The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Arkansas.
Class I railroads
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
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)
- North Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad (NLA)
- Ouachita Railroad (OUCH)
- Prescott and Northwestern Railroad (PNW)
- Warren and Saline River Railroad (WSR)
- West Memphis Base Railroad (WMBR)
Passenger railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK): Texas Eagle
- Metro Streetcar
Heritage and scenic railroads
- Northwestern Arkansas A&M Excursion
- Eureka Springs and North Arkansas Railway
- Fort Smith Trolley Museum
Industrial rail operations
- Bauxite and Northern Railway (BXN)
- Granite Mountain Quarries Railroad (GMQX)
Defunct railroads
<!--Hudson River? Ouachita River? West Point Railroad?-->
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|Anderson and Saline River Railway
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| Antoine Valley Railroad
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|6.00
|1907
|1910
| Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railway
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|Arkansas Railroad
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|1920<!--?-->
|1959
|N/A
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|Arkansas Central Railroad
|AKC
|MP
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|1897
|1922
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
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|Arkansas Central Railway
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|MP
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|1871
|1877
|Arkansas Midland Railroad
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|Arkansas and Choctaw Railway
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|SLSF
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|1895
|1902
|St. Louis, San Francisco and New Orleans Railroad
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|Arkansas Eastern Railroad
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|1907
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
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|Arkansas and Gulf Railroad
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|<!--no idea-->
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|N/A
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|Arkansas and Indian Territory Railway
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|MP
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|1882
|1883
|Arkansas and Louisiana Railway
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|Arkansas and Louisiana Railway
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|MP
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|1882
|1909
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
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|Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railroad
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|1914
|1915
|Leased the Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railway
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|Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railway
|AL&G
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|1906
|1915
|Arkansas and Louisiana Midland Railway
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|Arkansas and Louisiana Midland Railway
|A&LM
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|1915
|1920
|Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri Railway
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|Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri Railway
|A&LM, ALM
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|1920
|1991
|Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad
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|Arkansas and Memphis Railway Bridge and Terminal Company
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|MP/ RI/ SSW
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|1912
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|Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad
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|Arkansas Midland Railroad
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|MP
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|1877
|1917
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
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|Arkansas Midland Railroad
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|MP
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|1853
|1871
|Arkansas Central Railway
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|Arkansas North Western Railway
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|SLSF
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|1894
|1898
|Gulf, Arkansas and Northwestern Railway
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|Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad
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|SLSF
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|1898
|1901
|St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
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|Arkansas, Oklahoma and Western Railroad
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|1907
|1911
|Kansas City and Memphis Railway
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|Arkansas and Ozarks Railway
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|1950
|1960
|N/A
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|Arkansas Southern Railroad
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|RI
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|1892
|1905
|Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad:
|Incorporated August 29, 1892; consolidated with the Alexandria, Junction City & Shreveport Railway Company in March 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.
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|Arkansas and Southern Railway
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|SSW
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|1887
|1887
|St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway
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|Arkansas Southwestern Railway
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|MP
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|1900
|1909
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
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|Arkansas Western Railroad
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|KCS
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|1899
|1904
|Arkansas Western Railway
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|Arkansas Western Railway
|ARW
|KCS
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|1904
|1992
|Kansas City Southern Railway
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|Ashley, Drew and Northern Railway
|ADN
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|1912
|1995
|Fordyce and Princeton Railroad
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|Augusta Railroad
|AUG
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|1918
|1959<!--?-->
|N/A
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|Augusta and Southeastern Railway
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|RI
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|1888<!--??-->
|1890
|White and Black River Valley Railway
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|Augusta Tramway and Transfer Company
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|1892
|1917
|Augusta Railroad
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|Augusta and White River Railroad
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|1886
|1892
|Augusta Tramway and Transfer Company
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|Baring Cross Bridge Company
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|MP
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|1873
|1928<!--?-->
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
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|Batesville and Brinkley Railroad
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|RI
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|1881
|1890
|White and Black River Valley Railway
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|Bearden and Ouachita River Railroad
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|1904
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
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|Beirne and Clear Lake Railroad
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|1909
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
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|Bentonville Railroad
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|SLSF
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|1882
|1900
|Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad
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|Black and Cache River Railroad
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|1882<!--according to Poor's-->
|1902
|Cache Valley Railroad
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|Black Mountain and Eastern Railroad
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|1915
|1916
|Combs, Cass and Eastern Railroad
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|Blytheville, Burdette and Mississippi River Railway
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|1906
|1923<!--?-->
|N/A
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|Blytheville, Leachville and Arkansas Southern Railroad
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|SSW
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|1908
|1929
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway
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|Bonnerville and Southwestern Railroad
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|SLSF
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|1905
|<!--no idea-->
|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
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|Brinkley, Helena and Indian Bay Railway
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|MP
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|1889
|1909
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
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|Brookings and Peach Orchard Railroad
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|1908
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
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|Burlington Northern Inc.
|BN
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|1980
|1981
|Burlington Northern Railroad
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|Burlington Northern Railroad
|BN
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|1981
|1996
|Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
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|Butler County Railroad
|BLC
|SLSF
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|1905
|1950<!--?-->
|St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
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|Cache Valley Railroad
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|1902
|1927<!--?-->
|N/A
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|Caddo & Choctaw Railroad
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|1907
|1924
|N/A
|Between 1911 and 1913, owned by the Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railway
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|Cairo and Fulton Railroad
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|MP
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|1853
|1874
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
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|Cairo, Truman and Southern Railroad
|CT&S
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|1912
|1940
|N/A
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|Camden and Alexandria Railway
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|MP
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|1889
|1892
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
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|Central Railroad of Arkansas
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|1903<!--?-->
|1906
|Central Railway of Arkansas
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|Central Railway of Arkansas
|COA
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|1906
|1932
|N/A
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|Central Arkansas and Eastern Railroad
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|SSW
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|1901
|1937
|N/A
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|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|RI, ROCK
|RI
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|1947
|1980
|Fordyce and Princeton Railroad, Little Rock and Western Railway, Missouri Pacific Railroad, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, South Central Arkansas Railway
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|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|RI
|RI
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|1904<!--leased the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad-->
|1948
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
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|Chickasawba Railroad
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|SLSF
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|1902
|1925
|Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad
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|Choctaw and Memphis Railroad
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|RI
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|1898
|1900
|Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
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|Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
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|RI
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|1900
|1948
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
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|Coal Hill Branch of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway
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|MP
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|1884
|1885
|Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway
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|Combs, Cass and Eastern Railroad
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|1916
|1928
|N/A
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|Cotton Belt and Northern Railway
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|1904
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
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|Cotton Plant Railroad
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|RI
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|1879
|1882
|Batesville and Brinkley Railroad
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|Cotton Plant-Fargo Railway
|CPF
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|1952
|1977<!--?-->
|N/A
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|Crittenden Railroad
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|1905
|1922<!--?-->
|N/A
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|Crossett Railway
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|1905
|1912
|Ashley, Drew and Northern Railway
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|Crossett, Monticello and Northern Railway
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|1912
|1912
|Ashley, Drew and Northern Railway
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|Dardanelle, Ola and Southern Railway
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|RI
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|1906
|1911
|Rock Island and Dardanelle Railway
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|Dardanelle and Russellville Railway
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|1883
|1900
|Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad
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|Deckerville, Osceola and Northern Railroad
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|SLSF
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|1897
|1901
|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
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|Des Arc and Northern Railway
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|RI
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|1897
|1899
|Searcy and Des Arc Railroad
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|Doniphan, Kensett and Searcy Railroad
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|MP
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|1906
|1909
|Doniphan, Kensett and Searcy Railway
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|Eldorado and Bastrop Railway
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|MP
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|1902
|1909
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
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|Elliott and Mount Holly Railway
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|Eureka Springs Railway
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|1883
|1899
|St. Louis and North Arkansas Railroad
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|Fayetteville and Little Rock Railroad
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|SLSF
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|1886
|1926
|St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
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|Fort Smith, Paris and Dardanelle Railway
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|1887
|<!--no idea-->
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|Fort Smith and Southern Railway
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|SLSF
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|1886
|1887
|St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
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|Fort Smith, Subiaco and Eastern Railroad
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|1909
|1919
|Fort Smith, Subiaco and Rock Island Railroad
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|Fort Smith, Subiaco and Rock Island Railroad
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|1919
|1962<!--?-->
|N/A
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|Fort Smith Suburban Railway
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|MP
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|1902
|1956
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
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|Fort Smith and Van Buren Railway
|FSVB
|KCS
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|1910
|1992
|Kansas City Southern Railway
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|Fort Smith and Van Buren Bridge Company
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|SLSF
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|1885
|1907
|St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
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|Fort Smith and Western Railroad
|FS&W
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|1899
|1923
|Fort Smith and Western Railway
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|Fort Smith and Western Railway
|FS&W, FSW
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|1921
|1939
|N/A
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|Fourche River Valley and Indian Territory Railway
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|1905
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
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|Freeo Valley Railroad
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|1904
|1925<!--?-->
|N/A
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|Garland Western Railway
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|MP
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|1903
|1909
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
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|Gate City Lumber Railroad
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|MP
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|1886
|1888
|Texarkana and Shreveport Railroad
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|Gould Southwestern Railway
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|1906
|1920<!--?-->
|Arkansas Railroad
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|Grand Prairie – Branch Railroad
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|Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown Railroad
|GNA
|KCS
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|1922
|1998
|Kansas City Southern Railway
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|Griffin, Magnolia and Western Railroad
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|1905
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
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|Gulf, Arkansas and Northwestern Railway
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|SLSF
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|1898
|1901
|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
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|Gurdon and Fort Smith Railroad
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|MP
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|1900
|1909
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
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|Gurdon and Fort Smith Northern Railway
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|MP
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|1905
|1909
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
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|Hazen and Northern Railroad
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|RI
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|1902
|1904
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
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|Helena, Parkin and Northern Railway
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|1908
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
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|Helena and Northwestern Railway
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|1949
|1951
|N/A
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|Helena Southwestern Railroad
|HSW
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|1913
|1987
|N/A
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|Homan and Southeastern Railway
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|1906<!--?-->
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
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|Homan and Southern Railway
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|1905
|1906<!--?-->
|Homan and Southeastern Railway
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|Hot Springs Railroad
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|RI
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|1870
|1902
|Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
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|Glenwood, Hot Springs & Western Railroad
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|1910<!--??-->
|1911
| Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railway
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|Houston, Central Arkansas and Northern Railway
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|MP
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|1890
|1893
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
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|Hoxie, Pocahontas and Northern Railroad
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|SLSF
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|1896
|1901
|Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad
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|Illinois Central Railroad
|IC
|IC
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|1946
|1972
|Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
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|Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
|ICG
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|1972
|1973<!--ferry and Helena trackage abandoned, but it was apparently discontinued in 1972-->
|N/A
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|Iron Mountain and Helena Railroad
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|MP
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|1860
|1882
|Kansas City and Southern Railway
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|Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad
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|SLSF
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|1897
|1950<!--?-->
|St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
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|Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway
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|MP
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|1888
|1909
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
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|Kansas City, Arkansas and New Orleans Railroad
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|1891
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A<!--did the SSW later reuse the grade?-->
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|Kansas City, Arkansas and New Orleans Railway
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|<!--no idea-->
|1891
|Kansas City, Arkansas and New Orleans Railroad
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|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad
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|SLSF
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|1888
|1901
|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
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|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
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|SLSF
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|1901
|1928
|St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
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|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad
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|SLSF
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|1888
|1888
|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad
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|Kansas City, Fort Smith and Southern Railroad
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|KCS
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|1887
|1893
|Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
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|Kansas City and Memphis Railway
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|1911
|1918<!--?-->
|N/A
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|Kansas City and Memphis Railway and Bridge Company
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|SLSF
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|1887
|1928
|St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
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|Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
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|KCS
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|1893
|1900
|Kansas City Southern Railway
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|Kansas City and Southern Railway
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|MP
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|1882<!--or earlier in Arkansas?-->
|1882
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
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|Kansas City, Springfield and Memphis Railroad
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|SLSF
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|1883
|1888
|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad
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|L'Anguille River Railway
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|1902
|1932<!--?-->
|N/A
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|Little River Valley Railway
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|1897
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
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|Little Rock Bridge Company
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|RI
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|1899<!--?-->
|1899<!--??-->
|Choctaw and Memphis Railroad
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|Little Rock and Eastern Railway
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|SSW
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|1887
|1887
|Arkansas and Southern Railway
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|Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad
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|MP
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|1855
|1875
|Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway
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|Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway
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|MP
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|1875
|1906
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
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|Little Rock and Fort Smith Branch of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad
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|MP
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|1853
|1855
|Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad
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|Little Rock and Helena Railroad
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|MP
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|1869
|1870
|Arkansas Central Railway
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|Little Rock, Hot Springs and Texas Railway
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|MP, RI
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|1893
|1899
|Little Rock and Hot Springs Western Railroad
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|Little Rock and Hot Springs Western Railroad
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|MP, RI
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|1899
|1911
|Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad, St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
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|Little Rock Junction Railway
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|MP
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|1883
|1922
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
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|Little Rock, Maumelle and Western Railroad
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|1907
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Little Rock and Memphis Railroad
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|RI
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|1887
|1898
|Choctaw and Memphis Railroad
|
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|Little Rock, Mississippi River and Texas Railway
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|MP
|172
|1875
|1887
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
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|Little Rock and Monroe Railway
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|MP
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|1903
|1909
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
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|Little Rock, Pine Bluff and New Orleans Railroad
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|MP
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|1868
|1873
|Texas, Mississippi and Northwestern Railroad
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|Little Rock, Pine Bluff and White River Railway
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|SSW
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|1884
|1886
|Pine Bluff, Monroe and New Orleans Railway
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|Little Rock, Sheridan and Saline River Railway
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|
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|1892
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
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|-
|Little Rock and Southern Railroad
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|RI
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|1902
|1905
|Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad
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|Little Rock and Texas Railway
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|SLSF
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|1887
|1926
|St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
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|Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad
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|KCS
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|1898
|1902
|Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
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|-
|Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
|L&A, LA
|KCS
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|1902
|1992
|Kansas City Southern Railway
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|Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri Railroad
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|1887
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
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|-
|Louisiana and Pine Bluff Railway
|LPB
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|1905
|1979<!--?-->
|N/A
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|-
|Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway of Arkansas
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|IC
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|1889
|1946
|Illinois Central Railroad
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|-
|Malvern and Camden Railway
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|RI
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|1911
|1913
|Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad
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|-
|Malvern and Freeo Valley Railway
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|
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|1905
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
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|-
|Manila and Southwestern Railway
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|SSW
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|1904
|1930<!--??-->
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway
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|-
|McCrory and Beedeville Southern Railway
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|
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|1911
|1914
|N/A
|
|-
|Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railroad
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|KCS
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|1910
|1922
|Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown Railroad; Murfreesboro, Nashville, Southwestern Railway
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|Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railway
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|MP
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|1901
|1903
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
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|-
|Memphis and Little Rock Railroad
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|RI
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|1877
|1887
|Little Rock and Memphis Railroad
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|-
|Memphis and Little Rock Railroad
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|RI
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|1853
|1873
|Memphis and Little Rock Railway
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|Memphis and Little Rock Railway
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|RI
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|1873
|1877
|Memphis and Little Rock Railroad
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|-
|Memphis, Paris and Gulf Railroad
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|KCS
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|1906
|1910
| Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railway
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|-
|Meto and Arkansas Valley Railway
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|
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|1910
|1911
|Pine Bluff and Northern Railway
|
|-
|Meto Valley Railway
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|
|
|1908
|1910<!--??-->
|Meto and Arkansas Valley Railway
|
|-
|Midland Valley Railroad
|MV
|MP
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|1903
|1966<!--abandoned east of Rock Island, OK then?-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Mississippi, Arkansas and Western Railway
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|
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|1902
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Mississippi and Little Rock Railway
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|
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|1890
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Mississippi, Ouachita and Red River Railroad
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|MP
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|1855
|1873
|Texas, Mississippi and Northwestern Railroad
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|-
|Mississippi River, Hamburg and Western Railway
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|MP
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|1897
|1909
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
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|-
|Mississippi River and Northwestern Railroad
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|-
|Missouri and Arkansas Railway
|MAR, MA
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|1935
|1946
|Arkansas and Ozarks Railway, Helena and Northwestern Railway, Cotton Plant-Fargo Railway
|
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|Missouri and Louisiana Railroad
|
|
|
|<!--no idea-->
|
|
|
|-
|Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
|M&NA
|
|
|1906
|1935
|Missouri and Arkansas Railway
|
|-
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|MP
|MP
|
|1917
|1997
|Union Pacific Railroad
|
|-
|Montana Railroad (of Arkansas)
|
|
|
|1915
|1935<!--?-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Monte Ne Railway
|
|
|
|1902
|1911
|Kansas City and Memphis Railway
|
|-
|Murfreesboro and Nashville Railroad
|
|
|
|1947
|1952<!--?-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Murfreesboro–Nashville Railway
|
|
|
|1932<!--?-->
|1947<!--?-->
|Murfreesboro and Nashville Railroad
|
|-
|Murfreesboro, Nashville, Southwestern Railway
|
|
|
|1925
|1932
|Murfreesboro–Nashville Railway
|
|-
|Noble Lake and Southern Railway
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|North Arkansas and Western Railway
|
|SLSF
|
|1899
|1901
|Ozark and Cherokee Central Railway
|
|-
|Ouachita Valley Railway
|
|
|
|1904
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Ozark and Cherokee Central Railway
|
|SLSF
|
|1901
|1907
|St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
|
|-
|Paragould and Buffalo Island Railway
|
|SSW
|
|1887
|1893
|Paragould Southeastern Railway
|
|-
|Paragould–Memphis Railroad
|
|
|
|<!--no idea-->
|
|N/A
|
|-
|Paragould and Memphis Railway
|
|
|
|1902
|<!--no idea-->
|Paragould–Memphis Railroad<!--?-->
|
|-
|Paragould Southeastern Railway
|
|SSW
|
|1893
|1958
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|
|-
|Paris–Subiaco Traction Company
|
|
|
|1908
|1909
|Fort Smith, Subiaco and Eastern Railroad
|
|-
|Perla Northern Railroad
|
|
|
|1904
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Perla, Princeton and Southern Railroad
|
|
|
|1889<!--??-->
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Pine Bluff Arkansas River Railway
|
|SSW
|
|1898
|1934
|N/A
|
|-
|Pine Bluff and Eastern Railroad
|
|SSW
|
|1892
|1898
|Pine Bluff Arkansas River Railway
|
|-
|Pine Bluff, Monroe and New Orleans Railway
|
|SSW
|
|1884
|1889
|Pine Bluff and Eastern Railroad
|
|-
|Pine Bluff and Northern Railway
|
|
|
|1910
|1929<!--?-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Pine Bluff, Sheridan and Southern Railway
|
|
|
|1912
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Pine Bluff and Swan Lake Railway
|
|SSW
|
|1884
|1886
|Pine Bluff, Monroe and New Orleans Railway
|
|-
|Pine Bluff and Western Railroad
|
|MP
|
|1903
|1909
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
|
|-
|Pine Bluff and Western Railway
|
|MP
|
|1899
|1903
|Pine Bluff and Western Railroad
|
|-
|Portland and Southeastern Railway
|
|
|
|1905
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Prescott and Reader Railway
|
|
|
|1910
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Reader Railroad
|
|
|
|1925
|1975<!--?-->
|N/A
|Remains as a tourist railroad
|
|-
|Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad
|
|RI
|
|1905
|1948
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
|-
|Rock Island and Dardanelle Railway
|
|RI
|
|1911
|1938
|N/A
|
|-
|Rock Island, Stuttgart and Southern Railway
|
|RI
|
|1913
|1948
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
|
|-
|Rogers Southwestern Railway
|
|
|
|1904
|1907<!--?-->
|Arkansas, Oklahoma and Western Railroad
|
|-
|Saginaw and Ouachita River Railroad
|
|
|
|1905
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|
|-
|St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway
|
|SSW
|
|1887
|1891
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|
|-
|St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway
|
|SLSF
|
|1880
|1882
|St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
|
|-
|St. Louis, Caruthersville and Memphis Railroad
|
|SLSF
|
|1897<!--or later in Arkansas?-->
|1901
|St. Louis and Memphis Railway
|
|-
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
|
|MP
|
|1874
|1917
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
|-
|St. Louis, Kennett and Southeastern Railroad
|
|SLSF
|
|1906
|1950<!--?-->
|St. Louis – San Francisco Railway
|
|-
|St. Louis and Memphis Railway
|
|SLSF
|
|1901
|1902
|St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad
|
|-
|St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad
|
|SLSF
|
|1902
|1907
|St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
|
|-
|St. Louis and North Arkansas 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<!--or earlier through lease?-->
|1896
|St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
|
|-
|St. Louis, San Francisco and New Orleans Railroad
|
|SLSF
|
|1902
|1907
|St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad
|
|-
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|SSW
|SSW
|
|1891
|1997
|Union Pacific Railroad
|
|-
|Saline Bayou Railway
|
|
|
|1905
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Saline River Railway
|
|
|
|1897
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Searcy and Des Arc Railroad
|
|RI
|
|1899
|1904
|Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
|
|-
|Searcy and West Point Railroad
|
|RI
|
|1882
|1899
|Searcy and Des Arc Railroad
|
|-
|South Central Arkansas Railway
|SCK
|
|
|1982
|1983
|East Camden and Highland Railroad
|
|-
|Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad
|
|SLSF
|
|1900
|1902
|St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad
|
|-
|Southwestern Arkansas and Indian Territory Railroad
|
|MP
|
|1884
|1900
|Arkansas Southwestern Railway
|
|-
|Springfield and Memphis Railroad
|
|SLSF
|
|1880
|1883
|Kansas City, Springfield and Memphis Railroad
|
|-
|Stuttgart and Arkansas River Railroad
|
|SSW
|
|1881
|1901
|St. Louis Southwestern Railway
|
|-
|Stuttgart and Rice Belt Railroad
|
|RI
|
|1910<!--??-->
|1913
|Rock Island, Stuttgart and Southern Railway
|
|-
|Stuttgart and Southern Railroad
|
|RI
|
|1911<!--??-->
|1913
|Rock Island, Stuttgart and Southern Railway
|
|-
|Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway
|
|KCS
|
|1889
|1943
|Kansas City Southern Railway
|
|-
|Texarkana and Shreveport Railroad
|
|MP
|
|1888
|1899
|Texarkana, Shreveport and Natchez Railway
|
|-
|Texarkana, Shreveport and Natchez Railway
|
|MP
|
|1899<!--or earlier in Arkansas?-->
|1901
|Texas and Pacific Railway
|
|-
|Texas, Mississippi and Northwestern Railroad
|
|MP
|
|1873
|1875
|Little Rock, Mississippi River and Texas Railway
|
|-
|Texas & Northeastern Railway
|
|
|
|1872
|
|
|Other than an optimistic 1872 map suggesting the merger of the Arkansas Central, Helena & Corinth, and the Pine Bluff & Southwestern to form this, no evidence such a combined railway got off the ground. The Arkansas Central later became part of the Arkansas Midland Railroad. No info at all re: the existence of the others.
|-
|Texas and Pacific Railway
|T&P, TP
|MP
|
|1901<!--or earlier through lease?-->
|1976<!--or was it abandoned in Arkansas prior to 1976?-->
|Missouri Pacific Railroad
|
|-
|Texas and St. Louis Railway
|
|SSW
|
|1881
|1886
|St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway
|
|-
|Thornton and Alexandria Railway
|
|
|
|1904
|<!--no idea - about 1934? the 1928 abandonment was only Thornton to Rock Island Junction-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Tyronza Central Railroad
|
|SLSF
|
|1902
|<!--no idea-->
|Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway
|
|-
| Ultima Thule, Arkadelphia, and Mississippi Railway
|
|
|
|1877
|1910
| Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railway
|
|-
|Waldo and Fort Smith Railroad
|
|
|
|1893
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Warren, Johnsville and Saline River Railroad
|
|
|
|1905
|1920<!--?-->
|Warren and Saline River Railroad
|
|-
|Warren and Ouachita Valley Railway
|W&OV, WOV
|RI
|
|1899
|1980<!--??-->
|Warren and Saline River Railroad
|
|-
|Washington and Hope Railway
|
|MP
|
|1877
|1882
|Arkansas and Indian Territory Railway
|
|-
|White and Black River Valley Railway
|
|RI
|
|1890
|1941
|Operated by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway from 1904
|
|-
|White River Railway
|
|MP
|
|1901
|1903
|St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
|
|-
|White River, Lonoke and Western Railway<!--or Railroad?-->
|
|RI
|
|1898
|1901
|Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad
|
|-
|Wilmar and Saline Valley Railroad
|
|
|
|1904
|<!--no idea-->
|N/A
|
|-
|Wilson Northern Railway
|
|SLSF
|
|1904
|1912
|Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad
|
|-
|Wyandotte and Southeastern Railway
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
|
|IC
|
|1889<!--leased the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway of Arkansas?-->
|1946
|Illinois Central Railroad
|
|}
;Electric
- Inter-City Terminal Railway
Notes
References
Further reading
- Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (May 2002), . Retrieved February 11, 2005.
- Hull, Clifton E. (1988) Shortline Railroads of Arkansas, University of Central Arkansas Press, Conway, Arkansas.