Kansas City Southern Railway Company
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Oct 3, 2026
Brayden AndersonGUEST
Yeah, I like to model stuff I see around Kansas City.
Brayden AndersonGUEST
Got some Union Pacific stuff, got a lot of Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern stuff.
Brayden AndersonGUEST
Now they're the same railroad, they merged.
Brayden AndersonGUEST
Got some BNSF stuff, so.
Patrick HarrisGUEST
At the end of 1979, which is where it's set, Chessie and Seaboard Coastline are starting to merge.
Patrick HarrisGUEST
Norfolk and Western and Southern are exploring their merger.
Patrick HarrisGUEST
The SP is flailing around trying to find merger partners.
Patrick HarrisGUEST
The Rock Island is failing.
Patrick HarrisGUEST
It simply would not make good sense.
Patrick HarrisGUEST
Even if the Rock Island's trackage had been in good order, which it was not, it simply didn't make sense.
Patrick HarrisGUEST
They had existing good connections with the Missouri Pacific, Southern Pacific, Kansas City Southern.
Patrick HarrisGUEST
So why go to the expense of buying a line that was essentially to nowhere to connect again with the Missouri Pacific and Shreveport? It didn't make sense.
Tom HaughHOST
But now we're down to two.
Tom HaughHOST
Well, we've got three railroads now, right? The Burlington Northern then went on to buy the Santa Fe, correct? And the Union Pacific bought the Southern Pacific.
Tom HaughHOST
So there's two railroads going west.
Tom HaughHOST
And on the east side, you've got the Chessie system and you've got the Norfolk and Southern.
Tom HaughHOST
Well, Norfolk was the Norfolk and something bought the Southern Railroad and bought somebody else.
Tom HaughHOST
And running down the middle, you've got the Canadian National, which bought the IC.
Tom HaughHOST
Did they buy the Kansas City Southern? Somebody did.
Tom HaughHOST
And now one of the Western Railroads, the Union Pacific, wants to buy the Norfolk and Southern or something.
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