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Company CheckTHE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY · DOT 378038

Private carrier, runs its own trucks and hauls its own freight

427 WEST 12TH STREET, KANSAS CITY, MO, 64105

DOT# 378038 Kansas City, Missouri

PRIVATE CARRIER

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135

Power Units

361

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

Not reported

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

7 events tracked · latest Jun 2, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 7

Jun 2, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
May 31, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
May 7, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Apr 2, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Mar 19, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Mar 16, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jan 21, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

Phone(816) 983-1253

Fax(816) 983-1111

Email[email protected]

Physical Address427 WEST 12TH STREET, KANSAS CITY, MO, 64105

Mailing AddressP O BOX 219335, KANSAS CITY, MO, 64121-9335

Operating Authorities

Authority TypePRIVATE PROPERTY

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

CommonNot Active

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Company Overview

THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY is an private carrier based in Kansas City, Missouri. The fleet consists of 135 power units and 361 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 2,925,000 miles (2024). The carrier transports Tools; Repair Equipment; Materials Of Trade. 2 crashes have been reported with no fatalities. A total of 32 inspections are on file. Both driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are below the national average, indicating strong compliance. The carrier holds a Satisfactory safety rating from the FMCSA. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY has a Trust Score of 72/100 (Good).

Cargo Transported

Tools; Repair Equipment; Materials Of Trade

Operation Classification

Private (Property)Private Only

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .04 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 2.58 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage2,925,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

361

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

361

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatYes

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review03/21/2011

Insurance

AmountNot reported

Type-

Effective-

Company-

Policy #-

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypePrivate Carrier

Fleet135 units

Drivers361

Mileage2,925,000 mi

MCS-15009/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away2

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total23

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total9

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total1

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

Last FMCSA Review: 03/21/2011 | Rated: 03/05/2003

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

3 · 1 OOS -

2024

5 · 1 OOS =

2025

15 · 0 OOS ▼

2026

6 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

0 crashes ▼

2025

0 crashes =

2026

3 crashes ▲

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Jun 2026, 24 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean, no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (4)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
05/07/2026	RURAL	LA	1	1	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight
03/19/2026	BOKOSHE	OK	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
01/21/2026	NON-CITY OR UNINCORPORATE	MO	0	1	3	Other/Unknown	Water	Daylight
11/28/2023	GONZALES	LA	0	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

18 roadside violations across 24 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Vehicle Maintenance 8 violations · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 7 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 1 violation · 0 OOS

Other (General) 2 violations · 0 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (29)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/02/2026	IL	Full (Level I)	SCALE 20	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/31/2026	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	ASHDOWN AR	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/02/2026	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	TEXARKANA AR	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
03/16/2026	LA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HORNBECK LA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/21/2026	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	KANSAS CITY MO	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/22/2026	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	KANSAS CITY MO	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/04/2025	OK	Driver-Only (Level III)	US 59 / US 64	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/22/2025	MO	Driver-Only (Level III)	ASH GROVE MO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/03/2025	LA	Full (Level I)	STARKS LA	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/04/2025	MS	Driver-Only (Level III)	LEE COUNTY	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
09/03/2025	OK	Driver-Only (Level III)	US 271 SPIRO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/19/2025	MO	Full (Level I)	JOPLIN MO	3	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/14/2025	LA	Driver-Only (Level III)	LAPLACE LA	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/11/2025	OK	Walk-Around (Level II)	US 59 BYPASS	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/19/2025	OK	Walk-Around (Level II)	US 59 BYPASS	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/01/2025	OK	Driver-Only (Level III)	US 59 BYPASS	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/16/2025	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	LOCKESBURG AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/01/2025	LA	Walk-Around (Level II)	DELTA LA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/25/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	TX44 EB	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
02/19/2025	MS	Driver-Only (Level III)	WARREN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/15/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH30 WB MT PLEASANT SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/22/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	GRANNIS AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/15/2024	LA	Driver-Only (Level III)	LA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/17/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	BRADLEY AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/17/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	BENTON AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/16/2024	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	1900 FOREST LN	10	2	1	9	2	-	▲Detail
12/01/2023	LA	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROADSIDE	3	1	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
11/07/2023	MS	Driver-Only (Level III)	S/B N OF 278	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/22/2023	LA	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROADSIDE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections23

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 5 viols

Licensing & Insurance

No insurance history records.

No active insurance policies.

No authority history.

No revocation records.

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72/100

Good

NOT VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 72

−25

Starts at 100−28 totalFinal 72

No insurance or bond on file−25

Operating history unknown−3

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Operating authority N/A

Not required for private carriers, a private carrier hauls its own goods and needs no for-hire operating authority (no MC number) under FMCSA.

Insurance on file with FMCSA

No active insurance / coverage amount on file.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-25

No insurance or bond on file FAILS VERIFICATION

No active insurance or surety bond is recorded with FMCSA, and no active authority that would require it.

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers) knockout	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

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Company Information

Contact Details

Operating Authorities

Company Overview

Cargo Transported

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (4)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (29)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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