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.
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| Current (operating) Class I railroads of North America
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AMTK,
BNSF,
CN,
CP,
CSXT,
FXE,
KCS,
NS,
TFM,
UP,
VIA
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| Former or fallen flag Class I railroads of North America
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ACL,
AGS,
ATSF,
BAR,
BLE,
BM,
BN,
BO,
CBQ,
CG,
CGW,
CNTP,
CNW,
CO,
CR,
CRIP,
CV,
DH,
DMIR,
DRGW,
EJE,
FEC,
GMN,
GN,
GTW,
IC,
ICG,
LA,
LAT,
LN,
MEC,
MILW,
MKT,
MP,
NKP,
NNE,
NOTM,
NW,
NYC,
PC,
PLE,
PM,
PRR,
SAL,
SBD,
SCL,
SOO,
SOU,
SP,
SSW,
STLH,
TNO,
TP,
VGN,
WAB,
WP
YMV
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