Kansas requirement for two-person crews takes effect
A BNSF Railway grain train heads west on the new segment of double track over Lake El Dorado on the Emporia Subdivision in Kansas in September 2023. Kansas has enacted… […]
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The big question: Will CP+KCS prompt more railroad mergers?
Trains Columnist Bill Stephens Will Canadian Pacific’s proposed acquisition of Kansas City Southern be the spark that ignites the final round of railroad consolidation in North America? It’s a question… […]
New releases continue CP, CN efforts to gain support for KCS merger bids
I n Monday morning’s latest installment in the regulatory and public-relations efforts to boost their respective bids for Kansas City Southern, Canadian Pacific and Canadian National have each issued new… […]
CP, KCS schedule stockholder meetings to vote on merger
Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern have scheduled special stockholder meetings for votes on their proposed merger. Both meetings will be conducted online. CP will go first, on Dec. 8… […]
Missouri-Kansas-Texas – Image Gallery
…George Bluebonnet Kansas City–San Antonio/Houston Bluebonnet at San Marcos, Texas, circa 1951. William J. Husa Jr. Katy Limited Kansas City–San Antonio/Houston Katy Limited south of Dallas, February 1948. C. W…. […]
Tourist railroads in the Southeastern United States
…Depot Museum – Stevenson Tuscumbia Depot and Roundhouse – Tuscumbia Arkansas Arkansas Railroad Museum – Pine Bluff Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railway – Eureka Springs Fort Smith Trolley Museum… […]
Amtrak: Southwest Chief route safe NEWSWIRE
…in Colorado, four in Kansas, plus Amtrak, BNSF Railway and the Kansas Department of Transportation contributed a total of more than $9 million to secure the $12.5 million federal grant,… […]
Kansas Legislature committee discusses Amtrak ‘Heartland Flyer’ extension NEWSWIRE
…Heartland Flyer from Oklahoma City to Newton, Kan. Evan Stair TOPEKA, Kan. — The Ways and Means Committee of the Kansas State Legislature met Jan. 22 to hear testimony from… […]
Soybean processing plant opens on Watco’s South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad
…driving needed economic growth in Southeast Kansas.” On Thursday, Bartlett hosted a grand opening event attended by Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, Lt. Gov. and Commerce Secretary David Toland, U.S. Senator… […]
Arkansas Midland to pay more than $910,000 to EPA over alleged hazardous waste complaint
…exposure and contamination.” Arkansas Midland, acquired by Genesee & Wyoming in 2015, operates 140 miles of track in seven disconnected locations on former Union Pacific branch lines in central Arkansas.… […]
The Missouri-Kansas-Texas logo’s heritage
A 1900 Katy timetable displays an early version of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas logo. Classic Trains collection Missouri-Kansas-Texas logo underwent subtle changes throughout the railroad’s history. But its origin is more interesting… […]
Kansas officials say extension of Heartland Flyer could cost up to $573 million in infrastructure work
…of Heartland Flyer service to connect with the Southwest Chief in Newton, Kan., Kansas Department of Transportation officials said today (Dec. 11). A northward extension of the Oklahoma City-Fort Worth,… […]
