Kansas City Southern

Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City Southern is a transportation holding company with railroad investments in the United States, Mexico and Panama. The KCS rail network comprises approximately 6,700 route miles in the U.S. and Mexico.

Kansas City Southern is a transportation holding company, which focuses on the growing north or south freight corridor connecting key commercial and industrial markets in the central United States with major industrial cities in Mexico. The firm operates through the U.S. and Mexico geographical segments. It also engages in the freight rail transportation business operating through a single coordinated rail network. The company was founded by Arthur E. Stilwell in 1887 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.