Kansas City Southern, the smallest of the Class 1 railroads in North America, reported record fourth-quarter and full-year 2018 financial results on Jan. 18.

Kansas City Southern on Oct. 19 reported record revenue for the third quarter, buoyed by a 17% increase in chemical and petroleum products and an 8% jump in automotive and intermodal shipments.

Kansas City Southern reported net income in the second quarter of $148.7 million, or $1.45 a share, compared with $134.7 million, or $1.27 a share, in the same period a year ago.

GE Transportation’s long drought order is starting to seem like a distant memory.

Kansas City Southern will relaunch weekly rail service next month between the Port of New Orleans and metro Dallas, a move that will add more options to customers in the United States and Mexico.

Kansas City Southern reported first-quarter net income of $145 million, or $1.40 a share, on revenue of $639 million, a 5% rise from the prior year. In the first quarter of 2017, the railroad reported net income of $147 million, or $1.38 per share.

Kansas City Southern announced a significant uptick in profits in the fourth quarter, but similar to virtually all U.S. companies, the final total was bolstered by the savings anticipated from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Kansas City Southern reported profits rose 7.2% in the third quarter on strength in automotive, energy, intermodal and petrochemical transportation, despite suffering a financial blow of up to $23 million in operating income from Hurricane Harvey.

Kansas City Southern continued the red-hot results from railroad freight carriers in the second quarter, with its profit growing 11.9%, slightly beating the consensus analyst forecast.