March 13, 2009 | Headlines, KCS
(The following story by John D. Boyd appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on March 12, 2009.) Two locomotives refit after earlier test of rechargeable units failed Kansas City Southern Railway has joined the list of major railroads starting to incorporate the...
March 10, 2009 | Headlines, KCS
(The following appeared on the Progressive Railroading website on March 9, 2009.) Last month, Kansas City Southern Railway Co. (KCSR) and Kansas City Southern de México S.A. de C.V. (KCSM) launched a new dedicated intermodal service between Kansas City, Mo., Dallas...
February 27, 2009 | Headlines, KCS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 26, 2009.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Railroad operator Kansas City Southern is bringing 129 new jobs to downtown Kansas City as it moves its customer service and dispatch centers from Louisiana this year. In return,...
February 26, 2009 | Headlines, KCS
(The following story by Bill Hensel Jr. appeared on the Houston Chronicle website on February 24, 2009.) HOUSTON — Railroad competition around Houston is expected to pick up steam with the opening of a newly reconstructed rail line to serve the market. Sometime...
February 26, 2009 | Headlines, KCS
(The following story by Janet Nodar appeared on the Journal of Commerce website on February 25, 2009.) Kansas City Southern Railway plans to re-open a long-closed 90-mile link southwest of Houston before July. The line between Victoria and Rosenberg will shorten the...
February 9, 2009 | Headlines, KCS
(The following story by Mark R. Kent appeared on the Press Register website on February 9, 2009.) MOBILE, Ala. — Fire damaged a railroad trestle along the CSX Transportation main line Saturday afternoon, disabling the north Mobile County bridge for at least two weeks...
February 6, 2009 | Headlines, KCS
(The following story by Fanny S. Chirinos appeared on the Corpus Christi Caller-Times website on February 6, 2009.) CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A decision might come as early as next week in the Port of Corpus Christi’s lawsuit against railroad companies Kansas City...
February 4, 2009 | Headlines, KCS
(Kansas City Southern issued the following on February 3, 2009.) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City, MO. Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE:KSU) reported fourth quarter 2008 revenues of $423.8 million, a 7.9% decrease over the corresponding 2007 period. The revenue decline...
February 4, 2009 | Headlines, KCS
(The Associated Press circulated the following on February 3, 2009). KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern said Tuesday its fourth-quarter profit dropped 27 percent, hurt by a stronger U.S. dollar and declining volumes. The railroad operator reported earnings...
February 2, 2009 | Headlines, KCS
(The following story by Alison Bath appeared on the Shreveport Times website on February 2, 2009.) SHREVEPORT, La. — On a hot August afternoon in 2001, Marian Kemp loaded her four young daughters into the family car for the trip home after a visit to the Bienville...
