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  SAGA OF KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN LINES
When the youthful Stilwell came to Kansas City, Missouri, he first founded a trust company, which prospered because of an ingenious plan of his to build low-cost homes on the installment plan, with the provision that the entire debt should be canceled upon the death of the buyer.
The Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf soon was earning $5,000 a mile a year, and Stilwell, appointed as President of the line in 1897, was at the high point of his career.
Kansas City Southern's subsidiary Fort Smith and Van Buren acquired the original portion of the line from Coal Creek to McCurtain and the balance of the line west from McCurtain to Guthrie was scrapped.
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  Encyclopedia: Kansas City, Missouri   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Situated at the junction of the Missouri and Kansas rivers, it lies along the boundary between Missouri and Kansas, and is directly opposite Kansas City, Kansas.
The City was connected to the telegraph system in 1858, to the railway in 1864 and the first aircraft landed at the Municipal Airport in 1927.
In the city the population is spread out with 25.4% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 32.5% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 11.7% who are 65 years of age or older.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kansas-City,-Missouri   (8315 words)

  
 Kansas City Southern Railway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Kansas City Southern Railway (AAR reporting mark KCS) is a United States-based Class I railroad operating over 3,130 track miles in 10 central and southeastern states.
The Kansas City Southern is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri and has approximately 430 locomotives, 15,000 freight cars and 2,700 employees.
A parent company of the Kansas City Southern Railway was organized in 1962 as Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. In 2002 the name of the parent company was shortened to Kansas City Southern.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kansas_City_Southern_Railway   (501 words)

  
 Business Wire: Kansas City Southern Railway Experiences Record... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: )
KCSR's fourth quarter 2004 expenses of $142.0 million were $14.2 million, or 11.1%, higher than the comparable period in 2003, excluding last year's $21.1 million adjustment to increase reserves.
KCSR 2004 expenses were $534.7 million, an increase of $25.0 million compared with $509.7 million for the prior year excluding the $21.1 million adjustment to increase claims reserves in 2003.
Kansas City Southern is a transportation holding company that has railroad investments in the United States, Mexico and Panama.
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 Kansas City Southern Railway Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR) is a Class I railroad that operates over approximately 3,100 track miles in 10 central and southeastern states.
Among the U.S. Class I railroads, KCSR has the shortest route between Kansas City, the second largest rail hub in the country, and the Gulf of Mexico.
KCSR also boasts the Meridian Speedway from Dallas, Texas to Meridian, Mississippi, which is the fastest-growing and least-congested east west route in the U.S. Under common control with The Texas Mexican Railway Company and TFM, S.A. de C.V., KCSR is well positioned to offer competitive and seamless rail transportation between the U.S. and Mexico.
www.kcsi.com /corporate/kcsr.html   (106 words)

  
 Kansas City, Missouri - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tom Pendergast's power was brought down by health ailments and a determined effort by reform leaders, capped by Tom pleading guilty to tax evasion on May 24, 1939.
Monthly newspapers such as The Kansas City Metro Voice and The Business Journal, and several weekly papers, including The Pitch and various suburban papers, also serve the Kansas City area.
Kansas City Explorers (World TeamTennis) at the Country Club Plaza Tennis Center.
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 Kansas City Southern News
Kansas City Southern Railroad tracks were expected to reopen tonight after a two-car derailment Monday.
Kansas City Southern officials have told government officials the company plans to invest 50-million dollars to improve its Deramus Yard in north...
From the moment she opened the door to her suite at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown, chomping on a peppermint and comfortable in jeans and an oversized...
www.topix.net /com/ksu   (977 words)

  
 FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
One of those conditions was that Brooks should build the railroad from Kansas City to Harrisonville or Bolton on or before January 1, 1881, and also to the coal fields of Bates county, to a point south of Butler, on or before July 1, 1881.
The road was not built from Kansas City to Harrisonville by the 1st day of January, nor to the coal fields of Bates county by July 1, 1881.
But on that day the Kansas City & Southern Railway Company were in possession under the agreement between it and the trustees of December 15, 1880, to say nothing of the deed of the construction company to the railway company of September 18, 1880.
caselaw.lp.findlaw.com /scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=152&invol=444   (1699 words)

  
 The Panama Railroad News
Kansas City Southern Railway Company, one of the eight major railroads in the US, was founded in 1887 as a passenger and freight line.
Southern Industries, he explained, is a diversified holding company that includes among its assets the Kansas City Southern Railway Company, which operates rail lines in the southern United States, and also has formed joint ventures with Mexican firms to run rail lines from Mexico City to the cities of Nuevo Laredo, Veracruz, and Lazaro Cardenas.
The Kansas City Southern Railroad is negotiating a concession to rebuild and operate the Panama Canal Railroad.
www.trainweb.org /panama/news.html   (3502 words)

  
 Kansas City Southern Fourth-Quarter Profit Rises   (Site not responding. Last check: )
KANSAS CITY, Missouri -- Rail group Kansas City Southern on Thursday posted a higher quarterly profit.
The Kansas City, Missouri, holding group for freight-hauler Kansas City Southern Railway, said fourth-quarter profit was $17.4 million, or 28 cents a share.
Wall Street had expected Kansas City Southern, which also owns rail interests in Panama, to earn between 12 cents a share and 19 cents a share, with a consensus forecast of 16 cents, according to six analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call.
www.depotnews.com /KCSR/030130KCSa.htm   (133 words)

  
 Kansas City Southern Announces Promotions of Three Executives   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) announced today the promotions of R. Michael Chapman to senior vice president transportation, Michael R. Bilovesky to vice president marketing, agriculture and minerals and Thomas A. Campbell to assistant vice president support services.
Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) is a transportation holding company that has railroad investments in the United States, Mexico and Panama.
Its primary domestic holdings include The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, founded in 1887, and The Texas Mexican Railway Company, founded in 1885, which together serve the central and south central regions of the United States.
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 Kansas City Southern--Control--The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, Gateway Eastern Railway Company, and The Texas ...
KCSR owns and operates approximately 3,100 miles of main and [[Page 35475]] branch lines in 10 midwestern and southern states (Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama).
KCSR's principal routes extend from Kansas City, MO, via Shreveport, LA, to Beaumont/Port Arthur, TX, Lake Charles, LA, and New Orleans, LA. KCSR also has a route extending from Dallas, TX, via Shreveport, LA, to Meridian, MS, and a branch line route extending north out of Alexandria, LA, to Hope, AR.
KCSR's major terminals are: Kansas City and St. Louis, MO; Shreveport, Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans, LA; Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Dallas, TX; and Vicksburg, Jackson, Meridian, and Gulfport, MS.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2003/June/Day-13/i14902.htm   (5473 words)

  
 Steamtown NHS: Special History Study
Lines in Texas operated by the Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway continued under that name to satisfy Texas law until December 31, 1943, when the Kansas City Southern, through the intervention of the Interstate Commerce Commission and the United States Supreme Court, was able to dissolve and absorb the Texas company.
Among the freight locomotives, in February 1951 the Kansas City Southern had taken delivery from the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors Corporation of two F7a covered wagon or streamlined freight locomotives, part of a larger order of 14 F7a and F7b locomotives bought between October 1949 and April 1951, including No. 74d.
Later, the Kansas City Southern renumbered this unit 91, and still later gave it the number 4061.
www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/steamtown/shs5b.htm   (609 words)

  
 KCS Declares Quarterly Preferred Dividend   (Site not responding. Last check: )
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Southern (KCS) Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share on the outstanding KCS 4% non-cumulative preferred stock.
The Board of Directors also set the Annual Stockholder's Meeting to be held in Kansas City, Missouri, on May 6, 2004.
Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, KCS serves customers in the central and south central regions of the U.S., and has rail holdings and investments that are primary components of a NAFTA Railway system that links the commercial and industrial centers of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
www.depotnews.com /KCSR/040212KCSa.htm   (178 words)

  
 Mike Haverty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michael R. Haverty (also known as Mike Haverty; born June 11, 1944) is the CEO of the Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS).
Prior to working for KCS, he had been an executive for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
In 2001 he was named Railroader of the Year by the leading North American railroad industry publication Railway Age Magazine.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mike_Haverty   (129 words)

  
 Interview with Michael Haverty, Kansas City Southern Railway: TWST
While other railroads were building to the West Coast, he decided to build a railroad from Kansas City down to the Gulf Coast to handle primarily agricultural products to the Gulf for further movement for export.
Then in 1982, Kansas City Southern purchased Janus Capital, which today is one of the most highly successful mutual fund families in the country.
The railroad, which was a regional railroad running primarily from Kansas City to the Gulf, as it did for 100 years, has now invested in and expanded to Mexico, so we now have a railroad system that runs from Kansas City to Mexico City, and from Meridian, Mississippi to Dallas, Texas.
www.twst.com /notes/articles/jaq207.html   (714 words)

  
 Forbes.com: TEXT-S&P assigns Kansas City Southern Railway 'BB' rtg   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Kansas City Southern is a Class 1 (major) railroad, but it is significantly smaller and less diversified than its peers.
Kansas City Southern's relationship with its affiliate, TFM, is strained at this time, and the status of its proposal to take control of TFM is uncertain.
However, if Kansas City Southern is forced to pay the full amount of the put, or if financial performance at Kansas City Southern or TFM weakens from expected levels, or if the TFM deal goes forward under more onerous terms, ratings could be reviewed for a downgrade.
www.forbes.com /reuters/newswire/2004/03/09/rtr1292168.html   (730 words)

  
 Grainnet - News & Information for the Grain, Milling, Feed & Seed Industries
Kansas City, MO--Kansas City Southern on Dec. 4 announced that The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR) was recently recognized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security, as a certified member of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program.
Certified members, like KCSR, are committed to continuing efforts to secure supply chains against possible compromise, communicating those efforts to business partners and maintaining a high-level of compliance in other Customs related areas.
"KCSR's membership in C-TPAT demonstrates a solid and ongoing commitment to being the premier rail carrier in the rapidly growing NAFTA trade corridor," said Gerald K. Davies, executive vice president and chief operating officer.
www.grainnet.com /info/articles.html?type=bn&ID=20896   (250 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company was chartered in Missouri on March 19, 1900, and acquired at foreclosure the properties of Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company.
However, the Kansas City Southern had already leased the Texarkana and Fort Smith as of February 1, 1934, and merged the company on December 31, 1943.
The Kansas City Southern merged the MidSouth Rail Corporation on January 1, 1994, with its main line between Shreveport and Meridian, Mississippi, along with branches and subsidiaries in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee totaling 1,225 miles.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/KK/eqk3.html   (467 words)

  
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Interview with Mike Haverty, president of Kansas City Southern, regarding the history and future of railroads in Kansas City.
Article describes a lawsuit filed in 2003 charging Kansas City Southern for negligence in an accident that occurred on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico.
The lawsuit was filed in Jackson County, seeking damages for an accident in which a Kansas Ci....
www.kclibrary.org /localhistory/list.cfm?list=sub&SubjectareaID=572   (299 words)

  
 OSCN Found Document:KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. NORWOOD
Amendment of petition with consent of court in personal injury action in creasing amount of damages claimed and made after notice to defendant, approved because amendment did not affect substantial rights of defendant or substantially change plaintiff's claim, and was in furtherance of justice.
Looney, Watts, Looney and Nichols, Oklahoma City, William D. Mobley, Poteau, Kelly Brown, Muskogee, for plaintiff in error.
King, Okl., 278 P.2d 845, the action of a trial court allowing a similar amendment, after notice to the opposite party, was approved inasmuch as the defendant was not surprised or misled and because the amendment did not substantially change the claim of plaintiff.
www.oscn.net /applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?citeID=31883   (3619 words)

  
 TRAINS Magazine - Railroad News, Web Cam, Railroading Video - Kansas City Southern Railway
Kansas City Southern operates 3,100 track miles in 10 central and southeastern states.
KCSI also is 50% owner of the 47.6-mile Panama Canal Railway, which dates from 1855, and resumed service in 2001 after a rebuilding.
Major commodities hauled by Kansas City Southern are coal, petroleum, chemicals, grain and farm products, paper and forest products, and intermodal trailers and containers.
www.trains.com /trn/default.aspx?c=a&id=287   (500 words)

  
 Spear Technologies Press Release - "The Kansas City Southern Railway Company Selects Spear 3i Software for Locomotive ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
KCSR, a Class I railroad operator, owned by Kansas City Southern, is an integral part of North America’s north-south rail link for Canada, the U.S., and Mexico.
KCSR will use Spear 3i software to maintain their fleet of over 500 diesel locomotives.
John Foster, KCSR’s Vice President and Chief Mechanical Officer, commenting on the award said, “We were impressed with Spear 3i’s depth of functionality to support our locomotive maintenance.
www.speartechnologies.com /ti1n-kcsr.html   (384 words)

  
 SC82602: Garry V. Giddens, Respondent, v. The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, Appellant.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This slip opinion is subject to revision and may not reflect the final opinion adopted by the Court.
KCS asserts the trial court erred in concluding that KCS failed seasonably to supplement discovery and in imposing a discovery sanction by barring introduction of Giddens' videotaped deposition testimony at trial.
City of Washington, 848 S.W.2d 487, 495 (Mo. banc 1993).
www.osca.state.mo.us /Courts/PubOpinions.nsf/0/2c74f698f13ba07c86256977006b9716?OpenDocument   (7126 words)

  
 KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN - KSU Unscheduled Material Events (8-K) EXHIBIT 99.1
Kansas City Southern (KCS, or the Company) (NYSE: KSU) today announced that Arthur L. Shoener has been elected to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of KCS and the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer of The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR) and The Texas-Mexican Railway (Tex-Mex).
TFM operates the rail corridor between Mexico City and the border at Laredo, Texas, where it links with the Tex-Mex. TFM also serves most of Mexico's principal industrial cities and three of its major ports, including the rapidly expanding Pacific port of Lazaro Cardenas.
Upon completion of the acquisition, KCSR, TMM and Tex-Mex will operate under KCS as the holding company, and comprise a seamless 6,000-mile rail network linking the commercial and industrial heartlands of the U.S. and Mexico, as well as interchanging with the Class I railroads serving North American shippers.
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