Kansas City Southern Invests $15.6M in Missouri Rail Line to Improve Safety
Kansas City Southern, Kansas City, Mo., announced that its U.S. subsidiary, The Kansas City Southern Railway Co. (KCSR), will invest approximately $15.6 million on construction and improvement projects in 2015 on the segment of the Pittsburg Subdivision line from Kansas City to Stotesbury, Mo. These projects will help grow capacity, as well as maintain and enhance safety on KCS’ cross-border network.
Work will begin May 26 and continue through the end of June. It will include the replacement of 1.75 miles of rail and 100,000 cross ties, as well as improvements to over 90 road crossings in Kansas City, Grandview, Cleveland, Drexel, Amsterdam, Hume and Stotesbury.