Kansas City was only one of several trading centers along the Missouri River in the mid-nineteenth century. And not the largest at that. But it expanded rapidly into the region's leading commercial city while nearby towns showed only moderate growth or were absorbed by their suddenly urban neig...
Kansas City and the Railroads: Community Policy in the Growth of a Regional Metropolis. By Charles N. Glaab. (Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1962. xii + 260 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, and index. $6.50.)...
The state's railroads, in all, include: CSX Transportation Norfolk Southern BNSF Railway Canadian National Kansas City SouthernAlabama & Florida Railway Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway Birmingham Southern Railroad Eastern Alabama Railway Huntsville-Madison County Railroad Authority Jefferson Warrior Railroad ...
In total, Tennessee is home to six of the seven North American Class I railroads as Kansas City Southern Railway also derives a small amount of its traffic from the state. Rail lines in the Volunteer State run both east-west and north-south so the operations are quite diverse. And, throw...
Jan 29, 2025, 16:05 ETCPKC delivers strong fourth-quarter results; positioned to accelerate growth in 2025 CALGARY, AB, Jan. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Canadian Pacific Kansas City (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) (CPKC) today announced its fourth-quarter results,... ...
A worker climbs aboard a locomotive at a CPKC rail yard on August 21, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri.Charlie Riedel / AP There will be other impacts as well, including on the more than 30,000 commuters in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal who will be scrambling to find a new way into ...
With the STB’s approval, the combination of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern means old paint schemes fade into the history books. Previews Rhody Rails: The Little State With Big Railroading One of the smallest states in the Union is home to big railroading action from Providence & Wo...
Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) have shut down all their trains in Canada and stopped shipments into the U.S. after failing to reach new agreements with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference union. The impasse could bring significant economic harm to business and consumers...
Kansas City Southern Alliance Subdivision MP D110.2 (Metro Junction) to MP C580.4 (Alliance Junction). At Cowley the MP change from D75.0 to C593.1 (White Rock Junction) FrequencyLicenseTypeToneAlpha TagDescriptionModeTag 160.350 RM KCS16 Alliance Train to Dispatcher FMN Railroad 160.260 BM KCS...
Despite a history that evokes the U.S. during the 1800s, the railroad industry is positioning itself to be a 21st century brand.