List of Arkansas railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Arkansas.

Class I railroads[]

Regional railroads[]

Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad (MNA)

Shortline and terminal railroads[]

Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad (ALM)
Arkansas Midland Railroad (AKMD)
Arkansas and Missouri Railroad (AM)
Arkansas Southern Railroad (ARS)
Camden and Southern Railroad (CSR)
Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad (DR)
Delta Valley and Southern Railway (DVS)
De Queen and Eastern Railroad (DQE)
East Camden and Highland Railroad (EACH)
El Dorado and Wesson Railway (EDW)
Fordyce and Princeton Railroad (FP)
Fort Smith Railroad (FSR)
Kiamichi Railroad (KRR)
Little Rock Port Authority Railroad (LRPA)
Little Rock and Western Railway (LRWN)
Louisiana and North West Railroad (LNW)
(NLA)
Ouachita Railroad (OUCH)
Prescott and Northwestern Railroad (PNW)
Warren and Saline River Railroad (WSR)
West Memphis Base Railroad (WMBR)

Commuter railroads[]

Arkansas train stations

Legend

Texas Eagle
to Chicago

Walnut Ridge

Newport (closed 1996)

Texas Eagle
to San Antonio

Amtrak (AMTK): Texas Eagle

Heritage and scenic railroads[]

Industrial rail operations[]

Bauxite and Northern Railway (BXN)
Granite Mountain Quarries Railroad (GMQX)

Defunct railroads[]

Name	Mark	System^{[nb 1]}	Miles	From	To	Successor	Notes

			6.00	1907	1910		Railroad listing:^[1]
				1920	1959	N/A
	AKC	MP		1897	1922	Missouri Pacific Railroad
		MP		1871	1877
		SLSF		1895	1902
				1907		N/A
						N/A
		MP		1882	1883
		MP		1882	1909	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railroad				1914	1915	Leased the Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railway
Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railway	AL&G			1906	1915	Arkansas and Louisiana Midland Railway
Arkansas and Louisiana Midland Railway	A&LM			1915	1920	Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri Railway
Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri Railway	A&LM, ALM			1920	1991	Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad
Arkansas and Memphis Railway Bridge and Terminal Company		MP/ RI/ SSW		1912			Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad
		MP		1877	1917	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
		MP		1853	1871
		SLSF		1894	1898
Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad		SLSF		1898	1901	St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Arkansas, Oklahoma and Western Railroad				1907	1911
				1949	1961	N/A
Arkansas Southern Railroad		RI		1892	1905	:^[2]	Incorporated August 29, 1892; consolidated with the Alexandria, Junction City & Shreveport Railway Company in March of 1899, continuing as the Arkansas Southern Railroad Company. Merged into the Rock Island, Arkansas & Louisiana Railroad on October 31, 1905. Leased to the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway January 31, 1906.^[3]
		SSW		1887	1887
		MP		1900	1909	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
		KCS		1899	1904
	ARW	KCS		1904	1992	Kansas City Southern Railway
Ashley, Drew and Northern Railway	ADN			1912	1995	Fordyce and Princeton Railroad
	AUG			1918	1959	N/A
		RI		1888	1890
				1892	1917
				1886	1892
		MP		1873	1928	Missouri Pacific Railroad
		RI		1881	1890
				1904		N/A
				1909		N/A
		SLSF		1882	1900	Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad
				1882	1902	Cache Valley Railroad
				1915	1916
				1906	1923	N/A
		SSW		1908	1929	St. Louis Southwestern Railway
		SLSF		1905		Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
		MP		1889	1909	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
				1908		N/A
Burlington Northern Inc.	BN			1980	1981	Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern Railroad	BN			1981	1996	Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
	BLC	SLSF		1905	1950	St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Cache Valley Railroad				1902	1927	N/A
				1913	1924	N/A
				1907	1911
		MP		1853	1874	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
	CT&S			1912	1940	N/A
		MP		1889	1892	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
				1903	1906
	COA			1906	1932	N/A
		SSW		1901	1937	N/A
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad	RI, ROCK	RI		1947	1980	Fordyce and Princeton Railroad, Little Rock and Western Railway, Missouri Pacific Railroad, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, South Central Arkansas Railway
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway	RI	RI		1904	1948	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
		SLSF		1902	1905	Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad
		RI		1898	1900	Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad		RI		1900	1948	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
		MP		1884	1885
				1916	1928	N/A
				1904		N/A
		RI		1881	1882
	CPF			1951	1977	N/A
				1905	1922	N/A
				1905	1912	Ashley, Drew and Northern Railway
				1912	1912	Ashley, Drew and Northern Railway
		RI		1906	1911
Dardanelle and Russellville Railway				1883	1900	Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad
		SLSF		1897	1901	Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
		RI		1897	1899
		MP		1906	1909
		MP		1902	1909	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway

				1880	1899
		SLSF		1886	1926	St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
				1887
		SLSF		1886	1887	St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
				1909	1919
				1919	1962	N/A
		MP		1902	1956	Missouri Pacific Railroad
	FSVB	KCS		1910	1992	Kansas City Southern Railway
		SLSF		1885	1907	St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
Fort Smith and Western Railroad	FS&W			1899	1923	Fort Smith and Western Railway
Fort Smith and Western Railway	FS&W, FSW			1921	1939	N/A
				1905		N/A
				1904	1925	N/A
		MP		1903	1909	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
		MP		1886	1888
				1906	1920

Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown Railroad	GNA	KCS		1922	1998	Kansas City Southern Railway
				1905		N/A
		SLSF		1898	1901	Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
		MP		1900	1909	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
		MP		1905	1909	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
		RI		1902	1904	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
				1908		N/A
				1948	1951
	HSW			1913	1987	N/A
				1906		N/A
				1905	1906
Hot Springs Railroad		RI		1870	1902	Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
				1910	1911
		MP		1890	1893	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
		SLSF		1896	1901
Illinois Central Railroad	IC	IC		1946	1972	Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad	ICG			1972	1973	N/A
		MP		1860	1882
Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad		SLSF		1897	1950	St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
		MP		1885	1909	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
				1891		N/A
					1891
		SLSF		1888	1901	Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway		SLSF		1901	1928	St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
		SLSF		1888	1888
		KCS		1887	1893	Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
				1911	1918	N/A
Kansas City and Memphis Railway and Bridge Company		SLSF		1887	1928	St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad		KCS		1893	1900	Kansas City Southern Railway
		MP		1882	1882	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
		SLSF		1883	1888
				1902	1932	N/A
				1897		N/A
		RI		1899	1899
		SSW		1887	1887
Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad		MP		1855	1875
		MP		1875	1906	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
		MP		1853	1855	Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad
		MP		1869	1870
		MP, RI		1893	1899
		MP, RI		1899	1911	, St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
		MP		1883	1922	Missouri Pacific Railroad
				1907		N/A
		RI		1887	1898
		MP		1877	1887	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
		MP		1903	1909	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
		MP		1868	1873
		SSW		1884	1886
				1892		N/A
		RI		1902	1905
		SLSF		1887	1926	St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad		KCS		1898	1902	Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway	L&A, LA	KCS		1902	1992	Kansas City Southern Railway
				1887		N/A
	LPB			1905	1979	N/A
		IC		1889	1946	Illinois Central Railroad
		RI		1911	1913
				1905		N/A
		SSW		1904	1930	St. Louis Southwestern Railway

		KCS		1910	1922	Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown Railroad,
		MP		1901	1903	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
Memphis and Little Rock Railroad		RI		1877	1887
Memphis and Little Rock Railroad		RI		1853	1873
		RI		1873	1877	Memphis and Little Rock Railroad
		KCS		1906	1910
				1910	1911
				1908	1910
Midland Valley Railroad	MV	MP		1903	1966	N/A
				1902		N/A
				1890		N/A
		MP		1855	1873
		MP		1897	1909	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway

	MAR, MA			1935	1946	,

Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad	M&NA			1906	1922
	M&NA			1922	1935
Missouri Pacific Railroad	MP	MP		1917	1997	Union Pacific Railroad
				1915	1935	N/A
Monte Ne Railway				1902	1911
				1947	1952	N/A
				1932	1947
				1925	1932

		SLSF		1899	1901
				1904		N/A
		SLSF		1901	1907	St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
		SSW		1887	1893
						N/A
				1902
		SSW		1893	1958	St. Louis Southwestern Railway
				1908	1909
				1904		N/A
				1889		N/A
		SSW		1898	1934	N/A
		SSW		1892	1898
		SSW		1884	1889
				1910	1929	N/A
				1912		N/A
		SSW		1884	1886
		MP		1903	1909	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
		MP		1899	1903
				1905		N/A
				1910		N/A
Reader Railroad				1925	1975	N/A	Remains as a tourist railroad
		RI		1905	1948	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
		RI		1911	1938	N/A
		RI		1913	1948	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
				1904	1907	Arkansas, Oklahoma and Western Railroad
				1905		N/A
		SSW		1887	1891	St. Louis Southwestern Railway
		SLSF		1880	1882	St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
		SLSF		1897	1901
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway		MP		1874	1917	Missouri Pacific Railroad
		SLSF		1906	1950	St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
		SLSF		1901	1902
		SLSF		1902	1907	St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
				1899	1906	Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
St. Louis – San Francisco Railway	SLSF	SLSF		1916	1980	Burlington Northern Inc.
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad		SLSF		1896	1916	St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
St. Louis and San Francisco Railway		SLSF		1882	1896	St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
		SLSF		1902	1907	St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
St. Louis Southwestern Railway	SSW	SSW		1891	1997	Union Pacific Railroad
				1905		N/A
				1897		N/A
		RI		1899	1904	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
		RI		1882	1899
South Central Arkansas Railway	SCK			1982	1983	East Camden and Highland Railroad
Southeastern Railroad				1905	1906	Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
		SLSF		1900	1902
Southwestern Arkansas and Indian Territory Railroad		MP		1884	1900
		SLSF		1880	1883
		SSW		1881	1901	St. Louis Southwestern Railway
		RI		1910	1913
		RI		1911	1913
Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway		KCS		1889	1943	Kansas City Southern Railway
		MP		1888	1899
		MP		1899	1901	Texas and Pacific Railway
		MP		1873	1875
Texas & Northeastern Railway				1872			Arkansas Central Railroad, the Helena & Corinth Railroad, and the Pine Bluff & Southwestern Railroad merged forming the Texas & Northeastern Railway.^[4]
Texas and Pacific Railway	T&P, TP	MP		1901	1976	Missouri Pacific Railroad
		SSW		1881	1886
				1904		N/A
		SLSF		1902		Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
				1877	1910
				1893		N/A
Warren, Johnsville and Saline River Railroad				1905	1920	Warren and Saline River Railroad
	W&OV, WOV	RI		1899	1980	Warren and Saline River Railroad
		MP		1877	1882
		RI		1890	1941	N/A
		MP		1901	1903	St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
		RI		1898	1901	Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
				1904		N/A
		SLSF		1904	1912	Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad

Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad		IC		1889	1946	Illinois Central Railroad

Electric

Notes[]

^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

References[]

^ Antoine Valley Railroad listing; Annual report on the statistics of railways in the United States, by the United States Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Transportation, (1912, pp.254)- Retrieved 2019-05-19
^ Arkansas Southern Railroad- Retrieved 2019-05-18
^ Mississippi Rails: Arkansas Southern Railroad- Retrieved 2019-05-18
^ 1872 map of Texas & Northeastern Railway- Retrieved 2019-05-19

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (May 2002), "Arkansas state rail plan 2002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-12-21.. Retrieved February 11, 2005.
Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
Hull, Clifton E. (1988) Shortline Railroads of Arkansas, University of Central Arkansas Press, Conway, Arkansas. ISBN 0-944436-00-5

[1] This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

[2] Antoine Valley Railroad listing; Annual report on the statistics of railways in the United States, by the United States Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Transportation, (1912, pp.254)- Retrieved 2019-05-19

[3] Arkansas Southern Railroad- Retrieved 2019-05-18

[4] Mississippi Rails: Arkansas Southern Railroad- Retrieved 2019-05-18

[5] 1872 map of Texas & Northeastern Railway- Retrieved 2019-05-19

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