Caddo Valley Railroad

Short-line railroad in Arkansas, US

Caddo Valley RailroadOverview

Headquarters| Glenwood, Arkansas
Reporting mark| CVYR
Locale| Arkansas
Technical
Track gauge| 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

Caddo Valley Railroad (reporting mark CVYR) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Glenwood, Arkansas.

CVYR operates a 52-mile line in Arkansas from Gurdon, Arkansas, (where it interchanges with Union Pacific) to Bird Mill, Arkansas.

The line was first owned by Missouri Pacific, a predecessor of Union Pacific, and was sold to Arkansas Midland Railroad (AKMD) in 1992, then in 2000 sold by AKMD to its present owners under a sale ordered by the Surface Transportation Board.

CVYR and AKMD are involved in a controversy regarding a planned sale of CVYR to Pioneer, a shortline operator. AKMD claims that, under the provisions of the sale, before the line can be sold to another party, AKMD must be given the first opportunity to repurchase it. A hearing was pending in May 2006.[1]

In September 2010, Bean Lumber of Glenwood, AR (the main customer & owner of the line) closed its doors. The CVYR has not provided service since that time. A rail has been rolled near the Highway 53 crossing, and a red flag rendering the line out of service beyond that point.

Arkansas Midland has been providing service between the UP interchange and Highway 53 (northwest of town) to service the Georgia-Pacific saw mill on US Highway 67 (US 67). MM GP10 #7530, presumably owned by the Caddo Valley, remains in unserviceable condition at the old open air shop in Antoine, Arkansas. Supposedly everything has been sold to a scrapper.

## References

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1. ^ "Decision: 05/12/2006 - FD_34865_0". Archived from the original on 2006-09-26. Retrieved 2006-05-17.

## External links

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* Railways portal

* Link to Union Pacific Website with CVYR Details

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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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