Arkansas Midland Railroad (1992)

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American Class III short-line railroad

Arkansas Midland Railroad

Overview
Headquarters| Malvern, Arkansas
Reporting mark| AKMD
Locale| Arkansas
Dates of operation| 1992-
Technical
Track gauge| 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)

The Arkansas Midland Railroad (reporting mark AKMD) is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Malvern, Arkansas.

AKMD operates 138 miles (222 km) of line in Arkansas consisting of seven disconnected branch lines and two sister railroads, the Prescott & Northwestern (PNW) and the Warren & Saline River (WSR). The AKMD branches were formerly part of the Union Pacific Railroad, or a predecessor, while the PNW and WSR lines were acquired from Potlatch Corporation. All branch lines connect (interchange traffic) with Union Pacific Railroad. AKMD also interchanges with BNSF in North Little Rock, and the North Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad at McGehee.[1]

* Hot Springs Branch: 33.3 mi (53.6 km) from Malvern, through Hot Springs, to Mountain Pine
* North Little Rock Branch: 14.6 miles (23.5 km) from North Little Rock to Galloway (7.8 mi. former Cotton Belt, 6.8 mi (10.9 km). former Rock Island)
* Warren Branch: 39.4 mi (63.4 km) from Warren to Dermott, with trackage rights over an additional 5.6 miles (9.0 km) to McGehee
* Cypress Bend Branch: 11.2 mi (18.0 km) from McGehee to Cypress Bend
* Helena Branch: 24.9 mi (40.1 km) from Lexa to Helena
* Jacksonville Branch: 2.7 mi (4.3 km)
* Prescott and Northwestern Railroad (PNW, affiliated): 5.7 mi (9.2 km)
* Warren and Saline River Railroad (WSR, affiliated): 2.7 mi (4.3 km)
* Gurdon Branch (emergency operation of a segment of the Caddo Valley Railroad): 3.1 mi (5.0 km)

AKMD traffic generally consists of forest and agricultural products, aggregates, aluminum, building materials and chemicals.

AKMD was a subsidiary of Pinsly Railroad Company, a holding company owning seven short-line railroads in the United States. The Hot Springs, Helena and Galloway branches are owned by AKMD (purchased in 1992); the Warren, Cypress Bend and Jacksonville branches are leased; the PNW and WSR are owned by Pinsly and operated by AKMD.

On December 5, 2014, Genesee & Wyoming filed a Notice of Exemption with the Surface Transportation Board to acquire AKMD (along with affiliates PNW and WSR) from Pinsly.[2] The acquisition was complete by 2015.[3]

## References[edit]

* Railways portal

1. ^ "North Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad NLA #620". Union Pacific. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
2. ^ Surface Transportation Board (December 5, 2014). "Docket number FD_35877_0". Archived from the original on December 9, 2014. Retrieved December 5, 2014.
3. ^ "Arkansas Midland Railroad (AKMD)". Genesee & Wyoming. Retrieved December 22, 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Arkansas Midland Railway Company, Inc. AKMD #77 Union Pacific Railroad
* Arkansas Midland Railroad (Genesee & Wyoming website)

Preceded by

South Central Florida Express

|  Short Line Railroad of the Year
2000  | Succeeded by

South Buffalo Railway

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Other operations|

* Freightliner Group
* Rotterdam Rail Feeding

Former operations|

* Genesee & Wyoming Australia (51%)
* Rockdale, Sandow & Southern
* Talleyrand Terminal
* Corpus Christi Terminal Railroad

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Common carriers|

* Arkansas Midland Railroad
* Arkansas, Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad
* Arkansas Southern Railroad
* Bauxite & Northern Railway
* BNSF
* Caddo Valley Railroad
* CPKC
* De Queen & Eastern Railroad
* Dardanelle & Russellville Railroad
* Delta Southern Railroad
* Delta Valley and Southern Railway
* East Camden and Highland Railroad
* El Dorado & Wesson Railway
* Fordyce and Princeton Railroad
* Fort Smith Railroad
* Kiamichi Railroad
* Louisiana & North West Railroad
* Little Rock Port Authority Railroad
* Little Rock & Western Railway
* Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad
* Ouachita Railroad
* Prescott & Northwestern Railroad
* Union Pacific
* Warren & Saline River Railroad

Passenger carriers|

* Amtrak

Private carriers|

* Granite Mountain Quarries Railroad

Heritage railroads|

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

* See also: Former carriers in Arkansas
* List of United States railroads by political division

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