List of Arkansas Railroads

Railroad Name Start Date End Date
Antoine Valley Railroad 1907 1910
Arkansas Central Railroad 1897 1922
Arkansas Central Railway 1870 1877
Arkansas Eastern Railroad 1907 Unknown
Arkansas Midland Railroad 1853 1909
Arkansas North Western Railway 1894 1898
Arkansas Railroad 1901 1959
Arkansas Southern Railroad 1892 1905
Arkansas Southwestern Railway 1900 1909
Arkansas Western Railroad 1899 1904
Arkansas Western Railway 1904 1992
Arkansas and Choctaw Railway 1895 1902
Arkansas and Indian Territory Railway 1882 1883
Arkansas and Louisiana Midland Railway 1915 1920
Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri Railway 1920 1991
Arkansas and Louisiana Railway 1882 1909
Arkansas and Memphis Railway Bridge and Terminal Company 1912 Unknown
Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad 1898 1901
Arkansas and Southern Railway 1887 1887
Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railroad 1914 1915
Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railway 1906 1915
Arkansas, Oklahoma and Western Railroad 1907 1911
Ashley, Drew and Northern Railway 1912 1995
Augusta Railroad 1918 1959
Augusta Tramway and Transfer Company 1892 1917
Augusta and Southeastern Railway 1888 1890
Augusta and White River Railroad 1886 1892
Baring Cross Bridge Company 1873 1928
Batesville and Brinkley Railroad 1881 1890
Bearden and Ouachita River Railroad 1904 Unknown
Beirne and Clear Lake Railroad 1909 Unknown
Bentonville Railroad 1882 1900
Black Mountain and Eastern Railroad 1915 1916
Black and Cache River Railroad 1882 1902
Blytheville, Burdette and Mississippi River Railway 1906 1923
Blytheville, Leachville and Arkansas Southern Railroad 1908 1929
Bonnerville and Southwestern Railroad 1905 Unknown
Brinkley, Helena and Indian Bay Railroad 1889 1909
Brookings and Peach Orchard Railroad 1908 Unknown
Butler County Railroad 1905 1950
Cache Valley Railroad 1902 1927
Caddo and Choctaw Railroad 1907 1924
Cairo and Fulton Railroad 1853 1874
Cairo, Truman and Southern Railroad 1912 1940
Camden and Alexandria Railway 1889 1892
Central Arkansas and Eastern Railroad 1901 1937
Central Railroad of Arkansas 1903 1906
Central Railway of Arkansas 1906 1932
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway 1880 1948
Chickasawba Railroad 1902 1905
Choctaw and Memphis Railroad 1898 1900
Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad 1894 1948
Coal Hill Branch of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway 1884 1885
Combs, Cass and Eastern Railroad 1916 1928
Cotton Belt and Northern Railway 1904 Unknown
Cotton Plant Railway 1881 1882
Crittenden Railroad 1905 1922
Crossett Railway 1905 1912
Crossett, Monticello and Northern Railway 1912 1912
Dardanelle and Russellville Railway 1883 1900
Dardanelle, Ola and Southern Railway 1906 1911
Deckerville, Osceola and Northern Railroad 1897 1901
Des Arc and Northern Railway 1897 1899
Doniphan, Kensett and Searcy Railroad 1906 1909
Eldorado and Bastrop Railway 1902 1909
Eureka Springs Railway 1880 1899
Fayetteville and Little Rock Railroad 1886 1926
Fort Smith Suburban Railway 1902 1956
Fort Smith and Southern Railway 1886 1887
Fort Smith and Van Buren Bridge Company 1885 1907
Fort Smith and Van Buren Railway 1910 1992
Fort Smith and Western Railroad 1899 1923
Fort Smith, Paris and Dardanelle Railway 1887 Unknown
Fort Smith, Subiaco and Eastern Railroad 1909 1919
Fort Smith, Subiaco and Rock Island Railroad 1919 1962
Fourche River Valley and Indian Territory Railway 1905 Unknown
Freeo Valley Railroad 1904 1925
Garland Western Railway 1903 1909
Gate City Lumber Railroad 1886 1888
Gould Southwestern Railway 1906 1920
Griffin, Magnolia and Western Railroad 1905 Unknown
Gulf, Arkansas and Northwestern Railway 1898 1901
Gurdon and Fort Smith Northern Railway 1905 1909
Gurdon and Fort Smith Railroad 1900 1909
Hazen and Northern Railroad 1902 1904
Helena Southwestern Railroad 1913 1987
Helena, Parkin and Northern Railway 1908 Unknown
Homan and Southeastern Railway 1906 Unknown
Homan and Southern Railway 1905 1906
Hot Springs Railroad 1870 1902
Hot Springs, Glenwood and Western Railroad 1910 1911
Houston, Central Arkansas and Northern Railway 1890 1893
Hoxie, Pocahontas and Northern Railroad 1896 1901
Iron Mountain and Helena Railroad 1860 1882
Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad 1897 1950
Kansas City and Memphis Railway 1911 1918
Kansas City and Memphis Railway and Bridge Company 1887 1928
Kansas City and Southern Railway 1880 1891
Kansas City, Arkansas and New Orleans Railroad 1891 Unknown
Kansas City, Arkansas and New Orleans Railway Unknown 1891
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad 1888 1901
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway 1901 1928
Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad 1888 1888
Kansas City, Fort Smith and Southern Railroad 1887 1897
Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad 1893 1900
Kansas City, Springfield and Memphis Railroad 1881 1888
Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway 1885 1909
L'Anguille River Railway 1902 1932
Little River Valley Railway 1897 Unknown
Little Rock Bridge Company 1899 1899
Little Rock Junction Railway 1883 1922
Little Rock and Eastern Railway 1887 1887
Little Rock and Fort Smith Branch of the Cairo and Fulton Railroad 1853 1855
Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad 1855 1875
Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway 1875 1906
Little Rock and Helena Railroad 1869 1870
Little Rock and Hot Springs Western Railroad 1899 1911
Little Rock and Memphis Railroad 1887 1898
Little Rock and Monroe Railway 1903 1909
Little Rock and Southern Railroad 1902 1905
Little Rock and Texas Railway 1887 1926
Little Rock, Hot Springs and Texas Railway 1893 1899
Little Rock, Maumelle and Western Railroad 1907 Unknown
Little Rock, Mississippi River and Texas Railway 1877 1887
Little Rock, Pine Bluff and New Orleans Railroad 1868 1873
Little Rock, Pine Bluff and White River Railway 1884 1886
Little Rock, Sheridan and Saline River Railway 1892 Unknown
Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad 1898 1902
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway 1902 1992
Louisiana and Pine Bluff Railway 1905 1979
Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri Railroad 1887 Unknown
Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway of Arkansas 1889 1946
Malvern and Camden Railway 1911 1913
Malvern and Freeo Valley Railway 1905 Unknown
Manila and Southwestern Railway 1904 1930
Memphis and Little Rock Railroad 1853 1887
Memphis and Little Rock Railway 1873 1877
Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railroad 1910 1922
Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railway 1901 1903
Memphis, Paris and Gulf Railroad 1906 1910
Meto Valley Railway 1908 1910
Meto and Arkansas Valley Railway 1910 1911
Midland Valley Railroad 1903 1967
Mississippi River, Hamburg and Western Railway 1897 1909
Mississippi and Little Rock Railway 1890 Unknown
Mississippi, Arkansas and Western Railway 1902 Unknown
Mississippi, Ouachita and Red River Railroad 1855 1873
Missouri Pacific Railroad 1917 1997
Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad 1906 1922
Montana Railroad 1894 1935
Monte Ne Railway 1902 1911
North Arkansas and Western Railway 1899 1901
Ouachita Valley Railway 1904 Unknown
Ozark and Cherokee Central Railway 1901 1907
Paragould Southeastern Railway 1893 1958
Paragould and Buffalo Island Railway 1887 1893
Paragould and Memphis Railway 1902 Unknown
Paris 1908 1909
Perla Northern Railroad 1904 Unknown
Perla, Princeton and Southern Railroad 1889 Unknown
Pine Bluff Arkansas River Railway 1898 1934
Pine Bluff and Eastern Railroad 1892 1898
Pine Bluff and Northern Railway 1910 1929
Pine Bluff and Swan Lake Railway 1884 1886
Pine Bluff and Western Railroad 1903 1909
Pine Bluff and Western Railway 1899 1903
Pine Bluff, Monroe and New Orleans Railway 1884 1889
Pine Bluff, Sheridan and Southern Railway 1912 Unknown
Portland and Southeastern Railway 1905 Unknown
Prescott and Reader Railway 1910 Unknown
Rock Island and Dardanelle Railway 1911 1938
Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad 1905 1948
Rock Island, Stuttgart and Southern Railway 1913 1948
Rogers Southwestern Railway 1904 1907
Saginaw and Ouachita River Railroad 1905 Unknown
Saline Bayou Railway 1905 Unknown
Saline River Railway 1897 Unknown
Searcy and Des Arc Railroad 1899 1904
Searcy and West Point Railroad 1882 1899
Southeastern Railroad 1855 1906
Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad 1899 1902
Southwestern Arkansas and Indian Territory Railroad 1884 1900
Springfield and Memphis Railroad 1880 1883
St. Louis Southwestern Railway 1891 1997
St. Louis and Memphis Railway 1901 1902
St. Louis and North Arkansas Railway 1899 1906
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad 1896 1916
St. Louis and San Francisco Railway 1876 1896
St. Louis 1916 1980
St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway 1880 1891
St. Louis, Caruthersville and Memphis Railroad 1897 1901
St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway 1874 1917
St. Louis, Kennett and Southeastern Railroad 1906 1950
St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad 1902 1907
St. Louis, San Francisco and New Orleans Railroad 1902 1907
Stuttgart and Arkansas River Railroad 1881 1901
Stuttgart and Rice Belt Railroad 1910 1913
Stuttgart and Southern Railroad 1911 1913
Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway 1889 1943
Texarkana and Shreveport Railroad 1888 1899
Texarkana, Shreveport and Natchez Railway 1895 1901
Texas and Pacific Railway 1872 1976
Texas and St. Louis Railway 1881 1886
Texas, Mississippi and Northwestern Railroad 1873 1875
Thornton and Alexandria Railway 1904 Unknown
Tyronza Central Railroad 1902 Unknown
Ultima Thule, Arkadelphia and Mississippi Railway 1877 1910
Waldo and Fort Smith Railroad 1893 Unknown
Warren and Ouachita Valley Railway 1899 1980
Warren, Johnsville and Saline River Railroad 1905 1920
Washington and Hope Railway 1877 1882
White River Railway 1901 1903
White River, Lonoke and Western Railway 1898 1901
White and Black River Valley Railway 1890 1941
Wilmar and Saline Valley Railroad 1904 Unknown
Wilson Northern Railway 1904 1912
Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad 1882 1946