Brave New World at KCS

[XG01X]

I was also thinking the DME system would fit well into KCS
Powder River Coal+Chicago+KCS & MEXico=Too Good

[fuzzybroken]

Next step = merger with CP?

Think about it... an end-to-end combination that would stretch from Canada to the US to Mexico, and throw in Panama for good measure...

They might just have to repurchase the ICE (or at least part of it) to get around Chicago... or just merge in Cedar American and finally get that Powder River extension built!!!

Besides, it's well past time to get all those old MILW bandits repainted, and KCS seems to do a good job of repainting...

Just a thought... or is it???
-Mark Hintz
http://www.geocities.com/fuzzybroken

[Anonymous]

Men like Haverty should never be ignored or taken for granted. Anyone who does, does so at their own risk and possibly hazzard, especially if you competing with him.

[daveklepper]

Mike Haverty's dreams may take longer than he expected, but he might actually get there!

[Anonymous]

This is gonna get REAL interesting...

KCS has now assumed marketing functions for Tex Mex effective 1/2/05...

Ayeee Carrumba!

LC

[Anonymous]

Press Release
Source: Kansas City Southern
KCS Names Arthur Shoener EVP and COO of the Company, President & CEO of
KCS's U.S. Rail Holdings, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company and
Texas Mexican Railway Company
Monday January 3, 9:40 am ET


Owen Zidar Named Vice President - Marketing
KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 2005-- Kansas City Southern
(KCS, or the Company)(NYSE: KSU <http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ksu&d=t>
- News <http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=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). Shoener
will report directly to Michael R. Haverty, who remains Chairman,
President and CEO of KCS and Chairman of KCSR. Haverty has also been
elected Chairman of Tex-Mex.


Shoener will be directly responsible for managing all of KCS rail
holdings within the United States. As EVP and COO of the Company,
Shoener will play an important advisory role in the oversight of TFM,
S.A. de C.V. (TFM), which will become a subsidiary of the Company
following completion of the recently announced acquisition, and the
Panama Canal Railway Company (PCRC), which operates across the Isthmus
of Panama.
Shoener began his distinguished career in the transportation industry in
1968 as a participant in the management training program at the Missouri
Pacific Railroad Company. He subsequently held a variety of operations
positions with the company and was serving as general manager of the
eastern region in 1982 when the Missouri Pacific was acquired by the
Union Pacific Railroad Company. His career continued to progress as he
took positions of increased authority at Union Pacific. In 1991, he was
named executive vice president of operations for the entire rail system.
Shoener held that position until he left Union Pacific in 1997 and
established a transportation consulting firm, which had domestic and
international clients.
"We are fortunate to have someone of Art Shoener's caliber join KCS,"
stated Michael Haverty. "He is widely acknowledged to be one of the
premier railroad operations professionals in the business. He comes to
KCS at a crucial juncture in the Company's history as we set out to
significantly enlarge the scope of our operations in the U.S. and
internationally. Art provides us with the expertise and management
capabilities to ensure that KCS' rail investments achieve and maintain
the highest level of operational efficiency and customer service."
"I welcome the challenge of joining what will be the fastest growing
railroad system in North America," said Art Shoener. "KCS has the
opportunity to create something unique within the transportation
industry, something no other railroad can duplicate. The opportunities
are enormous. To succeed, all of KCS' rail holdings must be operated at
the highest level of efficiency, while at the same time we aggressively
market our rail services to achieve top line growth. I look forward to
working with the entire KCS team to attain the exceptional results that
we know are possible."
KCS also announced the appointment of Owen M. Zidar to the position of
Vice President - Marketing. Zidar joins KCS from Pacer Global Logistics,
where he served as regional vice president of sales. From 1980 to 2000,
he was at Burlington Northern Santa Fe, where he served in a variety of
functions which coordinated marketing and transportation functions.
"I am pleased to join KCS at such an important time," said Zidar. "I am
especially excited about the extraordinary marketing and sales
opportunities provided by the expansion of KCS' rail system."
KCS is also announcing the restructuring of the management at KCSR with
the arrival of Mr. Shoener. Jerry Heavin, formerly Senior Vice President
Operations, will assume the newly created position of Senior Vice
President-International Engineering and will oversee the rail
infrastructure needs for not only KCS' U.S. rail holdings, but also its
international affiliates. Heavin will report to Shoener. The U.S.
transportation, mechanical, marketing and sales, and labor relations
functions will report to Shoener as will purchasing and risk management.

"Jerry Heavin has done an outstanding job of improving KCSR's rail
operations over the past two and one-half years," said Mike Haverty.
"With Art Shoener's arrival and KCS' planned and existing international
investments, we need Jerry's many years of engineering and track
experience to cover a broader spectrum."
On December 15, 2004, KCS announced that it had reached an agreement
with Grupo TMM, S.A. (TMM) that will ultimately result in KCS owning all
of the shares of TFM entitled to full voting rights. 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.
KCS also owns 50 percent of the voting control of the PCRC that operates
passenger and freight service between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
adjacent to the Panama Canal and traces its origins back to 1855. Panama
Holdings, LLC, of Hazel Crest, Illinois, owns the other 50 percent
voting control of PCRC.
KCS is a transportation holding company that has railroad investments in
the United States, Mexico and Panama. Its primary holding is The Kansas
City Southern Railway Company. Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri,
KCS serves customers in the central and south central regions of the
United States. KCS' rail holdings and investments are primary components
of a NAFTA Railway system that links the commercial and industrial
centers of the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Included in this press release are certain forward-looking statements
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of
KCS' management as well as on assumptions made. Actual results could
differ materially from those included in such forward-looking
statements. Readers are cautioned that all forward-looking statements
involve risks and uncertainty. For additional information relating to
such risks and uncertainties, readers are urged to review KCS' filings
and submissions with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Act of 1934, as amended.