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Title: Reports of Presidential Emergency Boards for Disputes on Railroads: Kansas City Southern Railway
Description: Article about the "emergency board appointed by the President of the United States on June 12, 1933, to investigate the wage dispute between the Kansas City Southern Railway and its engineers, firemen and enginemen, conductors, and trainmen" during the Great Depression.
Date: 1933-10
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Streetwalker: More than Just a Railroad
Description: Photo and article about the diversified operations of Kansas City Southern Industries, best "known as the operator of Kansas City Southern Lines, a 1,700-mile railroad."
Date: 1990-06-25
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Louis Houck: Opponent and Imitator of Jay Gould
Description: Biographical article about Louis Houck (~1840-1925) and his establishment of three short-line railroads in southeastern Missouri, from 1881 to 1913, based around Saint Louis, and competing with rival railroad executive Jay Gould.
Date: 1956-03
Object Type: Magazine Article