Kansas City Southern Railway - Definition and Overview

Kansas City Southern Railway
KCS
Reporting marks	KCS
Locale	Kansas City, Missouri to the Gulf of Mexico, subsidiaries in Mexico and Panama
Years of operation	1887 – present
Track gauge	4 ft 8.5 in (1435 mm)
Headquarters	Kansas City, Missouri

The Kansas City Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark KCS) is a United States-based Class 1 railroad operating over 3,130 track miles in 10 central and southeastern states. Founded in 1887, the railroad provides the shortest route from Kansas City to the Gulf of Mexico.

The Kansas City Southern is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri and has approximately 430 locomotives, 15,000 freightcars and 2,700 employees. Annual revenues as of 2002 were US$559.6 million.

History

Subsidiary railroads

The Kansas City Southern owns the Panama Canal Railway Company (PCRC). KCS is in the process of purchasing the Texas Mexican Railway (TexMex), the Mexican railroad Grupo Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana (TFM) from their holding company, Grupo TMM. Although KCS itself is planned to be a holding company for the Kansas City Southern Railway, TexMex and TFM, the whole four-railway system is marketed to shippers as the NAFTA Railway, emphasizing the KCS's abilities in cross-border transportation. However, the railroads are all operated as subsidiary companies.

See also

• List of United States railroads
• List of Kansas railroads
• List of Mississippi railroads

External links

• Kansas City Southern (http://www.kcsi.com/)
• Kansas City Southern Historical Society (http://www.kcshs.org/)

References

• American Business Journals, Inc. (October 6, 2004). Mexican agency OKs KCS purchase of railroad stake (http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2004/10/04/daily22.html). The Business Journal
• Heaster, Randolph (December 15, 2004). Kansas City Southern amends deal to acquire Mexican railroad (http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/business/10422867.htm?1c). Kansas City Star.
• Trainboard members (2004), KCS Purchase of TFM (http://www.trainboard.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi/ubb/get_topic/f/75/t/000063.html). Retrieved December 16, 2004.