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Kansas City Southern de México, S.A. de
C.V. has plans to invest more than $200 million in 2008 on
several projects involving infrastructure, maintenance and
development of its railway service in Mexico.
“KCSM is committed to continuing its
significant investments in 2008. KCSM’s international intermodal
corridor, which starts in the port of Lázaro Cárdenas, is today
one of the key elements in the economic development of Mexico.
KCSM remains committed to being an active partner in Mexico’s
economic growth for the future,” said José Zozaya, president and
executive representative of the company.
Zozaya said KCSM supports the Mexico
government’s goal of using infrastructure development as an
economic engine for the country’s future.
“We have supported the objectives of the
National Infrastructure Program presented by President Felipe
Calderón since the beginning. We will continue to do our part by
pursuing several railway and intermodal infrastructure projects
throughout the country,” he said.
KCSM is proud of the development and
success that the railway and intermodal sector experienced in
2007, and for the economic and social impact caused by that
success. In 2007, KCSM invested capital for better rail
infrastructure, new locomotives and equipment.
Equipment and line maintenance
Last year, KCSM bought 90 new locomotives, many
of which were manufactured in Ciudad Sahagún, replaced more than
230,000 ties and made improvements to its railway network in
more than seven states in Mexico, all adding to the growth of
the Mexican economy.
Social commitment
KCSM facilitated the use of old passenger
stations as community centers in the cities of Comonfort,
Guanajuato; Nuevo Laredo, Tamps.; and San Nicolás, N.L. Also,
KCSM established combined work commitments with local officials
to pursue the relocation of yards and consider alternative uses
for railway stations in other cities, such as Monterrey and San
Luis Potosí. As a part of KCSM’s commitment to regional
development and because of the outstanding quality of painting
locomotives in Mexico, the company decided last year to start
the painting of all its new locomotives for Mexico at GE
Transportation in San Luis Potosí, and The Kansas City Southern
Railway Company (KCSR) will do likewise for all of its U.S.
locomotives. The new paint scheme reflects the heritage of the
company by using the well recognized Southern Belle passenger
locomotive paint scheme used in the 1940’s, 1950’s and 1960’s.
Kansas City Southern and its predecessors have been in the
railroad business since 1887 and KCSM since 1997...
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