Month: March 2010

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Kansas City Southern

Kansas City Southern Acquires Puerta Mexico Intermodal Facility, Adds Direct Train Service

March 13, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire
KANSAS CITY — Kansas City Southern has acquired the Puerta Mexico intermodal facility at Toluca in the State of Mexico. Later this month, Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. will add direct train service from Lazaro Cardenas to Puerta Mexico, providing Mexico City import and export shippers with a service alternative featuring improved consistency and reliability and better transit times, the railroad said.

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Miscellaneous

The Travel Trolley Launches 2010 Travel Outlook Survey

March 13, 2010 Railfanning.org News Wire
ATLANTA – The Travel Trolley has launched a trends survey to gauge travel plans for 2010. “There has been a lot of discussion in the media about how the economy is affecting everything from shopping to financial investments to travel plans,” said Todd DeFeo, editor of The Travel Trolley. “Rather than speculate on what role the economy is playing in people’s plans, I decided to find out firsthand about the 2010 travel outlook.” The brief survey should take no longer than five minutes to complete and asks 10 questions ranging from the number of leisure trips planned for 2010 to