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Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...

Class I railroads

BNSF Railway BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroads in North America. One of seven North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 35,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and nearly 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes that ...

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Kansas City Southern Railway The Kansas City Southern Railway Company is an American Class I railroad. Founded in 1887, it operates in 10 midwestern and southeastern U.S. states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Loui ...

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Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...

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Regional railroads

Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad The Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad, LLC is a Class III shortline railroad headquartered in Carthage, Missouri. It is not to be confused with the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad which connected Joplin, Missouri with Helena, Arkansa ...

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Shortline and terminal railroads

Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad The Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad is a short-line railroad in northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas. Opened in 1908, it has undergone several corporate reorganizations, but has remained independent of larger carriers. In 2004, ...

(ALM) * Arkansas Midland Railroad (AKMD) *

Arkansas and Missouri Railroad The Arkansas and Missouri Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas. The A&M, as it is known, operates of line from Fort Smith, Arkansas to Monett, Missouri. The railroad interchanges freight cars wit ...

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Arkansas Southern Railroad The Arkansas Southern Railroad is a short-line railroad which started service in October 2005. ARS operates two disconnected lines consisting of Heavener, Oklahoma to Waldron, Arkansas (32 miles), and Ashdown to Nashville, Arkansas (29 miles), ...

(ARS) * Camden and Southern Railroad (CSR) *

Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad The Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad Company (D&R) is a Class III railroad, Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Russellville, Arkansas. D&R operates a line in Arkansas from Russellville (where it interchanges with Union Pacific) t ...

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Delta Valley and Southern Railway The Delta Valley and Southern Railway is a short-line railroad headquartered in Wilson, Arkansas. DVS operates a two-mile line in Arkansas near Wilson with one switch engine. The line is the former St. Louis-San Francisco Railway branch from ...

(DVS) * De Queen and Eastern Railroad (DQE) *

East Camden and Highland Railroad The East Camden and Highland Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in East Camden, Arkansas. EACH operates a 47.6 mile (76.6 km) line in Arkansas from East Camden to Eagle Mills (where it interchanges with Union P ...

(EACH) * El Dorado and Wesson Railway (EDW) *

Fordyce and Princeton Railroad The Fordyce and Princeton Railroad Company was a short-line railroad headquartered in Crossett, Arkansas. F&P operated of line from Fordyce, Arkansas (where it interchanged with Union Pacific), to an interchange with Arkansas, Louisiana and Mi ...

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Fort Smith Railroad The Fort Smith Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Fort Smith, Arkansas. FSR operates an line in Arkansas from Fort Smith (where it interchanges with Kansas City Southern Railway, Union Pacific Railroad, and Arkansa ...

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Kiamichi Railroad The Kiamichi Railroad Company is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Hugo, Oklahoma. KRR operates two lines totaling which intersect in Hugo, as well as maintaining trackage rights on an additional of track. The main line (1 ...

(KRR) * Little Rock Port Authority Railroad (LRPA) *

Little Rock and Western Railway The Little Rock and Western Railway is a Class III railroad, Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Perry, Arkansas, and owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc. LRWN operates over a line from Danville, Arkansas to Pulaski, Arkansas, then over o ...

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Louisiana and North West Railroad The Louisiana and Northwest Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Homer, Louisiana. LNW operates a line in Arkansas and Louisiana from McNeil, Arkansas (where it interchanges with Union Pacific Railroad), to Gibsland, Louisiana ...

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North Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad The North Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad (NL&AR) operates more than 62 miles of track, extending from McGehee, Arkansas to Lake Providence, Louisiana Lake Providence is a town in, and the parish seat of, East Carroll Parish in northeastern L ...

(NLA) * Ouachita Railroad (OUCH) *

Prescott and Northwestern Railroad The Prescott and Northwestern Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Prescott, Arkansas. It is operated by Arkansas Midland Railroad, which is owned by Genesee & Wyoming. The railroad was chartered in 1890, for the purpose of con ...

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Warren and Saline River Railroad The Warren and Saline River Railroad is an short-line railroad connecting Cloquet, Arkansas to the Arkansas Midland Railroad at Warren. It has always been independent of larger carriers, and was previously owned by the Potlatch Corporation, a ...

(WSR) *West Memphis Base Railroad (WMBR)

Passenger railroads

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada. ...

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Texas Eagle The ''Texas Eagle'' is a daily passenger train route operated by Amtrak between Chicago and San Antonio in the central and western United States. Prior to 1988, the train was known as the ''Eagle''. Trains #21 (southbound) and 22 (northbound) ...

Heritage and scenic railroads

Northwestern Arkansas A&M Excursion
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Eureka Springs and North Arkansas Railway The Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railway is a for-profit passenger tourist railway established by the late Robert Dortch, Jr. and his wife Mary Jane in 1981 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. The railway offers one-hour excursion tours, a catered lunc ...

* Fort Smith Trolley Museum

Industrial rail operations

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

Defunct railroads

;Electric * Inter-City Terminal Railway