Railroad Performance Measures   

Kansas City Southern Lines and Kansas City Southern de Mexico

The Kansas City Southern Railway and Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Consolidated
Weekly Performance Report

This report includes consolidated data for The Kansas City Southern Railway Company and Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.

All seven railroads use the same definitions to calculate their performance data,ensuring a high degree of consistency of the measurements. However, these measures are most useful for examining trends and relative changes, and least useful as absolutes.

The level of one railroad’s performance relative to another’s may differ sharply because each railroad is unique. Differences between railroads include terrain, physical routes and network design, traffic mix and volume, the extent of passenger operations, and operational practices. External factors such as weather and port operations can also cause variations between railroads and over time.In addition,individual differences in the collection and reporting of operational data may affect the absolute level of the measures on each road to some degree.
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 Historical Average Week Ending
1Q11 Dec 2011  01/06/12 01/13/12 01/20/12 01/27/12 
Revisions       
Cars on Line
By Car Owner
System 11,334 11,553  11,582 11,486 11,243 11,239 
Foreign RR 8,145 8,460  9,257 9,544 8,698 8,883 
Private 24,107 25,171  25,712 25,588 25,212 25,758 
Total 43,586 45,184  46,551 46,618 45,153 45,880 
Pct. Private 55.3 55.7  55.2 54.9 55.8 56.1 
By Car Type
Box 6,539 6,846  7,512 7,308 6,921 6,914 
Covered Hopper 14,545 14,705  15,210 15,507 14,824 14,925 
Gondola 4,972 5,214  4,990 4,947 4,928 5,094 
Intermodal 1,479 1,620  1,589 1,555 1,507 1,446 
Multilevel 1,370 1,825  2,101 2,236 1,950 2,025 
Open Hopper 3,698 4,036  3,871 3,973 4,197 4,668 
Tank 9,375 9,425  9,642 9,506 9,266 9,320 
Other 1,608 1,513  1,636 1,586 1,560 1,488 
Total 43,586 45,184  46,551 46,618 45,153 45,880 
Train Speed (Miles per Hour)
Intermodal 31.1 31.9  30.8 29.5 30.6 30.3 
Manifest 26.3 27.0  27.2 27.0 27.4 27.1 
Multilevel 31.1 31.9  30.8 29.5 30.6 30.3 
Coal Unit 27.0 25.7  27.3 25.5 24.9 25.2 
Grain Unit 28.0 26.5  26.5 26.2 26.7 27.4 
All Trains 27.2 27.7  27.7 27.3 27.5 27.6 
Terminal Dwell (Hours)
Jackson, MS 25.3 27.7  27.8 22.0 24.9 21.7 
Kansas City, MO 14.5 16.1  14.7 13.1 13.1 12.7 
Laredo, TX 23.1 26.9  34.2 24.0 20.7 27.5 
Shreveport, LA 30.9 34.8  36.1 32.4 34.4 30.4 
Monterrey, NL 20.5 21.7  21.3 20.1 21.8 21.0 
Nuevo Laredo, TM 12.9 22.5  33.9 10.5 17.9 21.7 
San Luis Potosi, SL 13.2 15.2  17.2 12.0 12.5 13.2 
Sanchez, TM 16.7 27.6  30.3 28.2 20.9 20.2 
Entire Railroad 18.0 20.6  23.9 19.5 19.1 19.1 
When reviewing the above data, please refer to the specific definitions by this carrier to understand the measurements being provided.
R = Revised Figure(s) reported for this week 
- = Not Available
©1999-2010 The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, all rights reserved. May not be reproduced or republished without permission. Train Speed and Terminal Dwell statistics are produced and maintained by KCS; Cars on Line data are produced by Railinc and maintained by the AAR.