The Early Evolution of KCS Mergers

Learn more about the evolution of the Kansas City Southern (KCS) Railway Company, subsidiary railway companies, other historical associated companies, and significant early trackage rights agreements

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• Evolution of the Kansas City Southern (KCS) Railway Company
• Subsidiary Railway Companies Merged into The Kansas City Southern Railway Company on July 6, 1992
• Other Historical Associated Companies
• Significant early trackage rights agreements (no longer in effect)

  
  
  

Evolution of the Kansas City Southern (KCS) Railway Company

• The Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad Company
  
  Incorporated, Missouri, January 8, 1887
  Property, rights and franchises combined with:
  
  
  • Consolidated Terminal Railway Company of Kansas City
    
    Incorporated, Missouri, May 21, 1891, forming:
    
    
    • Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad Company
      
      Incorporated, Missouri, July 25, 1892
      Property, rights and franchises sold to:
      
      
      • Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company, December 31, 1901
        
        
• The Pittsburg, Ft. Smith & Southern Railroad Company
  
  Incorporated, Kansas, July 22, 1892
  Property, rights and franchises sold to:
  
  
  • Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company, September 25, 1894
    
    
• Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway Company
  
  Incorporated, Texas, June 18,1885
  Name changed from Texarkana & Northern Railway Company, July 19, 1889
  Affiliated carrier company solely controlled through ownership of securities.
  
  
• Kansas City, Ft. Smith & Southern Railway Company
  
  Incorporated, Missouri, March 7, 1887
  Property, rights and franchises sold to:
  
  
  • Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company, October 30. 1897
    
    
• Kansas City, Pittsburg & Western Railroad Company
  
  Incorporated, Kansas, July 22, 1892
  Property, rights and franchises sold to:
  
  
  • Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company, September 25, 1894
    
    
• Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company
  
  Incorporated, Missouri, November 6, 1889
  Property, rights and franchises sold to:
  
  
  • The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, March 19, 1900
    
    
• The Kansas City Southern Railway Company
  
  Incorporated, Missouri, March 19, 1900
  
  


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Subsidiary Railway Companies Merged into The Kansas City Southern Railway Company on July 6, 1992

• The Maywood & Sugar Creek Railway Company
  
  
  • Incorporated, Missouri, March 22, 1904
    
    
• The Arkansas Western Railway Company
  
  
  • Incorporated, Arkansas, May 13, 1904
    
    
• Fort Smith & Van Buren Railway Company
  
  
  • Incorporated, Arkansas, April 9, 1910
    
    
• The Kansas and Missouri Railway and Terminal Company
  
  
  • Incorporated, Kansas, November 15, 1922
    
    
• Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company
  
  
  • Incorporated, Delaware, July 7, 1928
    
  • *Control of L&A was acquired by KCS, October 20, 1939
    
    

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Other Historical Associated Companies

• The Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Terminal Company
  
  
  • Incorporated, Louisiana, July 27, 1897
    
    
  • Constructed terminal facilities at Shreveport, Louisiana.
    
    
• Joplin Union Depot Company
  
  
  • Incorporated, Missouri, June 23, 1908
    
    
  • Owns railway terminal property consisting of passenger and freight depots and terminal tracks, roundhouses, etc., at Joplin, Missouri.
    
    
• Kansas City Terminal Railway Company
  
  
  • Incorporated, Missouri, July 10,1906 KCS owns 1/12 sundry terminal facilities, consisting of:
    
    
  • Union Station, belt and yard tracks, etc., at Kansas City, Missouri, remainder shares being owned in equal amounts by eleven other railway companies.
    
    
• Note: there were originally 12 major railroads that served Kansas City, Missouri, in 1906.
  
  

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Significant early trackage rights agreements (no longer in effect)

• The Kansas City Southern Railway Company
  
  
  • Granted Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad Company joint use of KCS main track and facilities Neosho to Joplin, Missouri, contract dated December 13, 1907.
    
    
• The Kansas City Southern Railway Company
  
  
  • Granted Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company joint use of 24.39 miles of main track Joplin, Missouri, to Pittsburg, Kansas, contract dated April 1, 1911.
    
    
• The Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Terminal Company
  
  
  • Granted The Kansas City Southern Railway Company use of Union Station facilities, Shreveport, Louisiana, contract dated July 24, 1909.
    
    
• The St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company ("Frisco")
  
  
  • Granted The Kansas City Southern Railway Company joint use of main track and appurtenant facilities, Belt Junction (Kansas City), Missouri, to Grandview, Missouri, contract dated January 3, 1902.
    
    
• The Texas & Pacific Railway Company, and St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company ("Cotton Belt")
  
  
  • Granted The Kansas City Southern Railway Company use of Union Station facilities at Texarkana, Texas, contract dated June 23, 1914.
    
    

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