OREANDA-NEWS. The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR) has promoted L.E. Ў°EddieЎ± Jameson from general director regulatory standards and training to assistant vice president safety and standardization. Mr. Jameson reports to vice president transportation and safety Steven E. Truitt.

Ў°Eddie has a solid background in operating practices, technical expertise and the rapport with field operations personnel to bring significant value to our safety efforts and be highly effective in this role,Ў± said Mr. Truitt.

Mr. Jameson has approximately 30 years of experience in the railroad industry, most of which has been with KCSR. He began his career as a brakeman, is a certified locomotive engineer and conductor and has progressive management experience in transportation, operating practices and safety. In this new role, reporting to Mr. Jameson are director of safety Alfredo Perez, director of training Gerry Peppmuller, senior road foremen Scott Spears and John Manning and certification and training specialist Diana Greeley.

Mr. Jameson is a voting member of the Federal Railroad Administration Rail Safety Advisory Committee and a member of the General Code of Operating Rules Committee. He is also a member of the International Association of Railroad Operating Officers.

Headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., Kansas City Southern (KCS) (NYSE: KSU) is a transportation holding company that has railroad investments in the U.S., Mexico and Panama. Its primary U.S. holding is KCSR, serving the central and south central U.S. Its international holdings include Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., serving northeastern and central Mexico and the port cities of LЁўzaro CЁўrdenas, Tampico and Veracruz, and a 50 percent interest in Panama Canal Railway Company, providing ocean-to-ocean freight and passenger service along the Panama Canal. KCS' North American rail holdings and strategic alliances are primary components of a NAFTA Railway system, linking the commercial and industrial centers of the U.S., Mexico and Canada.