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KCS gets Presidential permit to built 2nd rail bridge at Laredo
August 3rd, 2020
August 3, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
In a record time of just five months, President Trump signed off on a presidential permit for a second international rail bridge to cross the Rio Grande at Laredo. The president announced approval of...
Developers set to launch KCS rail-served distribution park in El Campo TX
February 23rd, 2020
February 11, 2020 - Houston Chronicle -
Stonemont Financial Group is moving forward with the first phase of the Southwest International Gateway Business Park, a 540-acre rail-served industrial park planned in El Campo, 60 miles southwest of Houston.
The Atlanta-based developer announced...
Q4 and 2019 revenues up at KCS, down at UP
February 3rd, 2020
January 23, 2020 - TRA Newswire -
Kansas City Southern reported strong fourth quarter and full year 2019 results, driven by implementation of Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) principles while Union Pacific's revenue numbers fell in both the 4th quarter and for...
CP and KCS Railway part of plan to ship "safer" Canadian oil product
December 9th, 2019
December 9, 2019 - TRA Newswire / NaturalGasIntel.com -
Canadian Pacific and KCS Railway will be moving a new crude-oil product from Canada to a terminal to be built at Port Arthur, it was announced this past week.
Five Canadian and American...
UP & KCS report 3rd quarter results: some ups and downs
October 18th, 2019
October 18, 2019 - TRA Newswire -
While Union Pacific Railroad (UP) posted a 7% overall decline in revenue for the third quarter of 2019, Kansas City Southern (KCS) did the exact opposite with a record 7% increase in revenue for...
Kansas City Southern RR reports record second quarter revenue / flat volumn
July 28th, 2019
July 25, 2019 - TRA Newswire -
Record revenues of $714 million, an increase of 5% from prior year on flat volumes
Operating income of $208 million. Record adjusted operating income of $259 million, excluding restructuring charges related to Precision...
Rail union seeks U.S. crews on Mexican cross-border trains
July 5th, 2019
July 3, 2019 - Freight Waves -
Rail union workers are at odds with other members of the freight rail industry over how cross-border rail operations are run at Laredo, Texas.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) wants any post-North American Free...
Rail-served bulk terminal facilities expand at Port Arthur, Corpus Christi
June 24th, 2019
June 17, 2019 - ProgressiveRailroading.com -
Howard Energy Partners (HEP) announced last week that it has completed expansions of its bulk terminal facilities in Port Arthur and Corpus Christi, Texas.
The projects were designed to increase HEP's Gulf Coast terminal storage capacity to...
Kansas City Southern announces reorganization in key commodity groups
May 10th, 2019
May 10, 2019 - TRA Newswire -
Kansas City Southern (KCS) today announced the reorganization of its leadership over the Chemical & Petroleum and Industrial & Consumer commodity groups.
Previously serving as vice president energy, industrial development and innovation, Ginger Adamiak was...
KCS' shift to Precision Scheduled Railroad seen as key to growth
February 26th, 2019
February 26, 2019 - TRA Newswire -
Kansas City Southern's CEO Patrick Ottensmeyer, speaking at the Citi 2019 Industrials Conference, indicated that Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) implemented in late 2018 has already helped to increase efficiency throughout its network.
KCS's changes in...