Bauxite and Northern Railway

Railroad in the United States

Bauxite and Northern Railway

A speeder from the Bauxite and Northern is on display at the Museum of the American Railroad in Frisco, Texas.

Overview
Reporting mark| BXN
Locale| Bauxite, Arkansas
Dates of operation| 1906-present
Technical
Track gauge| 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length| 3 miles (4.8 km)[1]
Other
Website| Official site

The Bauxite & Northern Railway (reporting mark BXN) is a Class III railroad operating in the United States state of Arkansas. BXN operates over 3 miles (4.8 km) of track in Bauxite, Arkansas.[2] Traffic consists of largely of alumina, and the railroad hauls 4,059 carloads per year. In 2005, the railroad was purchased by holding company RailAmerica.[1] In December 2012, Genesee & Wyoming acquired the railroad in its acquisition of RailAmerica. As of 2023, Bauxite & Northern Railway interchanges with Union Pacific in Bauxite, Arkansas and can hold up to 286,000 pounds of supplies. [3]

## History

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The Bauxite and Northern Railway was incorporated in Arkansas on November 13, 1906[4] and began operations in 1907,[1] for the purpose of constructing and operating a railroad from the town of Bauxite Saline County to a junction with the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway. The BXN connected with the Rock Island at Bauxite, and connected with the Missouri Pacific at BN Junction. For the railroad's first 100 years, it was a wholly owned subsidiary of the Aluminum Company of America.

The connection for the old Rock Island is now gone, but the remnants are still visible, including a bridge over the Rock Island roadbed and local highway.

Current motive power are two EMD MP15DC locomotives, and an EMD SW1500, housed in a two-stall enginehouse just outside the Alcoa plant. Former power was an ALCO RS-3 diesel.

## References

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* Railways portal

* RailAmerica (September 9, 2005), RailAmerica Selected to Acquire Four Railroads from Alcoa; Additionally Announces Lease with CSX Transportation for the 48 Mile Fremont Branch. Retrieved September 13, 2005.
* Interstate Commerce Commission Valuation Docket 525; 121 ICC 474.

1. ^ a b c "RailAmerica's Empire". Trains Magazine. Kalmbach Publishing. June 2010.
2. ^ "Bauxite & Northern Railway – A Genesee & Wyoming Company". Retrieved 2025-05-06.
3. ^ "Commonwealth Railway – A Genesee & Wyoming Company".
4. ^ Arkansas. Office of the Secretary of State (1909). Report. p. 316.

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Genesee & Wyoming

North American railroads|

* Alabama & Gulf Coast
* Aliquippa & Ohio River
* AN Railway
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* Arizona Eastern
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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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Railroads of Arkansas

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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