Western Railroad Discussion > KCS is no more

Last night was the end of the Kansas City Southern as far as a railroad.  As of May 3 00:01 Eastern the KCS mark ceased to be valid on waybills and all stations are now CPRS.
 

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Huh? I'm confused, does not mention CPKC?  === === = === JLH

CPRS?? I thought it was CPKC…

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CPRS dba CPKC?

BigDave Wrote:
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> CPRS dba CPKC?

Possibly....CPRS still existing as a holding company for CP and KCS...operating them both under the banner CPKC....More though, my belief is that this was not merger of equals but a takeover. 

santafe199 Wrote:
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> CPRS?? I thought it was CPKC…
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Nope, the mark is staying CPRS.  

Reads like a freshly minted lawyer is showing his/her wordsmithing prowess.

When teaching plain language for regulation writing I would call that "Shakespearean language." Wherefore art though, heretofore, etc.

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engineerinvirginia Wrote:
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> BigDave Wrote:
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> > CPRS dba CPKC?
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> Possibly....CPRS still existing as a holding
> company for CP and KCS...operating them both under
> the banner CPKC....More though, my belief is that
> this was not merger of equals but a takeover. 


That was pretty evident from the beginning, it wasn't a "merger", it was an "assimulation". The UP and the Borg would be proud.

bluesman Wrote:
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> Reads like a freshly minted lawyer is showing
> his/her wordsmithing prowess.

Quote from an old Attorney tv commercial:
"Espsiliquiter of the Rubuttable Presumptions...."

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA

PHall Wrote:
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> engineerinvirginia Wrote:
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> > BigDave Wrote:
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> > > CPRS dba CPKC?
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> > Possibly....CPRS still existing as a holding
> > company for CP and KCS...operating them both
> under
> > the banner CPKC....More though, my belief is
> that
> > this was not merger of equals but a takeover. 
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> That was pretty evident from the beginning, it
> wasn't a "merger", it was an "assimulation". The
> UP and the Borg would be proud.

Yep, right out of the UP play book. The line up with a WP and MP locomotive flanking a UP unit.....the new Union Pacific System. Everyone keeps their name. Then a WP unit and a MP unit get UP paint but keep their names. Then its decided WP can be erased but MP holds on for awhile. Then its This is Union Pacific and no other identity will be tolerated.

The new company obviously made a mistake in the new corporate initials.  Should be the KCPC, so that way, all they have to do is paint out the "K" and last "C", then voila!, the CP.

BigDave Wrote:
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> CPRS dba CPKC?


I think it's the other way around. Doing business under the CPRS mark. Soo Line and DM&E still exist, but they are operated as a seemless CPRS.

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