Kansas City Southern, Kansas City, Mo., and its U.S. subsidiary, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR), will invest approximately $19 million in 2015 on construction and improvement projects on KCSR’s Beaumont Subdivision line.

Kansas City Southern (KCS), Kansas City, Mo., announced that its U.S. subsidiary, The Kansas City Southern Railway Co. (KCSR), is investing approximately $18 million in construction and improvement projects on its Laredo Subdivision from Laredo to Corpus Christi, Texas.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), Darien, Conn., acquired approximately 95% of the shares of London-based Freightliner Group Ltd. from Arcapita and other shareholders for cash consideration of approximately $755 million.

Genesee & Wyoming Inc., Darien, Conn., acquired Pinsly Railroad Co.’s Arkansas division for approximately $40 million in cash.

U.S. freight rail traffic for the week ending Aug. 30 registered increases in line with the entire month of August, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR), Washington, D.C.

Florida East Coast Railway (FECR), Jacksonville, Fla., is increasing its intermodal capacity by adding new equipment.

R. J. Corman Railroad Group, LLC (RJC), Nicholasville, Ky., acquired Roadway Worker Training, Inc. (RWT), St. Augustine, Fla.

The Greenbrier Cos., Inc., Lake Oswego, Ore., announced the opening of a new regional hub in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with a lease of nearly 6,000 square feet of office space in Colleyville, Texas.

Atlas Railroad Construction is reorganizing under a region-based commercial and operating structure to facilitate expansion into the U.S. Midwest, Southeast and Southwest.