Industries in Ava include several canning companies, a Standard Oil Depot, and the tie yard. Douglas County, even today, is very rural and most of the KCO&S runs through open ground around towns and farms and thick woodland everywhere else. Zion, Alwanda (Bryant Creek), Flat Rock, and Mansfield. KCO&S has depots/whistle stops at (south to north) Ava, Mt. This route covers the complete line from Ava to Mansfield, along with about 3 miles of Frisco mainline around Mansfield. The KCO&S profits peaked in the early 1920's before entering bankruptcy and being abandoned in 1935. The railroad operated a Heisler locomotive and rented steam engines from the Frisco. MSTS staff collaborated closely with the former NNSS M&O contractor, National Security Technologies, LLC from Aug. Quigley was tight on cash so was forced to follow the lay of the land and was limited on the amount of cutting, bridge building and embankments he could use which led to some pretty intense grades and tight curves. National Laboratory, the Kansas City National Security Campus, the Nevada National Security Site, the Pantex Plant, the Savannah River Site, and the U.K. Where can I do find downloads at Does anyone know if they have a St.Louis-Kansas City Route (Mo. The KCO&S connected with the Frisco Railroad at Mansfield and gave Ava its link to the US rail system. I just got one for Christmas and looking for new territories. However, Douglas County was locally known for its railroad tie and tomato industries whose products were in desperate need of modern transport to other markets. Ava is a rural town situated in the rugged Ozark Plateau that up until the early 20th century was relatively disconnected from the outside world as no major trails or railroads ran through the hamlet. The KCO&S was a 15 mile short line linking Ava, Missouri with Mansfield and the United States rail network. This is my first ever route project and I am still learning the TSRE5 editor and this will also be my first time building custom objects and locomotives, so suggestions and advice is welcome! Thank you! I began working on it at the very end of July and as of tonight, I have all track work completed, along with roads and large portions of forests. As a resident of Douglas County, Missouri, this abandoned line has always interested me because it was the only rail line we ever had in the county. “As TreviPay, we optimally position our innovative technology and services to support our clients in the rapid transformation of digital commerce.I am pleased to announce I have finally found the time and motivation to begin working on a OpenRails route, my first one to be exact, the Kansas City, Ozarks, and Southern Railway (KCO&S). “As the only business-to-business solution designed for suppliers and merchants, we have a long history of supporting national and global leaders across industries, notably manufacturing and retail,” Spear said. In 2020, New York private equity firm Corsair Capital LLC bought MSTS from World Fuel for $350 million.
The company evolved through the years, focusing its product development efforts on offering a turnkey system to help midsize and large companies with B2B payment solutions.
TreviPay CEO Brandon Spear said the rebrand was designed to better reflect what the Overland Park-based company does today.įounded in 1978, MSTS originally was focused on helping businesses eliminate fraud in fuel purchases by using credit cards. MSTS, a business-to-business credit solutions provider, rebranded itself after 43 years, taking on the name TreviPay.