more fuel-efficient engines. The converted locomotives will produce a 25...
June 18, 2009 | Headlines, KCS
(The following story by Sonny Long appeared on the Victoria Advocate on June 17, 2009.) VICTORIA, Texas — The Macaroni Line is back in business. Kansas City Southern Railroad opened the Victoria to Rosenberg rail line Wednesday with six to eight freight trains a day...
June 16, 2009 | Headlines, KCS
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 15, 2009.) On June 1, Kansas City Southern de México S.A. de C.V. (KCSM) began using a second wheel impact load detector (WILD) south of Nuevo Laredo on the B line between Huizachito and Rodriguez,...
June 10, 2009 | Headlines, KCS
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 9, 2009.) In summer, Kansas City Southern plans to open a rehabilitated, cross-border Victoria-to-Rosenberg, Texas, line and a 100-acre intermodal terminal in Rosenberg. The Class I then will begin...
June 3, 2009 | Headlines, KCS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on June 2, 2009.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Railroad operator Kansas City Southern says it will have to pay an estimated $8 million to a Mexican accounting firm. The company, which operates trains in Mexico, said Monday that a...
June 2, 2009 | Headlines, KCS
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on June 1, 2009.) Last month, Kansas City Southern Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mike Haverty and Kansas City Southern de México S.A. de C.V. (KCSM) President and Executive Representative Jose...
June 2, 2009 | Headlines, KCS
(The following story by Mark Davis appeared on The Kansas City Star website on June 1, 2009.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern expects to take a $7 million pretax hit in the second quarter after losing all appeals over a legal dispute with a tax adviser. The...
May 11, 2009 | Headlines, KCS
(The following appeared on the KTBS website on May 7, 2009.) SHREVEPORT, La. — Kansas City Southern railroad, which lost $7.5 million in the first quarter of this year as the struggling global economy reduced the size and number of railroad shipments, has furloughed...
May 8, 2009 | Headlines, KCS
(Kansas City Southern issued the following on May 7, 2009.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE:KSU) held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 7, 2009 in Kansas City, Missouri. With over 91% of the KCS’ outstanding common and preferred stock...
May 4, 2009 | Headlines, KCS
(The following story by Dan Wallach appeared on the Beaumont Enterprise website on May, 1, 2009.) BEAUMONT, Texas — A KCS train clattering eastbound over the Neches River made it hard to hear Port of Beaumont director Chris Fisher as he explained the port’s...
