List of Arkansas railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Arkansas.

## Class I railroads

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* BNSF Railway (BNSF)
* Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
* Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

## Regional railroads

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* Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad (MNA)

## Shortline and terminal railroads

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* 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

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Arkansas train stations

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| Texas Eagle

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* Amtrak (AMTK): Texas Eagle

## Heritage and scenic railroads

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* Northwestern Arkansas A&M Excursion
* Eureka Springs and North Arkansas Railway
* Fort Smith Trolley Museum

## Industrial rail operations

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* Bauxite and Northern Railway (BXN)
* Granite Mountain Quarries Railroad (GMQX)

## Defunct railroads

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This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (October 2021)

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Anderson and Saline River Railway |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Antoine Valley Railroad |  |  | 6.00  | 1907  | 1910  | Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railway | Railroad listing:[1]
Arkansas Railroad |  |  |  | 1920  | 1959  | N/A  |
Arkansas Central Railroad | AKC  | MP |  | 1897  | 1922  | Missouri Pacific Railroad |
Arkansas Central Railway |  | MP |  | 1871  | 1877  | Arkansas Midland Railroad |
Arkansas and Choctaw Railway |  | SLSF |  | 1895  | 1902  | St. Louis, San Francisco and New Orleans Railroad |
Arkansas Eastern Railroad |  |  |  | 1907  |  | N/A  |
Arkansas and Gulf Railroad |  |  |  |  |  | N/A  |
Arkansas and Indian Territory Railway |  | MP |  | 1882  | 1883  | Arkansas and Louisiana Railway |
Arkansas and Louisiana Railway |  | MP |  | 1882  | 1909  | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railroad |  |  |  | 1914  | 1915  | Leased the Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railway |
Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railway | AL&G  |  |  | 1906  | 1915  | Arkansas and Louisiana Midland Railway |
Arkansas and Louisiana Midland Railway | A&LM  |  |  | 1915  | 1920  | Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri Railway |
Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri Railway | A&LM, ALM  |  |  | 1920  | 1991  | Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad |
Arkansas and Memphis Railway Bridge and Terminal Company |  | MP/ RI/ SSW |  | 1912  |  |  | Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad
Arkansas Midland Railroad |  | MP |  | 1877  | 1917  | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Arkansas Midland Railroad |  | MP |  | 1853  | 1871  | Arkansas Central Railway |
Arkansas North Western Railway |  | SLSF |  | 1894  | 1898  | Gulf, Arkansas and Northwestern Railway |
Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad |  | SLSF |  | 1898  | 1901  | St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad |
Arkansas, Oklahoma and Western Railroad |  |  |  | 1907  | 1911  | Kansas City and Memphis Railway |
Arkansas and Ozarks Railway |  |  |  | 1950  | 1960  | N/A  |
Arkansas Southern Railroad |  | RI |  | 1892  | 1905  | Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad:[2] | 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.[3]
Arkansas and Southern Railway |  | SSW |  | 1887  | 1887  | St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway |
Arkansas Southwestern Railway |  | MP |  | 1900  | 1909  | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Arkansas Western Railroad |  | KCS |  | 1899  | 1904  | Arkansas Western Railway |
Arkansas Western Railway | ARW  | KCS |  | 1904  | 1992  | Kansas City Southern Railway |
Ashley, Drew and Northern Railway | ADN  |  |  | 1912  | 1995  | Fordyce and Princeton Railroad |
Augusta Railroad | AUG  |  |  | 1918  | 1959  | N/A  |
Augusta and Southeastern Railway |  | RI |  | 1888  | 1890  | White and Black River Valley Railway |
Augusta Tramway and Transfer Company |  |  |  | 1892  | 1917  | Augusta Railroad |
Augusta and White River Railroad |  |  |  | 1886  | 1892  | Augusta Tramway and Transfer Company |
Baring Cross Bridge Company |  | MP |  | 1873  | 1928  | Missouri Pacific Railroad |
Batesville and Brinkley Railroad |  | RI |  | 1881  | 1890  | White and Black River Valley Railway |
Bearden and Ouachita River Railroad |  |  |  | 1904  |  | N/A  |
Beirne and Clear Lake Railroad |  |  |  | 1909  |  | N/A  |
Bentonville Railroad |  | SLSF |  | 1882  | 1900  | Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad |
Black and Cache River Railroad |  |  |  | 1882  | 1902  | Cache Valley Railroad |
Black Mountain and Eastern Railroad |  |  |  | 1915  | 1916  | Combs, Cass and Eastern Railroad |
Blytheville, Burdette and Mississippi River Railway |  |  |  | 1906  | 1923  | N/A  |
Blytheville, Leachville and Arkansas Southern Railroad |  | SSW |  | 1908  | 1929  | St. Louis Southwestern Railway |
Bonnerville and Southwestern Railroad |  | SLSF |  | 1905  |  | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway |
Brinkley, Helena and Indian Bay Railway |  | MP |  | 1889  | 1909  | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Brookings and Peach Orchard Railroad |  |  |  | 1908  |  | N/A  |
Burlington Northern Inc. | BN  |  |  | 1980  | 1981  | Burlington Northern Railroad |
Burlington Northern Railroad | BN  |  |  | 1981  | 1996  | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway |
Butler County Railroad | BLC  | SLSF |  | 1905  | 1950  | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway |
Cache Valley Railroad |  |  |  | 1902  | 1927  | N/A  |
Caddo and Choctaw Railroad |  |  |  | 1907  | 1924  | N/A  | Between 1911 and 1913, owned by the Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railroad
Cairo and Fulton Railroad |  | MP |  | 1853  | 1874  | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Cairo, Truman and Southern Railroad | CT&S  |  |  | 1912  | 1940  | N/A  |
Camden and Alexandria Railway |  | MP |  | 1889  | 1892  | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Central Railroad of Arkansas |  |  |  | 1903  | 1906  | Central Railway of Arkansas |
Central Railway of Arkansas | COA  |  |  | 1906  | 1932  | N/A  |
Central Arkansas and Eastern Railroad |  | SSW |  | 1901  | 1937  | N/A  |
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | RI, ROCK  | RI  |  | 1947  | 1980  | Fordyce and Princeton Railroad, Little Rock and Western Railway, Missouri Pacific Railroad, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, South Central Arkansas Railway |
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | RI  | RI  |  | 1904  | 1948  | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad |
Chickasawba Railroad |  | SLSF |  | 1902  | 1925  | Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad |
Choctaw and Memphis Railroad |  | RI |  | 1898  | 1900  | Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad |
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad |  | RI |  | 1900  | 1948  | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad |
Coal Hill Branch of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway |  | MP |  | 1884  | 1885  | Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway |
Combs, Cass and Eastern Railroad |  |  |  | 1916  | 1928  | N/A  |
Cotton Belt and Northern Railway |  |  |  | 1904  |  | N/A  |
Cotton Plant Railroad |  | RI |  | 1879  | 1882  | Batesville and Brinkley Railroad |
Cotton Plant-Fargo Railway | CPF  |  |  | 1952  | 1977  | N/A  |
Crittenden Railroad |  |  |  | 1905  | 1922  | N/A  |
Crossett Railway |  |  |  | 1905  | 1912  | Ashley, Drew and Northern Railway |
Crossett, Monticello and Northern Railway |  |  |  | 1912  | 1912  | Ashley, Drew and Northern Railway |
Dardanelle, Ola and Southern Railway |  | RI |  | 1906  | 1911  | Rock Island and Dardanelle Railway |
Dardanelle and Russellville Railway |  |  |  | 1883  | 1900  | Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad |
Deckerville, Osceola and Northern Railroad |  | SLSF |  | 1897  | 1901  | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway |
Des Arc and Northern Railway |  | RI |  | 1897  | 1899  | Searcy and Des Arc Railroad |
Doniphan, Kensett and Searcy Railroad |  | MP |  | 1906  | 1909  | Doniphan, Kensett and Searcy Railway |
Eldorado and Bastrop Railway |  | MP |  | 1902  | 1909  | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Elliott and Mount Holly Railway |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Eureka Springs Railway |  |  |  | 1883  | 1899  | St. Louis and North Arkansas Railroad |
Fayetteville and Little Rock Railroad |  | SLSF |  | 1886  | 1926  | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway |
Fort Smith, Paris and Dardanelle Railway |  |  |  | 1887  |  |  |
Fort Smith and Southern Railway |  | SLSF |  | 1886  | 1887  | St. Louis and San Francisco Railway
Fort Smith, Subiaco and Eastern Railroad |  |  |  | 1909  | 1919  | Fort Smith, Subiaco and Rock Island Railroad |
Fort Smith, Subiaco and Rock Island Railroad |  |  |  | 1919  | 1962  | N/A  |
Fort Smith Suburban Railway |  | MP |  | 1902  | 1956  | Missouri Pacific Railroad |
Fort Smith and Van Buren Railway | FSVB  | KCS |  | 1910  | 1992  | Kansas City Southern Railway |
Fort Smith and Van Buren Bridge Company |  | SLSF |  | 1885  | 1907  | St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad |
Fort Smith and Western Railroad | FS&W  |  |  | 1899  | 1923  | Fort Smith and Western Railway |
Fort Smith and Western Railway | FS&W, FSW  |  |  | 1921  | 1939  | N/A  |
Fourche River Valley and Indian Territory Railway |  |  |  | 1905  |  | N/A  |
Freeo Valley Railroad |  |  |  | 1904  | 1925  | N/A  |
Garland Western Railway |  | MP |  | 1903  | 1909  | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Gate City Lumber Railroad |  | MP |  | 1886  | 1888  | Texarkana and Shreveport Railroad |
Gould Southwestern Railway |  |  |  | 1906  | 1920  | Arkansas Railroad |
Grand Prairie – Branch Railroad |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown Railroad | GNA  | KCS |  | 1922  | 1998  | Kansas City Southern Railway |
Griffin, Magnolia and Western Railroad |  |  |  | 1905  |  | N/A  |
Gulf, Arkansas and Northwestern Railway |  | SLSF |  | 1898  | 1901  | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway |
Gurdon and Fort Smith Railroad |  | MP |  | 1900  | 1909  | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Gurdon and Fort Smith Northern Railway |  | MP |  | 1905  | 1909  | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Hazen and Northern Railroad |  | RI |  | 1902  | 1904  | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway |
Helena, Parkin and Northern Railway |  |  |  | 1908  |  | N/A  |
Helena and Northwestern Railway |  |  |  | 1949  | 1951  | N/A  |
Helena Southwestern Railroad | HSW  |  |  | 1913  | 1987  | N/A  |
Homan and Southeastern Railway |  |  |  | 1906  |  | N/A  |
Homan and Southern Railway |  |  |  | 1905  | 1906  | Homan and Southeastern Railway |
Hot Springs Railroad |  | RI |  | 1870  | 1902  | Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad |
Hot Springs, Glenwood and Western Railroad |  |  |  | 1910  | 1911  | Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railroad |
Houston, Central Arkansas and Northern Railway |  | MP |  | 1890  | 1893  | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Hoxie, Pocahontas and Northern Railroad |  | SLSF |  | 1896  | 1901  | Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad |
Illinois Central Railroad | IC  | IC  |  | 1946  | 1972  | Illinois Central Gulf Railroad |
Illinois Central Gulf Railroad | ICG  |  |  | 1972  | 1973  | N/A  |
Iron Mountain and Helena Railroad |  | MP |  | 1860  | 1882  | Kansas City and Southern Railway |
Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad |  | SLSF |  | 1897  | 1950  | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway |
Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway |  | MP |  | 1888  | 1909  | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Kansas City, Arkansas and New Orleans Railroad |  |  |  | 1891  |  | N/A  |
Kansas City, Arkansas and New Orleans Railway |  |  |  |  | 1891  | Kansas City, Arkansas and New Orleans Railroad |
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad |  | SLSF |  | 1888  | 1901  | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway |
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway |  | SLSF |  | 1901  | 1928  | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway |
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad |  | SLSF |  | 1888  | 1888  | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad |
Kansas City, Fort Smith and Southern Railroad |  | KCS |  | 1887  | 1893  | Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad |
Kansas City and Memphis Railway |  |  |  | 1911  | 1918  | N/A  |
Kansas City and Memphis Railway and Bridge Company |  | SLSF |  | 1887  | 1928  | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway |
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad |  | KCS |  | 1893  | 1900  | Kansas City Southern Railway |
Kansas City and Southern Railway |  | MP |  | 1882  | 1882  | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Kansas City, Springfield and Memphis Railroad |  | SLSF |  | 1883  | 1888  | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad |
L'Anguille River Railway |  |  |  | 1902  | 1932  | N/A  |
Little River Valley Railway |  |  |  | 1897  |  | N/A  |
Little Rock Bridge Company |  | RI |  | 1899  | 1899  | Choctaw and Memphis Railroad |
Little Rock and Eastern Railway |  | SSW |  | 1887  | 1887  | Arkansas and Southern Railway |
Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad |  | MP |  | 1855  | 1875  | Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway |
Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway |  | MP |  | 1875  | 1906  | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Little Rock and Fort Smith Branch of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad |  | MP |  | 1853  | 1855  | Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad |
Little Rock and Helena Railroad |  | MP |  | 1869  | 1870  | Arkansas Central Railway |
Little Rock, Hot Springs and Texas Railway |  | MP, RI |  | 1893  | 1899  | Little Rock and Hot Springs Western Railroad |
Little Rock and Hot Springs Western Railroad |  | MP, RI |  | 1899  | 1911  | Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad, St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Little Rock Junction Railway |  | MP |  | 1883  | 1922  | Missouri Pacific Railroad |
Little Rock, Maumelle and Western Railroad |  |  |  | 1907  |  | N/A  |
Little Rock and Memphis Railroad |  | RI |  | 1887  | 1898  | Choctaw and Memphis Railroad |
Little Rock, Mississippi River and Texas Railway |  | MP | 172  | 1875  | 1887  | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Little Rock and Monroe Railway |  | MP |  | 1903  | 1909  | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Little Rock, Pine Bluff and New Orleans Railroad |  | MP |  | 1868  | 1873  | Texas, Mississippi and Northwestern Railroad |
Little Rock, Pine Bluff and White River Railway |  | SSW |  | 1884  | 1886  | Pine Bluff, Monroe and New Orleans Railway |
Little Rock, Sheridan and Saline River Railway |  |  |  | 1892  |  | N/A  |
Little Rock and Southern Railroad |  | RI |  | 1902  | 1905  | Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad |
Little Rock and Texas Railway |  | SLSF |  | 1887  | 1926  | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway |
Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad |  | KCS |  | 1898  | 1902  | Louisiana and Arkansas Railway |
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway | L&A, LA  | KCS |  | 1902  | 1992  | Kansas City Southern Railway |
Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri Railroad |  |  |  | 1887  |  | N/A  |
Louisiana and Pine Bluff Railway | LPB  |  |  | 1905  | 1979  | N/A  |
Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway of Arkansas |  | IC |  | 1889  | 1946  | Illinois Central Railroad |
Malvern and Camden Railway |  | RI |  | 1911  | 1913  | Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad |
Malvern and Freeo Valley Railway |  |  |  | 1905  |  | N/A  |
Manila and Southwestern Railway |  | SSW |  | 1904  | 1930  | St. Louis Southwestern Railway |
McCrory and Beedeville Southern Railway |  |  |  | 1911  | 1914  | N/A  |
Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railroad |  | KCS |  | 1910  | 1922  | Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown Railroad, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Southwestern Railway |
Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railway |  | MP |  | 1901  | 1903  | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Memphis and Little Rock Railroad |  | RI |  | 1877  | 1887  | Little Rock and Memphis Railroad |
Memphis and Little Rock Railroad |  | RI |  | 1853  | 1873  | Memphis and Little Rock Railway |
Memphis and Little Rock Railway |  | RI |  | 1873  | 1877  | Memphis and Little Rock Railroad |
Memphis, Paris and Gulf Railroad |  | KCS |  | 1906  | 1910  | Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railroad |
Meto and Arkansas Valley Railway |  |  |  | 1910  | 1911  | Pine Bluff and Northern Railway |
Meto Valley Railway |  |  |  | 1908  | 1910  | Meto and Arkansas Valley Railway |
Midland Valley Railroad | MV  | MP |  | 1903  | 1966  | N/A  |
Mississippi, Arkansas and Western Railway |  |  |  | 1902  |  | N/A  |
Mississippi and Little Rock Railway |  |  |  | 1890  |  | N/A  |
Mississippi, Ouachita and Red River Railroad |  | MP |  | 1855  | 1873  | Texas, Mississippi and Northwestern Railroad |
Mississippi River, Hamburg and Western Railway |  | MP |  | 1897  | 1909  | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway |
Mississippi River and Northwestern Railroad |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Missouri and Arkansas Railway | MAR, MA  |  |  | 1935  | 1946  | Arkansas and Ozarks Railway, Helena and Northwestern Railway, Cotton Plant-Fargo Railway |
Missouri and Louisiana Railroad |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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  |  | 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 |  |  |  |  |  | N/A  |
Paragould and Memphis Railway |  |  |  | 1902  |  | 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  |  | N/A  |
Perla, Princeton and Southern Railroad |  |  |  | 1889  |  | 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  |  | 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  |  | N/A  |
Prescott and Reader Railway |  |  |  | 1910  |  | 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  |  | 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  | 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  | 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  |  | N/A  |
Saline River Railway |  |  |  | 1897  |  | 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  | 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,[4][5] 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  | 1976  | Missouri Pacific Railroad |
Texas and St. Louis Railway |  | SSW |  | 1881  | 1886  | St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway |
Thornton and Alexandria Railway |  |  |  | 1904  |  | N/A  |
Tyronza Central Railroad |  | SLSF |  | 1902  |  | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway |
Ultima Thule, Arkadelphia and Mississippi Railway |  |  |  | 1877  | 1910  | Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railroad |
Waldo and Fort Smith Railroad |  |  |  | 1893  |  | 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 |  | RI |  | 1898  | 1901  | Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad |
Wilmar and Saline Valley Railroad |  |  |  | 1904  |  | 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  | 1946  | Illinois Central Railroad |

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## Notes

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1. ^ This is one or more of the Class I railroads that the railroad became part of, if any.

## References

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1. ^ Antoine Valley Railroad listing; Annual report on the statistics of railways in the United States, by the United States Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Transportation, (1912, pp.254)- Retrieved 2019-05-19
2. ^ Arkansas Southern Railroad\- Retrieved 2019-05-18
3. ^ Mississippi Rails: Arkansas Southern Railroad\- Retrieved 2019-05-18
4. ^ 1872 map of Texas & Northeastern Railway\- Retrieved 2019-05-19
5. ^ "Maps showing Arkansas Central, the Helena & Corinth, and the Pine Bluff & Southwestern Railroads together forming the Texas & Northeastern Railway". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 6, 2024.

## Further reading

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* Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (May 2002), "Arkansas state rail plan 2002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2004.. Retrieved February 11, 2005.
* Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
* Hull, Clifton E. (1988) Shortline Railroads of Arkansas, University of Central Arkansas Press, Conway, Arkansas. ISBN 0-944436-00-5

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