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 […]
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, 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 […]
Patrick J. Ottensmeyer, Kansas City Southern CEO Trains: David Lassen NEW YORK — Kansas City Southern has ordered 50 new locomotives for delivery next year in anticipation of continued traffic growth, CEO Patrick Ottensmeyer told an investor conference on Wednesday. “We actually just placed an order for some locomotives that will be delivered early next […]
Kansas City Southern CEO Patrick J. “Pat” Ottensmeyer TRAINS: David Lassen WASHINGTON — Kansas City Southern has enough motive power and train crews to handle anticipated traffic growth this year, but its key route to Mexico has experienced slowdowns over the past five months amid congestion on Union Pacific in the Houston area. “While we […]
NEW YORK — Kansas City Southern’s latest growth opportunity — shipping gasoline, propane, and other refined petroleum products to Mexico — is beginning to take off as new distribution facilities open on KCS de Mexico lines. The Mexican government ended the state-run oil and gas monopoly in 2013, opening the sector to private investment and […]
CARONA, Kan. – Kansas City Southern 0-6-0 No. 1023, the last remaining KCS steam locomotive, was moved from Schlanger Park in Pittsburg, Kan., to Carona on Sept. 8. The locomotive was transported on a 20-foot-wide trailer and tractor manned by crews from Tilton and Sons House Moving, the Pittsburg Morning Sun reports. The tender from […]
This map of the Kansas City Southern and Louisiana & Arkansas (just prior to their 1939 operational merger) is based on a document undoubtedly produced by the KCS traffic department to show shippers the abundance of natural resources within the roads’ territory. KCS founder Arthur Stilwell had left his secure position with a Hartford insurance […]
Track plan at a glance Name: Missouri-Kansas-Texas and Kansas City Southern Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 17 x 29 feet Prototype: MKT and KCS Era: late 1960s Style: continuous run with reverse loops and staging Mainline run: 140 feet Minimum radius: 24″ Minimum turnout: no. 5 Maximum grade: 2¼ percent Originally appeared in the 2006 issue […]
Kansas City Southern Railway Kansas City Southern, which began as the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf in 1890, was completed to the Gulf of Mexico in 1897. The KCS name dates from a turn-of-the-century reorganization in which founder Arthur Stilwell was ousted. KCS acquired Louisiana & Arkansas in 1939, and remained a stable mid-sized system […]
