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1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. Caddo Valley Railroad ( reporting mark CVYR) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Glenwood, Arkansas . CVYR operates a 52-mile line in Arkansas from Gurdon, Arkansas, (where it interchanges with Union Pacific) to Bird Mill, Arkansas . The line was first owned by Missouri Pacific, a predecessor of Union ...
Track gauge. 4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. Length. 14.018 miles (22.560 km) The Caddo and Choctaw Railroad (C&CRR) was a shortline rail carrier in Arkansas between 1907 and 1924. It primarily served the timber industry.
Gurdon Branch (emergency operation of a segment of the Caddo Valley Railroad): 3.1 mi (5.0 km) AKMD traffic generally consists of forest and agricultural products, aggregates, aluminum, building materials and chemicals. AKMD was a subsidiary of Pinsly Railroad Company, a holding company owning seven short-line railroads in the United States ...
The Paragould Southeastern Railway (“PSR”), originally the Paragould and Buffalo Island Railway, was an industrial line initially started to carry timber products from lands east of Paragould, Arkansas, into town. It acquired its first trackage in 1887, and eventually extended its line to Blytheville, Arkansas, over 37 miles from Paragould.
Reader Railroad. The 5-mile (8.0 km) Reader Railroad was a tourist-only railroad operating in Reader, Arkansas from 1973 to 1991. As a 23-mile (37 km) common carrier prior to May 1973, it was the last all steam locomotive -powered, mixed train railroad operating in North America. It operated trackage in Ouachita County and Nevada County, Arkansas.
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 - which closed ...
Cache Valley Railroad: 1902 1927 N/A Caddo and Choctaw Railroad: 1907 1924 N/A Between 1911 and 1913, owned by the Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railroad: Cairo and Fulton Railroad: MP: 1853 1874 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway: Cairo, Truman and Southern Railroad: CT&S 1912 1940 N/A Camden and Alexandria Railway: MP: 1889 1892
The highway begins paralleling the Caddo Valley Railroad and South Fork Terre Noir Creek, before crossing both shortly after entering the city limits of Okolona. In Okolona, the route passes the historic Okolona Colored High School Gymnasium, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) [4] before an intersection with Highway 182.