| LC control no. | n 86056772 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Kansas City Southern Railway Company |
| Variant(s) | K.C.S. Railway Kansas City Southern Lines Kansas City Southern Railway KCS Railway KCSR Southern Belle (Railway) |
| See also | Kansas City, Pittsburg, and Gulf Railroad Company Kansas City Southern Kansas City Southern Industries Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Company |
| Biography/History note | The Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company changed its name in 1900 to the Kansas City Southern Railway Company. In 1939, the Kansas City Southern Railway Company acquired the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Company, which continued operating under its own name. In 1962, the Kansas City Southern Railway Company was acquired by a new holding company called Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. (which changed its name in May 2002 to Kansas City Southern), continuing to operate under its own name. |
| Beginning date | 1900 |
| Found in | Caileff, W.D. The Kansas City Southern, c1987: CIP t.p. (Kansas City Southern; the Southern Belle) CIP galley text (Kansas City Southern Railway) Drury, G.H. The Train-watcher's guide to North Amer. RR, c1984 (in 1939 Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Co. merged into Kansas City Southern Railway) Annual report of the Kansas City Southern Railway Company for the year ended ..., June 30, 1901: t.p. (Kansas City Southern Railway Company); Dec. 31, 1944: t.p. (Kansas City Southern Lines; The Kansas City Southern Railway Co.; Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Co.; with this volume, the annual report of the Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company is absorbed, and the operating name "Kansas City Southern Lines"--which refers jointly to all of the railroad lines of the parent company and its subsidiaries--starts to appear and in later volumes becomes more prominent) Kansas City Southern WWW site, Oct. 2, 2013: History page (in 1900, the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company (KCP&G) became The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR); in 1939, KCSR acquired the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Company (L&A); acquired in 1962 by new holding company Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc. (KCSI), which changed its name in May 2002 to Kansas City Southern) Kansas City Southern Industries. Annual report, 1962: back cover (Kansas City Southern Railway Company; K.C.S. Railway) Kansas City Southern. Annual report, 2012: p. 2 of cover (Kansas City Southern Railway Company is one of two primary subsidiaries of Kansas City Southern) |
| Not found in | NUCMC data from Rutgers Univ. Lib. for Richardson, R.M.D. Papers, 1905-1960 |
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