Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern will haul unit trains of heavy crude oil bitumen from Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast for the next decade under a deal with a trio of energy companies. The move, the first of its kind, is significant because it should allow railroads to participate in Canadian oil on […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern’s Holiday Express train will distribute more than $170,000 to the Salvation Army at stops along its route, the railroad has announced. The donations to the Salvation Army will provide clothing and other necessities to children in need during the holiday season. “We are especially pleased to continue the […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern Railway has released details of the second phase of Precision Scheduled Railroading it is introducing to its Mexican subsidiary. With a planned Dec. 2 rollout for Phase Two, Kansas City Southern de Mexico will consolidate trains, move certain Laredo, Texas, terminal work to the Mexican side of the […]
This map shows, highlighted in orange, the area where protests shut down Kansas City Southern de Mexico on Friday. The railroad invoked Force Majeure as a result of the protests, the fifth this year to shut down operations to the port of Lázaro Cárdenas. Kansas City Southern KANSAS CITY – As a result of another […]
MORELIA, Mexico – Trains are again running on the Kansas Southern de Mexico mainline to the port of Lázaro Cárdenas following a shutdown this week due to civil unrest. “The mainline is now cleared of protestors and while we remain cautiously optimistic that the mainline will remain clear, in matters of civil protests, risk remains […]
MORELIA, Mexico – Student protests have again shut down Kansas City Southern de Mexico service to the major Pacific coast port of Lázaro Cárdenas. KCSM suffered a similar disruption of service to the port in the state of Michoacán last week. [See “Protests disrupt service on KCS in Mexico,” Trains News Wire, Oct. 25, 2019.] […]
MORELIA, Mexico – Kansas City Southern de Mexico has shut down service in the Caltzontzin District just north of Morelia in the state of Michoacán as a result of student protests. “This mainline interruption has impacted service to and from the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas and has the potential to impact traffic throughout the KCSM […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas City Southern’s revenue, profits, and earnings grew to record levels in the third quarter despite flat overall traffic volume, the railroad reported on Friday. Operating income rose 6%, to $282 million, as revenue grew 7%, to $747.7 million. Earnings per share, adjusted for the impact of one-time items, was up […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern has promoted Anastasia Austin to vice president, revenue and yield management. Since 2017, Austin had served as assistant vice president, revenue and yield management. She joined the company in 2008 and has held a variety of accounting, financial, and operational support roles. She holds a master of business […]
WASHINGTON — A Missouri bridge outage has prompted Norfolk Southern to seek temporary trackage rights on a parallel Kansas City Southern line. On Wednesday, NS filed a request with the Surface Transportation Board for “expedited” granting of access to the KCS line between Kansas City, Mo., and Mexico, Mo. The filing is the result of […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Southern’s Mexican subsidiary remains shut down about 80 miles northwest of Mexico City following a fiery collision last week caused by theft-related sabotage. All Kansas City Southern de Mexico service to and from the Mexico City-area remains suspended, KCS officials say. Vandals reportedly blocked tracks in Nopala in the […]
Kansas City Southern lines affected by flooding Kansas City Southern BEAUMONT, Texas — Heavy rains and flash floods interrupted Gulf Coast operations of Union Pacific and Kansas City Southern along the Texas coast line. With more than 10 inches of rain as Tropical Storm Imelda stalled Wednesday over the Beaumont area, Union Pacific officials predicted […]
