January 5, 2023 | AAR Freight Trends, Canada, Headlines, Mexico, PSR
(Source: Railway Age, January 4, 2022) Total U.S. carload traffic for the first 12 months of 2022 was down 0.3% from the same period last year; and intermodal units were down 4.9%; the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Jan. 4. For the week ending Dec....
November 16, 2022 | CP-KCS Merger, Headlines, Mexico
(Source: Freight Waves, November 15, 2022) With the merger of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern awaiting final U.S. government approval in 2023, the CEOs of both companies presented their case about the benefits of the deal Tuesday to an audience of rail...
November 1, 2022 | CP, Headlines, KCS, Mexico
(Source: Kansas City Southern press release, October 31, 2022) LAREDO, Texas — Today, Kansas City Southern (KCS) ceremonially broke ground on both sides of the new International Railroad Bridge spanning the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas, to Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas....
October 31, 2022 | CP, Headlines, KCS, Mexico
(Source: Laredo Morning Times, October 30, 2022) Kansas City Southern will break ground Monday, south of Zaragoza Street on the east side of the tracks, on a second span of the new international bridge. Full story: www.lmtonline.com
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:...
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...
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
June 1, 2022 | Headlines, Mexico, Railroad Security
(Source: Mexico Daily News, May 31, 2022) Train and track robberies increased 74% in 2021 to over 5,000 incidents, according to data from the Rail Transport Regulatory Agency (ARTF). There were 2,570 train robberies last year and 2,548 incidents of track theft, the...
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...
