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Shortline and terminal railroads. 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)
August 23, 1987. (1987-08-23) (aged 17) Alexander, Arkansas, US. Around 4:00am on August 23, 1987, the bodies of 16-year-old Don Henry and 17-year-old Kevin Ives were hit by a freight train in the town of Alexander, Arkansas, United States, as they were lying on the tracks. The locomotive engineer engaged the brakes while blowing the horn, but ...
The Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad, LLC ( reporting mark MNA) is a Class II Regional Railroad in the U.S. states of Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas. The company is headquartered in Carthage, Missouri. It is not to be confused with the Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad which connected Joplin, Missouri, with Helena, Arkansas, from 1906 ...
1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) Length. 134 mi (216 km) The Arkansas and Missouri Railroad ( reporting mark AM) is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas . The A&M, as it is known, operates 139.5 miles (224.5 km) of line from Fort Smith, Arkansas to Monett, Missouri. The railroad interchanges freight cars with Kansas City ...
History. The original railway chartered at the site in 1882 was the Eureka Springs Railway, extending from Seligman, Missouri, to Eureka Springs.In 1899, it became the St. Louis & North Arkansas Railroad Co.; in 1906, the Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad Co.; in 1922, the Missouri & North Arkansas Railway Co.; in 1935, the Missouri & Arkansas Railway Co.; in 1949, the Arkansas & Ozarks ...
Arkansas and Ozarks Railway. Technical. Track gauge. 4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. Length. 335.21 miles (539.47 km) in 1919. The Missouri and North Arkansas ( reporting mark M&NA) was a railroad in Missouri and Arkansas from 1906 to 1946.
The Hot Springs Railroad ran between Malvern, Arkansas and Hot Springs . It was sometimes called the "Diamond Jo Line" because of its developer and sole owner, Joseph "Diamond Jo" Reynolds . Construction of narrow-gauge tracks began in April 1875. Trains began operating on the 21-mile line a year later. On October 16, 1889, it was converted ...
Gurdon Light. The Gurdon Light is an atmospheric ghost light located near railroad tracks in a wooded area of Gurdon, Arkansas. It is the subject of local folklore and has been featured in local media and on Unsolved Mysteries and Mysteries at the Museum. The tracks are no longer in use, and the rails at least partially removed/covered, but it ...