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KCS announces 2007 Holiday Express schedule

(The following report appeared on the Shreveport Times website on September 23.) SHREVEPORT, La. — Kansas City Southern Railway again will begin the Christmas holiday season run of its Holiday Express train with stops in Shreveport, with a family day for Kansas City...

KCS pays $54.1 million to settle Mexican dispute

(The following report appeared on the Kansas City Star website on September 25.) KANSAS CITY — Kansas City Southern this morning said it is paying $54.1 million to resolve claims and disputes related to the acquisition of its unit in Mexico. In a news release, the...

KCS stock upgraded to “buy”

(The following report appeared at NewRatings.com on September 4.) NEW YORK — Analysts at UBS upgrade Kansas City Southern (KSU.NYS) from “neutral” to “buy,” while reducing their estimates for the company. The 12-month target price has been...

KCS passes halfway mark on Meridian Speedway CTC project

(The following report appeared at ProgressiveRailroading.com on September 4.) It’s September, so kids are back in school, summer’s almost over — and Kansas City Southern’s Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) project is more than halfway complete on the Meridian...

Fatal KCS train, truck collision investigated

(The following report appeared on the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal website on August 22.) ABERDEEN, Miss. — An autopsy may give clues into why a Starkville man drove an asphalt-filled dump truck into the side of a moving freight train Monday morning. Elmer...

Truck plows into KCS locomotive, catches fire

(The following story by Gabe Smith appeared on the Commercial Dispatch website on August 21.) ABERDEEN, Miss. — A Starkville man is dead after driving his county-owned vehicle into the engine of a moving train Monday morning, causing several rail cars to derail from a...

KCS promotes three in finance department

(The following report appeared on the Kansas City Star website on August 21.) KANSAS CITY — Kansas City Southern and its Kansas City Southern Railway Co. subsidiary late Friday announced the promotions of three employees in the companies’ finance department. In a news...

Port discovery shaped Southeast Texas’ economy

(The following story by Heather Nolan appeared on The Enterprise website on August 13.) BEAUMONT, Texas — An accidental discovery in the 1800s has had one of the biggest economic impacts on Beaumont to date. According to the book “Beaumont: A Chronicle of...

KCS stock on downward trend despite earnings increase

(The following story by Randolph Heaster appeared on The Kansas City Star website on August 6.) KANSAS CITY — Kansas City Southern posted a 25 percent jump in its second-quarter earnings, but the stock has fallen 13 percent since the financial results were released....