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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas City Southern has named Sameh Fahmy to the position of executive vice president for Precision Scheduled Railroading. He will report to KCS President and CEO Patrick J. Ottensmeyer. “I am very pleased to announce that Sameh will lead the implementation of principals of the Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) methodology that […]
KCS CEO Patrick Ottensmeyer will be the U.S. chair of the U.S.-Mexico Economic Council. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern President and CEO Patrick Ottensmeyer has been named as the U.S. chair of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Mexico Economic Council. The post means Ottensmeyer will preside over the twice-annual U.S.-Mexico CEO Dialogue and […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern reported record results for the fourth quarter and full year, although executives said they were disappointed that the railroad’s service fell short of expectations in 2018. “We did not meet the expectations of our customers or shareowners, particularly in the areas of customer service and growth,” CEO Patrick […]
Pat Ottensmeyer, Kansas City Southern CEO TRAINS: David Lassen KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern has hired a veteran Canadian National executive as a consultant who will help lead its gradual shift to Precision Scheduled Railroading during the next two years. Sameh Famhy, who was senior vice president of engineering, mechanical and supply management […]
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. – Three Class I railroads presented 2019 capital plan information during Wednesday’s final day of the National Railroad Contractors and Maintenance Association Conference. While none yet had approved dollar figures to offer for their 2019 capital spending, all offered some notable information. A westbound train exits Mount Macdonald Tunnel in September 2007. […]
One car in the Kansas City Southern Holiday Express consist in 2015. Hayley Enoch Holiday Express schedule Kansas City Southern KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern announced today that its 18th annual Holiday Express will distribute a total of $171,756 in gift cards to The Salvation Army at stops along the route. The gift […]
Kansas City Southern SD70ACe No. 4006 is the railroad’s newly repainted locomotive honoring U.S. military veterans. Kansas City Southern KANSAS CITY, Mo — In observation of U.S. Veterans Day, Kansas City Southern today in Shreveport, La., unveiled KCS locomotive No. 4006, newly painted in a patriotic paint scheme. The locomotive is a 2005 EMD SD70ACE […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas City Southern has largely cleared cross-border congestion that bogged down its busy railroad between Laredo, Texas, and Mexico City. KCS on Oct. 16 placed an embargo on certain types of merchandise traffic to help ease a logjam of cars in Mexico as well as those waiting to cross the border […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern has leased 30 locomotives, shifted additional crews to northern Mexico, and is working with customers as part of an effort to fix cross-border congestion problems. “Our performance this quarter did not meet our own expectations,” CEO Patrick Ottensmeyer told investors and analysts on the railroad’s earnings call on […]
A northbound Kansas City Southern empty grain train passes Union Pacific’s yard in Laredo, Texas, as it crosses the International Railway Bridge over the Rio Grande in November 2017. Bill Stephens KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With interchange partner Union Pacific jumping on the Precision Scheduled Railroading bandwagon, will Kansas City Southern follow suit or at […]
A Kansas City Southern train pauses in the Wylie Intermodal Terminal near Dallas in 2015, when the terminal opened. Kansas City Southern KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern has completed an expansion that doubles the capacity of its Dallas-area intermodal terminal. KCS spent $9 million to expand the David L. Starling Wylie Intermodal Terminal, […]
Kansas City, MO. — Kansas City Southern announced today its schedule for the 18th annual Holiday Express train, which will stop in 22 communities in eight states on 27 dates. At each stop, visitors can board the train, visit with Santa and his elves and tour the inside of three cars of the festive six-car […]
