The United States put a moratorium on large U.S. railroad deals about two decades ago, but Kansas City Southern, due to its size and unique route map ... on the track up ahead.

Kansas City Southern ... railroad, with track spanning from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from Canada down to a deepwater port in Mexico. The combined route map would offer shippers a nonstop ...

A federal board on Wednesday approved a Canadian Pacific Railway merger with Kansas City Southern, creating a freight ... cover more than 20,000 miles of track — including 8,600 miles in the ...

Southern exposure Dating to 1887, the venerable Midwestern line, headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., is the smallest of the seven major North American railroads. Its 5,850 miles of track ...

Canadian Pacific jumped back into the bidding war for Kansas City ... by selling 70 miles of track between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where Kansas City Southern’s network directly ...

Canadian Pacific’s acquisition of Kansas City Southern will create a railroad ... will operate about 20,000 miles of track and employ about 20,000 people. “This decision clearly recognizes ...

The bidding war to acquire Kansas City Southern appears to end in victory for Canadian Pacific. By Andrew Ross Sorkin Jason Karaian Sarah Kessler Stephen Gandel Lauren Hirsch Ephrat Livni and Anna ...