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KCS Comes through Hurricane Rita Largely Unscathed <br /> <br />Kansas City Southern's (KCS) track structure and facilities were largely unscathed by Hurricane Rita. Following an inspection on Sunday, it was determined that despite approximately 1,500 downed trees on the lines between Shreveport, La. and Port Arthur, TX and between DeQuincy and Lake Charles, La., the tracks appear to be structurally sound and not underwater. Damage to KCS' facilities in Beaumont, TX and Port Arthur, including Pabfac and Pabtex is minimal. <br /> <br />Maintenance of way crews have already cleared approximately half of the trees and anticipate that the line between Beaumont and DeQuincy will be passable by nightfall. The line between Lake Charles and DeQuincy is anticipated to be passable by midday tomorrow. <br /> <br />The greatest challenge at this time is getting crews in place to run trains and providing resources for the crews like electric utilities, fuel, lodging, water and ice. KCS is working quickly to get crews in place and to contact employees whose homes may have been affected by the hurricane. <br /> <br />As soon as crews are in place, the first order of business will be to work off a backlog of cars that were staged away from the storm. Embargoes for through traffic bound for Mexico or terminating on The Texas Mexican Railway Company will be lifted as soon as the line is passable. Embargoes for traffic to or from particular customers or stations will be lifted as customers resume operations. As of last week, the following embargoes were placed in effect for Hurricane Rita: <br /> <br />The Kansas City Southern Railway Company <br />Buhler, DeQuincy, Lake Charles, Mossville and West Lake Charles, La., as well as Beaumont, Chaison, Evadale, Lemonville, Mulford, Port Arthur and Port Neches, TX. Embargoes remain in effect for Delisle and Gulfport, Miss. with the exception of three Gulfport customers and for New Orleans, La. proper and interchange traffic with the exception of NS and CN. <br /> <br />The Texas Mexican Railway Company <br />Agua Dulce, Aguilares, Alice, Banquette, Benavidas, Berry, Bruni, Corpus Christi, Deer Park, Hebbronville, Houston, Laredo, milepost 74 and Robstown, TX. <br /> <br />TFM, S.A. de C.V. <br />Nuevo Laredo (embargo does not cover traffic to/from Union Pacific) <br />Matamoros and Brownsville (embargo does not cover traffic to and from the BRG Railroad nor does it cover traffic to final destination Matamoros) <br /> <br />KCS will advise customers as new information becomes available. Updates can also be found from the link on the home page of www.kcsi.com titled Service Status Updates Regarding Hurricanes. <br /> <br />
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