Kansas City Southern, Meridian Speedway, Volume 2, Trains Across Mississippi

The Kansas City Southern Railway operates the ‘Meridian Speedway’, a busy 320 mile long rail corridor from Shreveport, Louisiana to Meridian, Mississippi. Volume Two covers the state of Mississippi. Starting at the Mississippi River Bridge in Vicksburg, this line travels east for 150 miles through the city of Jackson and on to Meridian.

KCS acquired this route in 1993 from MidSouth Rail and is former Illinois Central trackage. The Meridian Speedway operates as a joint venture with the Norfolk Southern (a 30% owner) and is used as a vital link to transport intermodal, manifest, bulk commodities and energy trains across their systems. Today this is part of the shortest transcontinental railroad in the southern USA, as it connects states in the Southeast to the Southwest. KCS power dominates the action but you’ll also see trains of the NS, UP, BNSF along with shortlines. Rail footage era spring of 2022.

“Meridian Speedway” Volume One covers Louisiana trackage from Shreveport to the Mississippi River at Vicksburg.