Western Railroad Discussion > Updated KCS train symbols

The following are the Kansas City Southern train symbols for the U.S. part of their system.  KCSM symbols are not included. 


•Intermodal 

IATDA Atlanta Inman, GA (NS 219) - Wylie, TX
daily

IATDA2 Atlanta Inman, GA (NS 23E) - Wylie, TX
5x a week

IBNSL Robstown, TX (BNSF Q CHIROB) - San Luis Potosí, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX
6x a week

IDAAT Wylie, TX - Atlanta Inman, GA (NS 220)
daily

IDAAT2 Wylie, TX - Atlanta Inman, GA (NS 24E)
2x a week

ILBNS Shreveport, LA (UP ILBNS) - Meridian, MS (NS 22G) 
daily

IMYNS Monterrey, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX - Atlanta Inman, GA (NS 24E)
3x a week

ISLBN San Luis Potosí, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX - Robstown, TX (BNSF Q ROBCHI)
6x a week

IZAILC Meridian, MS (NS 225) - Shreveport, LA (UP ZAILC)
daily

IZLCAI Shreveport, LA (UP ZLCAI) - Meridian, MS (NS 226)
daily 


•autorack

ATLBN Toluca, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX - Robstown, TX (BNSF V ROBALT)
as needed

VBNLR Robstown, TX (BNSF V PEAROB) - Laredo, TX (KCS)
as needed


•Manifest 

MARSH Artesia, MS - Shreveport, LA
daily

MBMSH Beaumont, TX - Shreveport, LA
3x a week 

MBNNL Robstown, TX (BNSF H SVLLAR) - Nuevo Laredo, MEX (KCSM)
2x a week

MCCSZ Corpus Christi, TX - Sanchez, MEX KCSM via Laredo 
as needed 

MCXSH New Orleans, LA (CSX) - Shreveport, LA
daily 

MDASH Wylie, TX - Shreveport, LA
daily 

MJASH Jackson, MS - Shreveport, LA
daily 

MJASZ Jackson, MS - Sanchez, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX
4x a week

MKCSH Kansas City, MO - Shreveport, LA 
3x a week

MKCSH2 Kansas City, MO - Shreveport, LA 
daily

MKCVN Kansas City, MO - Venice, IL
daily 

MKNLR Kendleton, TX - Laredo, TX
as needed

MLCSH Lake Charles, LA - Shreveport, LA
3x a week 

MLRBN Laredo, TX - Robstown, TX (BNSF H LARSVL)
2x a week

MNSJA Birmingham, AL (NS 339) - Jackson, MS
daily

MSHAR Shreveport, LA - Artesia, MS
daily 

MSHBM Shreveport, LA - Beaumont, TX
4x a week

MSHCX Shreveport, LA - New Orleans, LA (CSX)
daily

MSHDA Shreveport, LA - Wylie, TX
daily

MSHKC Shreveport, LA - Kansas City, MO
3x a week

MSHKC2 Shreveport, LA - Kansas City, MO
daily

MSHLC Shreveport, LA - Lake Charles, LA
3x a week

MSHNS Shreveport, LA - Birmingham, AL (NS 340)
daily 

MSHSZ Shreveport, LA - Sanchez, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX
daily

MSZCC Sanchez, MEX KCSM via Laredo - Corpus Christi, TX
as needed

MSZJA Sanchez, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX - Jackson, MS
3x a week

MSZSH Sanchez, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX - Shreveport, LA
daily 

MVNKC Venice, IL - Kansas City, MO
daily

LDQSH De Queen, AR - Shreveport, LA
5x a week

LSHDQ Shreveport, LA - De Queen, AR
5x a week


•Coal 
(All to or from Kansas City, MO)
all run as needed

-- BNSF power --

CKCAM / CAMKC 
Amsterdam, MO

CKCEM / CEMKC 
Empire, KS (Pittsburg)

CKCBO / CBOKC 
Bonanza, OK (Spiro)

CKCSH
Martin Lake, TX (Longview)
via Shreveport loads

CTXKC
Martin Lake, TX (Longview)
via Texarkana empties 

-- UP power --

CKCFL / CFLKC 
Flint Creek, AR (Gentry)

CKCWE / CWEKC 
Welsh, TX (Cason)


•Oil
all run as needed 

OALBM Alliance, TX (BNSF) - Beaumont, TX

OARJA Artesia, MS - Jackson, MS (CN)

OARKC Artesia, MS - Kansas City, MO

OBMAL Beaumont, TX - Alliance, TX (BNSF)

OBRBNKC Baton Rouge, LA - Kansas City, MO (BNSF)

OBRCPKC Baton Rouge, LA - Kansas City, MO (CP)

OJAAR Jackson, MS (CN) - Artesia, MS

OKCAR Kansas City, MO - Artesia, MS

OKCBNBR Kansas City, MO (BNSF) - Baton Rouge, LA

OKCCPBR Kansas City, MO (CP) - Baton Rouge, LA

OKCNO Kansas City, MO - New Orleans, LA

OKCSU Kansas City, MO - Nederland, TX (Sunoco)

ONOKC New Orleans, LA - Kansas City, MO

OSUKC Nederland, TX (Sunoco) - Kansas City, MO


•Gas
all run as needed 

QCCPQR Corpus Christi, TX - Queretaro, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX

QHOQR Houston, TX - Queretaro, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX

QKCKO Kansas City, MO - Korf, TX

QKOES Korf, TX - Empalme Escobedo, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX

QKOKC Korf, TX - Kansas City, MO

QKOQR Korf, TX - Queretaro, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX

QKOSL Korf, TX - San Luis Potosí, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX

QKOSV Korf, TX - MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX

QKOTU Korf, TX - MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX

QQRCCP Queretaro, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX - Corpus Christi, TX

QQRHO Queretaro, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX - Houston, TX

QQRKO Queretaro, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX - Korf, TX

QSLKO San Luis Potosí, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX - Korf, TX 

QSVKO MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX - Korf, TX

QTUKO MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX - Korf, TX 


•Steel coil
all run as needed

OESVL East St Louis, IL - Veals, TX

OVLES Veals, TX - East St Louis, IL


•Unit Cement
all run as needed

OADAL Ashdown, AR - Alliance, TX (BNSF / FWWR)

OALAD Alliance, TX (BNSF / FWWR) - Ashdown, AR


•Frac Sand 
all run as needed

OALJA Alliance, TX (BNSF / FWWR) - Jackson, MS (CN)

OALKC Alliance, TX (BNSF / FWWR) - Kansas City, MO (CP)

OJAAL Jackson, MS (CN) - Alliance, TX (BNSF / FWWR)

OKCAL Kansas City, MO (CP) - Alliance, TX (BNSF / FWWR)


•Rock
all run as needed 

Most rock trains are to / from Hatton, AR.  Destinations vary.  Loaded rock trains from Hatton would have the symbol OHT**


•Grain 
all run as needed

-origins (at loadouts or from interchange)-

BV Brownsville, TX (KCSM empties)
CB Council Bluffs, IA (UP via Kansas City)
CD Corder, MO
DL Delhi, LA
KC Kansas City, MO (BNSF or CP)
JA Jackson, MS (CN)
JV Jacksonville, IL
MM Mexico, MO
SR Slater, MO

-destinations-

AD Ashdown, AR
CCP Corpus Christi, TX
DQ Dequeen, AR
EL El Tule, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX
HQ Ahorcado, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX
HV Heavener, OK
IH MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX
LK Lake, MS
MR Morales, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX
MT Morton, MS
MX Mexico City, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX
MY Monterrey, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX
QR Queretaro, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX
RV Reserve, LA
SJ San Juan Del Rio, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX
SL San Luis Potosí, MEX KCSM via Laredo, TX
VN Venice, IL
VX Vicksburg, MS

Andrew



Edited 38 time(s). Last edit at 11/09/20 04:30 by florida581.

florida581 Wrote:
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> I've compiled a list of updated KCS train symbols.

> Q-JATL JACKSON, MS - TOLUCA, MEX (KCSM) via
> LAREDO, TX (UP QJATLJ)
> Q-TLSH TOLUCA, MEX (KCSM) - SHREVEPORT, LA via
> LAREDO, TX (UP QTLSHJ)
> Q-KCNL KANSAS CITY, MO - NUEVO LAREDO, MEX (KCSM)
> via LAREDO, TX (UP QKCNLJ)
> Q-SHKC SHREVEPORT, LA - KANSAS CITY, MO

Added UP Symbols I could find.

RailNet802, out

Thank you very much for this list. I sure needed it last week when I was shooting the Laredo line north and south of Victoria, Texas. One of the trains I shot was a southbound unit ballast train with the symbol of U-SHRV. What's the "RV?"

Joe McMillan

RV stands for Reserve, LA. It's located just west of New Orleans.

Andrew

Thanks, but how would a southbound ballast train I shot in Victoria, Texas, en route to the Tex Mex have a destination symbol in Louisiana? There must be an error somewhere.

JMM

RS12394 Wrote:
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> Thanks, but how would a southbound ballast train I
> shot in Victoria, Texas, en route to the Tex Mex
> have a destination symbol in Louisiana? There must
> be an error somewhere.

Not sure. I think BNSF and UP have a handful of orgin/destination codes that are the same as others on their systems. This may be the case with the ballast train you saw. Reserve is the only "RV" code on KCS that I know of.

Andrew

http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/kcsnotes/

You might join this Yahoo group KCSNOTES. And post your data there. A lot of good sources on this group.

David Hawkins
Plano, TX

MQRKC is a freight from Mexico to KC. Mainly CP/ICE traffic goingto the CP in KC.

Ian

KB5WK Wrote:
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> http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/kcsnotes/
>
> You might join this Yahoo group KCSNOTES. And post
> your data there. A lot of good sources on this
> group.
>
> David Hawkins
> Plano, TX

I already have. That group has been very helpful. I posted the symbols here on TO to see if I can get any more feedback from those who aren't members of KCSNOTES. Even though KCS is a Class 1, it's somewhat elusive because of its smaller size. Info about its operations are a bit harder to come by than the larger Class 1's.

Andrew

Thank You, Now I can try to learn which train is which. When KCS trains come through Houston, TX, on UP's Glidden Sub sometimes they have all kinds of freight in those manifest trains, (Grain, Auto, Intermodal) you have to scratch your head sometimes. Sometimes there are so many KCS Trains on UP's Glidden Sub between West JCT (Houston)and KCS's Rosenberg Sub (Macaroni Line) if you do not know anything about railroading, you will think that line belongs to KCS.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/07/12 08:15 by kd0086.

CSabresXr1 Wrote:
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> MQRKC is a freight from Mexico to KC. Mainly
> CP/ICE traffic goingto the CP in KC.
>
> Ian


I would imagine that QR is Queretaro, MX.

RS12394 Wrote:
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> Thanks, but how would a southbound ballast train I
> shot in Victoria, Texas, en route to the Tex Mex
> have a destination symbol in Louisiana? There must
> be an error somewhere.
>
> JMM

U-SHRV looks like an incomplete UP symbol (USHRVJ), not a KCS symbol. When KCS started operating trains via the rebuilt Rosenberg Sub, "RV" started showing up as both a south origin and south destination code in the UP system, regardless of the KCS origin/destination symbol. Speculation by a couple of UP folks was that the "RV" identified trains using the new route, vs. the symbols used via Flatonia, and that it was a quick fix in the UP system, possibly designating "Rosenberg-Victoria". For example, for quite some time, the former Jackson-Lazaro Cardenas intermodals I-JALZ/I-LZJA showed up in the UP system symboled IJARVJ/IRVJAJ. Ballast trains to/from the Rosenberg Sub during rebuilding often carried USHRVJ UP symbols.