Rail Freight Carriers in
Arkansas
Arkansas & Missouri Railroad freight train at an
unidentified location
headed by a trio of EMD SD70ACe 4500hp (3400 kW ) Co-Co diesel
electric locomotives.
Long Haul Railways
Further details
BNSF, CPKC, Union Pacific
Regional & Local Railways
- Arkansas & Missouri Railroad Monett MO
(interchange with BNSF) via Rogers (branch to Bentonville) to
Fort Smith (interchange with CPKC, Fort Smith Railroad
and Union Pacific); about 139 miles (224 km)
- Arkansas
Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad Fordyce (interchange with
Union Pacific) via Crossett (interchange with R J Corman
Switching) and Bastrop LA (interchange with Union Pacific) to
Monroe LA (interchange with CPKC and Union Pacific); about 128
miles (206 km)
- Arkansas
Midland Railroad several distinct lines:
- Cypress Bend Branch McGehee (interchange with Union Pacific)
to Cypress Bend, about 20 miles (32 km)
- Gurdon Branch Gurdon (interchange with Union Pacific) to
Georgia Pacific sawmills, about 3 miles (5 km)
- Helena Branch Lexa (interchange with Union Pacific) to Helena
and Port of Helena, about 22 miles (35 km)
- Hot Springs Branch Malvern (interchange with Union Pacific)
to Mountain Pine, about 41 miles (66 km)
- Jacksonville Branch Jacksonville (interchange with Union
Pacific) to Jacksonville Industrial Area
- North Little Rock Branch Little Rock (interchange with Union
Pacific) to Galloway, about 15 miles (24 km)
- Warren Branch Dermott (interchange with Union Pacific) to
Warren (interchange with Warren & Saline River), about 44 miles
(71 km)
Cypress Bend and Warren branches are connected by trackage rights over
Union Pacific between McGehee and Dermott
- Arkansas Southern Railroad two distinct lines:
- Heavener OK (interchange with CPKC) to Waldron
- Ashdown (interchange with CPKC and Kiamichi
Railroad) to Nashville (interchange with Union Pacific)
- a total of about 62 miles (100 km)
- Bauxite &
Northern Railway switching railway in Bauxite, interchanging with
Union Pacific. Total length of line about 7 miles (11 km)
- Camden & Southern Railroad Cullendale
(interchange with Union Pacific) to Camden; about 3 miles (5 km)
- Cando Rail Services switching services in the
Crossett Transload Facility complex in Crossett, interchanging with
CPKC. Total length of line almost 22 miles (35 km)
- Dardanelle & Russellville Railroad
Russellville (interchange with Union Pacific) to Dardanelle; about 5
miles (8 km)
- Delta Valley & Southern Railway Delpro,
near Wilson (interchange with BNSF) to Elkins; about 2 miles (3 km)
(No website located at present)
- De Queen & Eastern Railroad Perkins (interchange
with Union Pacific) via De Queen (interchange with CPKC)
to Valliant OK (interchange with Kiamichi Railroad); about 85 miles
(137 km)
- East Camden and Highland Railroad Eagle Mills (interchange
with Union Pacific) to East Camden; about 47½ miles (77 km). The railroad
has another operation in LA
- El Dorado & Wesson Railway El Dorado (interchange
with Ouachita Railroad and Union Pacific) to Newell; about 5½ miles
(9 km) (No website located at present)
- Fort Smith Railroad Fort Smith (interchange with
Arkansas & Missouri Railroad, CPKC and Union
Pacific) to Barling; about 18 miles (29 km)
- Hoffman Transportation switching railway at its
transload facility in Fort Smith, interchanging with Arkansas &
Missouri
- JBC Rail
Services switching services and railcar storage at DeQueen,
interchanging with Union Pacific and BNSF
- Kiamichi
Railroad Hope (interchange with Union Pacific) via Ashdown
(interchange with Arkansas Southern Railroad and CPKC)
to various points in OK and TX. Total length of line about 264 miles
(425 km)
- Little Rock
& Western Railway Little Rock (interchange with BNSF and Union
Pacific) to Danville; about 87 miles (140 km)
- Little Rock Port Authority Railroad about 17
miles (27 km) of track serving the port area and related industrial
estates of Little Rock. Interchanges with BNSF and Union Pacific
- Louisiana & North West Railroad McNeil
(interchange with Union Pacific) to Gibsland LA (interchange with
CPKC and Louisiana Southern); about 68 miles (109 km)
- Missouri &
Northern Arkansas Railroad Newport (interchange with Union Pacific)
to various points in MO and KS. Total length of line about 490 miles
(789 km)
- North Louisiana
& Arkansas Railroad McGehee (interchange with Union Pacific)
via Eudora to Lake Providence LA (interchange with Delta Southern);
about 65 miles (105 km)
- Ouachita Railroad El Dorado (interchange with
El Dorado & Wesson Railway and Union Pacific) to Junction City;
about 13 miles (20 km)
- Prescott
& Northwestern Railroad switching railway in Prescott,
interchanging with Union Pacific. Total length of line about
9 miles (14 km)
- R J Corman Switching switching services at these
locations:
- 3M in Little Rock, interchanging with Union Pacific
- Georgia Pacific in Crossett, interchanging with Arkansas
Louisiana & Mississippi and Fordyce & Princeton
- Warren
& Saline River Railroad switching railway in Warren,
interchanging with Arkansas Midland; total length of line about
3 miles (5 km)
- Watco Rail Services switching services at these
locations:
- Domtar, Ashdown, interchanging with CPKC and Kiamichi
- EDC, El Dorado, interchanging with El Dorado & Wesson, Ouachita
and Union Pacific
Military Railway
Websites do not in general contain details of railway facilities