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Locale. Arkansas. Dates of operation. 1853. ( 1853) –1875. ( 1875) The Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad was a railroad that operated in the state of Arkansas, United States, between 1853 and 1875. It came to national prominence when its bonds were the subject of a scandal involving Republican presidential candidate James G. Blaine in 1876.
April 12 – United States – A head-end collision of a work train and a through freight train occurred near Pineville, Kentucky killing two. [9] [10]May 26 - United States - “Electric cars racing for a switch while running in opposite directions, at the rate of 40 miles per hour (64 km/h), cost five lives in the afternoon by a terrific collision, in which over forty prominent people were ...
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
1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. Length. 18 miles (29 km) The Fort Smith Railroad ( reporting mark FSR) is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Fort Smith, Arkansas . FSR operates an 18 miles (29 km) line in Arkansas from Fort Smith (where it interchanges with Kansas City Southern Railway, Union Pacific Railroad, and Arkansas ...
Rogers (on the line to Fort Smith) to Grove via Bentonville: Bentonville Railroad: 1882 1883 1900 (to Arkansas and Oklahoma) Fayetteville and Little Rock Railroad: 1886 1887 1887 (Fayetteville to Patrick, to Frisco of 1876); 1926 (remainder, to Frisco of 1916) [3] Fayetteville (on the line to Fort Smith) to Pettigrew: Ozark and Cherokee Central ...
Thomas Carmichael Hindman Jr. was born to Thomas C. Hindman Sr. and Sallie Holt Hindman on January 28, 1828. His parents were of English and Scottish descent, and his father had served in the 39th United States Infantry during the War of 1812.
Before D&R went into service in 1883, agricultural products—primarily cotton—had been transported by ferry from Dardanelle to North Dardanelle and hauled by wagon to Russellville to be loaded on Little Rock and Fort Smith Railroad (LR&FS) freight cars. In an eight-month period before D&R began operations on its 4.8-mile line, 15,000 bales ...
Fort Smith Frisco Bridge Arkansas & Missouri tourist railroad 35°25′58″N 94°21′53″W / 35.432806°N 94.364721°W / 35.432806; -94.364721 ( Arkansas & Missouri tourist railroad Arkansas RiverBridge