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The Arkansas Midland Railroad (reporting mark AKMD) is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Malvern, Arkansas. AKMD operates 138 miles (222 km) of line in Arkansas consisting of seven disconnected branch lines and two sister railroads, the Prescott & Northwestern (PNW) and the Warren & Saline River (WSR).
The Arkansas Midland Railroad (“Midland”), chartered in 1853, together with associated companies created a rail line eventually running from Helena, Arkansas to Clarendon, Arkansas, with a branch running from Glenwood to Woodsville, Arkansas. The route ended up as branches of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway {“Iron ...
Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad: Arkansas and Memphis Railway Bridge and Terminal Company: MP/ RI/ SSW: 1912 Still exists as a nonoperating subsidiary of the Union Pacific Railroad: Arkansas Midland Railroad: MP: 1877 1917 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway: Arkansas Midland Railroad: MP: 1853 1871 Arkansas Central Railway
1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Prescott and Northwestern Railroad ( reporting mark PNW) 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 constructing a railroad north-northwest from ...
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 ...
Technical. Track gauge. 4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad ( reporting mark ALM) is a 52.9-mile (85.1 km) 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.
The Midland Valley Railroad (MV) was a railroad company incorporated on June 4, 1903 for the purpose of building a line from Hope, Arkansas, through Muskogee and Tulsa, Oklahoma to Wichita, Kansas. It was backed by C. Jared Ingersoll, a Philadelphia industrialist who owned coal mining properties in Indian Territory (now part of the state of ...
The Arkansas & Louisiana Midland was incorporated November 30, 1915, under the general laws of the State of Louisiana, for the purpose of acquiring that portion of the railroad of The Arkansas, Louisiana & Gulf Railway Company extending from Monroe, La., to Crossett, Ark., which was done. The latter company was incorporated July 20, 1906, under ...