Al. The Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad Company

Incorporated, Missouri, January 8, 1887

Property, rights and franchises combined with:

A2. Consolidated Terminal Railway Company of Kansas City

Incorporated, Missouri, May 21, 1891, forming:

B. Kansas City Suburban Belt Railroad Company

Incorporated, Missouri, July 25, 1892

Property, rights and franchises sold to:

Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company December 31, 1901

C. Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway Company

Incorporated, Texas, June 18,1885

Name changed from Texarkana & Northern Railway Company, July 19, 1889

Affiliated carrier company solely controlled through ownership of securities.

D. Kansas City, Ft. Smith & Southern Railway Company

Incorporated, Missouri, March 7, 1887

Property, rights and franchises sold to:

Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company October 30. 1897

E. Kansas City, Nevada & Ft. Smith Railroad Company

Incorporated, Missouri, November 6, 1889

Name changed to Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company on

January 26, 1893

F. Kansas City, Pittsburg & Western Railroad Company

Incorporated, Kansas, July 22, 1892

Property, rights and franchises sold to:

Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company September 25, 1894

G. The Pittsburg, Ft. Smith & Southern Railroad Company

Incorporated, Kansas, July 22, 1892

Property, rights and franchises sold to:

Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company September 25, 1894

H. Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad Company

Incorporated, Missouri, November 6, 1889

Property, rights and franchises sold to:

The Kansas City Southern Railway Company March 19, 1900

I. The Kansas City Southern Railway Company

Incorporated, Missouri, March 19, 1900

• The Maywood & Sugar Creek Railway Company
• Incorporated, Missouri, March 22, 1904
• The Arkansas Western Railway Company
• Incorporated. Arkansas, May 13, 1904
• Fort Smith & Van Buren Railway Company
• Incorporated, Arkansas, April 9, 1910
• The Kansas and Missouri Railway and Terminal Company
• Incorporated Kansas, November 15, 1922
• Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Company
• Incorporated Delaware, July 7, 1928
• * Control of L&A was acquired by KCS October 20, 1939

Other Historical Associated Companies

• The Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Terminal Company
• Incorporated, Louisiana, July 27, 1897
• Constructed terminal facilities at Shreveport, Louisiana.
• Joplin Union Depot Company
• Incorporated, Missouri, June 23, 1908
• Owns railway terminal property consisting of passenger and freight depots and terminal tracks, roundhouses, etc., at Joplin, Missouri.
• Kansas City Terminal Railway Company
• Incorporated, Missouri, July 10,1906 KCS owns 1/12 sundry terminal facilities, consisting of:
• Union Station, belt and yard tracks, etc., at Kansas City, Missouri, remainder shares being owned in equal amounts by eleven other railway companies.
• Note: there were originally 12 major railroads that served Kansas City, Missouri, in 1906.

• The Kansas City Southern Railway Company
• Granted Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad Company joint use of KCS main track and facilities Neosho to Joplin, Missouri, contract dated December 13, 1907.
• The Kansas City Southern Railway Company
• Granted Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company joint use of 24.39 miles of main track Joplin, Missouri, to Pittsburg, Kansas, contract dated April 1, 1911.
• The Kansas City, Shreveport & Gulf Terminal Company
• Granted The Kansas City Southern Railway Company use of Union Station facilities, Shreveport, Louisiana, contract dated July 24, 1909.
• The St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company ("Frisco")
• Granted The Kansas City Southern Railway Company joint use of main track and appurtenant facilities, Belt Junction (Kansas City), Missouri, to Grandview, Missouri, contract dated January 3, 1902.
• The Texas & Pacific Railway Company, and St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company ("Cotton Belt")
• Granted The Kansas City Southern Railway Company use of Union Station facilities at Texarkana, Texas, contract dated June 23, 1914.

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