William H. Nolen

Kansas City Southern is a transportation holding company. The firm also engages in the freight rail transportation business operating through a single coordinated rail network. It focuses on the growing north/south freight corridor connecting key commercial and industrial markets in the central United States with major industrial cities in Mexico. The company was founded by Arthur E. Stilwell in 1887 and is headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Kansas City Southern de Mexico SA de CV engages in the provision of rail transportation services in the commercial corridor of the Mexican railroad system. The rail lines transport chemical and petroleum, industrial and consumer, agricultural and mineral, intermodal, and automotive and energy products. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Mexico City.