List of Arkansas railroads

The following railroads operate in Arkansas.

Common freight carriers

* Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad (ALM)
* Arkansas Midland Railroad (AKMD)
* Arkansas and Missouri Railroad (AM)
* Arkansas Southern Railroad (ARS)
* Bauxite and Northern Railway (BXN)
* BNSF Railway (BNSF)
* Caddo Valley Railroad (CVYR)
* Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad (DR)
* Delta Southern Railroad (DSRR)
* 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)
* Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
* Kiamichi Railroad (KRR)
* Little Rock Port Authority Railroad (LRPA)
* Little Rock and Western Railway (LRWN)
* Louisiana and North West Railroad (LNW)
* Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad (MNA)
* Ouachita Railroad (OUCH)
* Prescott and Northwestern Railroad (PNW)
* Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
** Operates the Doniphan, Kensett and Searcy Railway (DKS)
* Warren and Saline River Railroad (WSR)

Private freight carriers

* H&M International Transportation (switching at Marion)

Passenger carriers

* Arkansas and Missouri Railroad
* Eureka Springs and North Arkansas Railway
* Fort Smith Trolley Museum

Defunct railroads

* Arkansas and Ozarks Railway (A&O)
* Arkansas Midland Railroad (narrow gauge)
* Arkansas Railroad
* Arkansas Western Railroad
* Ashley, Drew and Northern Railroad (ADN)
* Augusta Railroad
* Batesville and Brinkley Railroad
* Blytheville, Leachville and Arkansas Southern Railroad
* Caddo and Choctaw Railroad
* Central Railway of Arkansas (CofA)
* Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P)
* Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad (CO&G)
* Doniphan, Kensett and Searcy Railway (DKS)
* Eureka Springs Railway (ES)
* Fort Smith and Western Railroad (FS&W)
* Fort Smith, Subiaco and Rock Island Railroad (FSS&RI)
* Fourche River Valley and Indian Territory Railroad (FRV&IT)
* Gould Southwestern Railroad (GSW)
* Graysonia, Nashville and Ashdown Railroad [cite web| url=http://www.kcshs.org/schedule/subs/images/history/kcs_hist.htm| title=The Kansas City Southern Lines| accessdate=2006-05-05| author=Pitcher, Charles; Manager of DOT Compliance, Kansas City Southern Railway (reprinted by the Kansas City Southern Historical Society)| ]
* Hot Springs Branch Railroad
* Hot Springs Railroad (HS)
* Iron Mountain and Helena Railroad
* Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad (JLC&E)
* Little Rock and Hot Springs Western Railroad (LR&HSW)
* Little Rock, Maumelle and Western Railroad (LRM&W)
* Louisiana and Arkansas Railway (L&A)
* Memphis and Little Rock Railroad
* Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railroad
* Memphis, Paris and Gulf Railroad
* Midland Valley Railroad (MV)
* Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad (M&NA)
* Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP)
* Murfreesboro-Nashville Southwestern Railroad (M-NSW)
* Murfressboro-Nashville Railroad
* Paragould and Buffalo Island Railway
* Pine Bluff, Monroe and New Orleans Railway
* Reader Railroad (RRR)
* Searcy and West Point Railroad (S&WP)
* Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
* Southwest Arkansas and Indian Territory Railway
* St. Louis - San Francisco Railway (SLSF)
* St. Louis Southwestern Railway (SSW, Cotton Belt Railroad)
* Texas and St. Louis Railway
* Warren and Ouachita Valley Railway (W&OV)
* Washington and Hope Railway

References

* Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (May 2002), " [http://www.ahtd.state.ar.us/planning/F%20&%20E/SRP_2002all.pdf Arkansas state rail plan 2002] " (PDF). Retrieved February 11 2005.
* Beck, Wayne (August 21 1998), " [http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/8199/c_belt.html History of the Cotton Belt Railroad] ". Retrieved October 11 2005.
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* Hull, Clifton E. (1988) "Shortline Railroads of Arkansas", University of Central Arkansas Press, Conway, Arkansas. ISBN 0-944436-00-5
* Watco Companies, " [http://www.watcocompanies.com/railroads.htm Railroads] ". Retrieved August 15 2005.