Kansas City Southern Railway
The Kansas City Southern (KCS ) is a system of North American railroad companies. It consists of the Kansas City Southern Railway, Texas Mexican Railway ( Tex-Mex ), Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Grupo earlier Transportacio ferrovia Mexicana ( TFM), and the Panama Canal Railway Co. ( PCRC ) and is also marketed under the name of NAFTA Railway. The company is Kansas City.
Route network
The network of "Kansas City Southern Railway" has a length of 5036 km. Through the Kansas City Southern Railway New Orleans, Meridian, Mobile, Port Arthur (Texas ) and Birmingham ( Alabama) is supported by Kansas City from Chicago (via Trackage Rights ), Omaha (via haulage rights) Shreveport, achieved.
About the Southwestern is a link to the route network of the KCSM in Mexico.
History
The company's history begins in 1887 with the plan of Arthur E. Stillwell to build a railroad from Kansas City to the Gulf of Mexico. The oldest predecessor company was founded in 1890 as the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf. 1897 Gulf of Mexico has been reached. The name "Kansas City Southern " was the turn of the century, as part of a reorganization of the founders Arthur Stillwell left the company. In 1939, the Louisiana & Arkansas Railway was bought (1992 was the complete integration), this gave the KCS a connection to New Orleans.
Until the 1990s, a stable medium-sized system was operated. Beset by mega- mergers of the Union Pacific and BNSF, the company began to expand with the purchase of regional railway companies. 1993 MidSouth Rail Corporation was acquired. Thus, the KCS received a link to Mississippi ( Meridian, Gulfport ) and Birmingham.
With the formation of NAFTA, the company has seen an opportunity to be the most important transport companies in the heart of the United States. Such a route network was created through the acquisition of interests in Mexican companies that connect the existing network with Mexico City and the Pacific made . The ongoing since 2004 merger talks about the " daughter " companies TFM and TexMex were successfully completed in 2005, so these are now 100% KCS. In addition, an agreement was signed with the Norfolk Southern Railway on the use of " Speedway " Shreveport in December 2005 - taken meridian. For a 30 % interest in the NS at the track and the associated payment of approximately $ 260 million, the path is further improved and the Norfolk Southern receives exclusive rights to the container and the automotive traffic.
The most famous passenger train was the "Southern Belle " on the route Kansas City - New Orleans, the last time in 1969 drove.
More information
The company has 2711 employees, 434 locomotives and 14,733 wagons. Revenue was $ 635.7 million in 2004.
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