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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
4 ft 8. +. 1⁄2 in ( 1,435 mm) standard gauge. The Colorado Midland Railway ( reporting mark CM ), [1] incorporated in 1883, was the first standard gauge railroad built over the Continental Divide in Colorado. It ran from Colorado Springs to Leadville and through the divide at Hagerman Pass to Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction .