List of Arkansas railroads
The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Arkansas.
Class I railroads
- BNSF Railway
- Kansas City Southern Railway
- Union Pacific Railroad
Regional railroads
- Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad
Shortline and terminal railroads
- Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad
- Arkansas Midland Railroad
- Arkansas and Missouri Railroad
- Arkansas Southern Railroad
- Camden and Southern Railroad
- Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad
- Delta Valley and Southern Railway
- De Queen and Eastern Railroad
- East Camden and Highland Railroad
- El Dorado and Wesson Railway
- Fordyce and Princeton Railroad
- Fort Smith Railroad
- Kiamichi Railroad
- Little Rock Port Authority Railroad
- Little Rock and Western Railway
- Louisiana and North West Railroad
- North Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad
- Ouachita Railroad
- Prescott and Northwestern Railroad
- Warren and Saline River Railroad
- West Memphis Base Railroad
Commuter railroads
- Amtrak : Texas Eagle
Heritage and scenic railroads
- Eureka Springs and North Arkansas Railway
- Fort Smith Trolley Museum
Industrial rail operations
- Bauxite and Northern Railway
- H&M International Transportation
- Southeast Arkansas Economic Development District
- Granite Mountain Quarries Railroad
Defunct railroads
| Name | Mark | System | Miles | From | To | Successor | Notes | - |
| Anderson and Saline River Railway | - | |||||||
| Antoine Valley Railroad | 6.00 | 1907 | 1910 | Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railroad | Railroad listing: | - | ||
| Arkansas Railroad | 1920 | 1959 | N/A | - | ||||
| Arkansas Central Railroad | AKC | MP | 1897 | 1922 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | - | ||
| Arkansas Central Railway | MP | 1871 | 1877 | Arkansas Midland Railroad | - | |||
| Arkansas and Choctaw Railway | SLSF | 1895 | 1902 | St. Louis, San Francisco and New Orleans Railroad | - | |||
| Arkansas Eastern Railroad | 1907 | N/A | - | |||||
| Arkansas and Gulf Railroad | N/A | - | ||||||
| Arkansas and Indian Territory Railway | MP | 1882 | 1883 | Arkansas and Louisiana Railway | - | |||
| Arkansas and Louisiana Railway | MP | 1882 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railroad | 1914 | 1915 | Leased the Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railway | - | ||||
| Arkansas, Louisiana and Gulf Railway | AL&G | 1906 | 1915 | Arkansas and Louisiana Midland Railway | - | |||
| Arkansas and Louisiana Midland Railway | A&LM | 1915 | 1920 | Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri Railway | - | |||
| Arkansas and Louisiana Missouri Railway | A&LM, ALM | 1920 | 1991 | 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 | - | |||
| Arkansas North Western Railway | SLSF | 1894 | 1898 | Gulf, Arkansas and Northwestern Railway | - | |||
| Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad | SLSF | 1898 | 1901 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad | - | |||
| Arkansas, Oklahoma and Western Railroad | 1907 | 1911 | Kansas City and Memphis Railway | - | ||||
| Arkansas and Ozarks Railway | 1949 | 1961 | N/A | - | ||||
| Arkansas Southern Railroad | RI | 1892 | 1905 | Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad: | Incorporated March 10, 1899 with J.W. Brown as president, sold to Stuttgart & Southern Railroad and merged to become the Rock Island, Arkansas & Louisiana Railroad on October 31, 1905. Leased to the Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railway January 31, 1906. | - | ||
| Arkansas and Southern Railway | SSW | 1887 | 1887 | St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway | - | |||
| Arkansas Southwestern Railway | MP | 1900 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Arkansas Western Railroad | KCS | 1899 | 1904 | Arkansas Western Railway | - | |||
| Arkansas Western Railway | ARW | KCS | 1904 | 1992 | Kansas City Southern Railway | - | ||
| Ashley, Drew and Northern Railway | ADN | 1912 | 1995 | Fordyce and Princeton Railroad | - | |||
| Augusta Railroad | AUG | 1918 | 1959 | N/A | - | |||
| Augusta and Southeastern Railway | RI | 1888 | 1890 | White and Black River Valley Railway | - | |||
| Augusta Tramway and Transfer Company | 1892 | 1917 | Augusta Railroad | - | ||||
| Augusta and White River Railroad | 1886 | 1892 | Augusta Tramway and Transfer Company | - | ||||
| Baring Cross Bridge Company | MP | 1873 | 1928 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | - | |||
| Batesville and Brinkley Railroad | RI | 1881 | 1890 | White and Black River Valley Railway | - | |||
| Bearden and Ouachita River Railroad | 1904 | N/A | - | |||||
| Beirne and Clear Lake Railroad | 1909 | N/A | - | |||||
| Bentonville Railroad | SLSF | 1882 | 1900 | Arkansas and Oklahoma Railroad | - | |||
| Black and Cache River Railroad | 1882 | 1902 | Cache Valley Railroad | - | ||||
| Black Mountain and Eastern Railroad | 1915 | 1916 | Combs, Cass and Eastern Railroad | - | ||||
| Blytheville, Burdette and Mississippi River Railway | 1906 | 1923 | N/A | - | ||||
| Blytheville, Leachville and Arkansas Southern Railroad | SSW | 1908 | 1929 | St. Louis Southwestern Railway | - | |||
| Bonnerville and Southwestern Railroad | SLSF | 1905 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway | - | ||||
| Brinkley, Helena and Indian Bay Railroad | MP | 1889 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Brookings and Peach Orchard Railroad | 1908 | N/A | - | |||||
| Burlington Northern Inc. | BN | 1980 | 1981 | Burlington Northern Railroad | - | |||
| Burlington Northern Railroad | BN | 1981 | 1996 | Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway | - | |||
| Butler County Railroad | BLC | SLSF | 1905 | 1950 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | - | ||
| Cache Valley Railroad | 1902 | 1927 | N/A | - | ||||
| Caddo and Choctaw Railroad | 1913 | 1924 | N/A | - | ||||
| Caddo and Choctaw Railroad | 1907 | 1911 | 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 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Central Railroad of Arkansas | 1903 | 1906 | Central Railway of Arkansas | - | ||||
| Central Railway of Arkansas | COA | 1906 | 1932 | N/A | - | |||
| Central Arkansas and Eastern Railroad | SSW | 1901 | 1937 | N/A | - | |||
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | RI, ROCK | RI | 1947 | 1980 | Fordyce and Princeton Railroad, Little Rock and Western Railway, Missouri Pacific Railroad, St. Louis Southwestern Railway, South Central Arkansas Railway | - | ||
| Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | RI | RI | 1904 | 1948 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | - | ||
| Chickasawba Railroad | SLSF | 1902 | 1905 | Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad | - | |||
| Choctaw and Memphis Railroad | RI | 1898 | 1900 | Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad | - | |||
| Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad | RI | 1900 | 1948 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | - | |||
| Coal Hill Branch of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway | MP | 1884 | 1885 | Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway | - | |||
| Combs, Cass and Eastern Railroad | 1916 | 1928 | N/A | - | ||||
| Cotton Belt and Northern Railway | 1904 | N/A | - | |||||
| Cotton Plant Railway | RI | 1881 | 1882 | Batesville and Brinkley Railroad | - | |||
| Cotton Plant – Fargo Railway | CPF | 1951 | 1977 | N/A | - | |||
| Crittenden Railroad | 1905 | 1922 | N/A | - | ||||
| Crossett Railway | 1905 | 1912 | Ashley, Drew and Northern Railway | - | ||||
| Crossett, Monticello and Northern Railway | 1912 | 1912 | Ashley, Drew and Northern Railway | - | ||||
| Dardanelle, Ola and Southern Railway | RI | 1906 | 1911 | Rock Island and Dardanelle Railway | - | |||
| Dardanelle and Russellville Railway | 1883 | 1900 | Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad | - | ||||
| Deckerville, Osceola and Northern Railroad | SLSF | 1897 | 1901 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway | - | |||
| Des Arc and Northern Railway | RI | 1897 | 1899 | Searcy and Des Arc Railroad | - | |||
| Doniphan, Kensett and Searcy Railroad | MP | 1906 | 1909 | Doniphan, Kensett and Searcy Railway | - | |||
| Eldorado and Bastrop Railway | MP | 1902 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Elliott and Mount Holly Railway | - | |||||||
| Eureka Springs Railway | 1880 | 1899 | St. Louis and North Arkansas Railway | - | ||||
| Fayetteville and Little Rock Railroad | SLSF | 1886 | 1926 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | - | |||
| Fort Smith, Paris and Dardanelle Railway | 1887 | - | ||||||
| Fort Smith and Southern Railway | SLSF | 1886 | 1887 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railway | - | - | ||
| Fort Smith, Subiaco and Eastern Railroad | 1909 | 1919 | Fort Smith, Subiaco and Rock Island Railroad | - | ||||
| Fort Smith, Subiaco and Rock Island Railroad | 1919 | 1962 | N/A | - | ||||
| Fort Smith Suburban Railway | MP | 1902 | 1956 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | - | |||
| Fort Smith and Van Buren Railway | FSVB | KCS | 1910 | 1992 | Kansas City Southern Railway | - | ||
| Fort Smith and Van Buren Bridge Company | SLSF | 1885 | 1907 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad | - | |||
| Fort Smith and Western Railroad | FS&W | 1899 | 1923 | Fort Smith and Western Railway | - | |||
| Fort Smith and Western Railway | FS&W, FSW | 1921 | 1939 | N/A | - | |||
| Fourche River Valley and Indian Territory Railway | 1905 | N/A | - | |||||
| Freeo Valley Railroad | 1904 | 1925 | N/A | - | ||||
| Garland Western Railway | MP | 1903 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Gate City Lumber Railroad | MP | 1886 | 1888 | Texarkana and Shreveport Railroad | - | |||
| Gould Southwestern Railway | 1906 | 1920 | Arkansas Railroad | - | ||||
| Grand Prairie – Branch Railroad | - | |||||||
| Graysonia, Nashville and Ashdown Railroad | GNA | KCS | 1922 | 1993 | Kansas City Southern Railway | - | ||
| Griffin, Magnolia and Western Railroad | 1905 | N/A | - | |||||
| Gulf, Arkansas and Northwestern Railway | SLSF | 1898 | 1901 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway | - | |||
| Gurdon and Fort Smith Railroad | MP | 1900 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Gurdon and Fort Smith Northern Railway | MP | 1905 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Hazen and Northern Railroad | RI | 1902 | 1904 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | - | |||
| Helena, Parkin and Northern Railway | 1908 | N/A | - | |||||
| Helena and Northwestern Railway | 1948 | 1951 | Cotton Plant – Fargo Railway | - | ||||
| Helena Southwestern Railroad | HSW | 1913 | 1987 | N/A | - | |||
| Homan and Southeastern Railway | 1906 | N/A | - | |||||
| Homan and Southern Railway | 1905 | 1906 | Homan and Southeastern Railway | - | ||||
| Hot Springs Railroad | RI | 1870 | 1902 | Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad | - | |||
| Hot Springs, Glenwood and Western Railroad | 1910 | 1911 | Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railroad | - | ||||
| Houston, Central Arkansas and Northern Railway | MP | 1890 | 1893 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Hoxie, Pocahontas and Northern Railroad | SLSF | 1896 | 1901 | Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad | - | |||
| Illinois Central Railroad | IC | IC | 1946 | 1972 | Illinois Central Gulf Railroad | - | ||
| Illinois Central Gulf Railroad | ICG | 1972 | 1973 | N/A | - | |||
| Iron Mountain and Helena Railroad | MP | 1860 | 1882 | Kansas City and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad | SLSF | 1897 | 1950 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | - | |||
| Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway | MP | 1885 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Kansas City, Arkansas and New Orleans Railroad | 1891 | N/A | - | |||||
| Kansas City, Arkansas and New Orleans Railway | 1891 | Kansas City, Arkansas and New Orleans Railroad | - | |||||
| Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad | SLSF | 1888 | 1901 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway | - | |||
| Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway | SLSF | 1901 | 1928 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | - | |||
| Kansas City, Fort Scott and Springfield Railroad | SLSF | 1888 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad | - | |||
| Kansas City, Fort Smith and Southern Railroad | KCS | 1887 | 1893 | Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad | - | |||
| Kansas City and Memphis Railway | 1911 | 1918 | N/A | - | ||||
| Kansas City and Memphis Railway and Bridge Company | SLSF | 1887 | 1928 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | - | |||
| Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad | KCS | 1893 | 1900 | Kansas City Southern Railway | - | |||
| Kansas City and Southern Railway | MP | 1882 | 1882 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Kansas City, Springfield and Memphis Railroad | SLSF | 1883 | 1888 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad | - | |||
| L'Anguille River Railway | 1902 | 1932 | N/A | - | ||||
| Little River Valley Railway | 1897 | N/A | - | |||||
| Little Rock Bridge Company | RI | 1899 | 1899 | Choctaw and Memphis Railroad | - | |||
| Little Rock and Eastern Railway | SSW | 1887 | 1887 | Arkansas and Southern Railway | - | |||
| 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 | Arkansas Central Railway | - | |||
| Little Rock, Hot Springs and Texas Railway | MP, RI | 1893 | 1899 | Little Rock and Hot Springs Western Railroad | - | |||
| Little Rock and Hot Springs Western Railroad | MP, RI | 1899 | 1911 | Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad, St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Little Rock Junction Railway | MP | 1883 | 1922 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | - | |||
| Little Rock, Maumelle and Western Railroad | 1907 | N/A | - | |||||
| Little Rock and Memphis Railroad | RI | 1887 | 1898 | Choctaw and Memphis Railroad | - | |||
| Little Rock, Mississippi River and Texas Railway | MP | 1877 | 1887 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Little Rock and Monroe Railway | MP | 1903 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Little Rock, Pine Bluff and New Orleans Railroad | MP | 1868 | 1873 | Texas, Mississippi and Northwestern Railroad | - | |||
| Little Rock, Pine Bluff and White River Railway | SSW | 1884 | 1886 | Pine Bluff, Monroe and New Orleans Railway | - | |||
| Little Rock, Sheridan and Saline River Railway | 1892 | N/A | - | |||||
| Little Rock and Southern Railroad | RI | 1902 | 1905 | Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad | - | |||
| Little Rock and Texas Railway | SLSF | 1887 | 1926 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | - | |||
| Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad | KCS | 1898 | 1902 | Louisiana and Arkansas Railway | - | |||
| Louisiana and Arkansas Railway | L&A, LA | KCS | 1902 | 1992 | Kansas City Southern Railway | - | ||
| Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri Railroad | 1887 | N/A | - | |||||
| Louisiana and Pine Bluff Railway | LPB | 1905 | 1979 | N/A | - | |||
| Louisville, New Orleans and Texas Railway of Arkansas | IC | 1889 | 1946 | Illinois Central Railroad | - | |||
| Malvern and Camden Railway | RI | 1911 | 1913 | Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad | - | |||
| Malvern and Freeo Valley Railway | 1905 | N/A | - | |||||
| Manila and Southwestern Railway | SSW | 1904 | 1930 | St. Louis Southwestern Railway | - | |||
| McCrory and Beedeville Southern Railway | - | |||||||
| Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railroad | KCS | 1910 | 1922 | Graysonia, Nashville and Ashdown Railroad, Murfreesboro, Nashville, Southwestern Railway | - | |||
| Memphis, Helena and Louisiana Railway | MP | 1901 | 1903 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Memphis and Little Rock Railroad | RI | 1877 | 1887 | Little Rock and Memphis Railroad | - | |||
| Memphis and Little Rock Railroad | RI | 1853 | 1873 | Memphis and Little Rock Railway | - | |||
| Memphis and Little Rock Railway | RI | 1873 | 1877 | Memphis and Little Rock Railroad | - | |||
| Memphis, Paris and Gulf Railroad | KCS | 1906 | 1910 | Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railroad | - | |||
| Meto and Arkansas Valley Railway | 1910 | 1911 | Pine Bluff and Northern Railway | - | ||||
| Meto Valley Railway | 1908 | 1910 | Meto and Arkansas Valley Railway | - | ||||
| Midland Valley Railroad | MV | MP | 1903 | 1966 | N/A | - | ||
| Mississippi, Arkansas and Western Railway | 1902 | N/A | - | |||||
| Mississippi and Little Rock Railway | 1890 | N/A | - | |||||
| Mississippi, Ouachita and Red River Railroad | MP | 1855 | 1873 | Texas, Mississippi and Northwestern Railroad | - | |||
| Mississippi River, Hamburg and Western Railway | MP | 1897 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Mississippi River and Northwestern Railroad | - | |||||||
| Missouri and Arkansas Railway | MAR, MA | 1935 | 1946 | Arkansas and Ozarks Railway, Helena and Northwestern Railway | - | |||
| Missouri and Louisiana Railroad | - | |||||||
| Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad | M&NA | 1906 | 1922 | Missouri and North Arkansas Railway | - | |||
| Missouri and North Arkansas Railway | M&NA | 1922 | 1935 | Missouri and Arkansas Railway | - | |||
| Missouri Pacific Railroad | MP | MP | 1917 | 1997 | Union Pacific Railroad | - | ||
| Montana Railroad | 1915 | 1935 | N/A | - | ||||
| Monte Ne Railway | 1902 | 1911 | Kansas City and Memphis Railway | - | ||||
| Murfreesboro and Nashville Railroad | 1947 | 1952 | N/A | - | ||||
| Murfreesboro–Nashville Railway | 1932 | 1947 | Murfreesboro and Nashville Railroad | - | ||||
| Murfreesboro, Nashville, Southwestern Railway | 1925 | 1932 | Murfreesboro–Nashville Railway | - | ||||
| Noble Lake and Southern Railway | - | |||||||
| North Arkansas and Western Railway | SLSF | 1899 | 1901 | Ozark and Cherokee Central Railway | - | |||
| Ouachita Valley Railway | 1904 | N/A | - | |||||
| Ozark and Cherokee Central Railway | SLSF | 1901 | 1907 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad | - | |||
| Paragould and Buffalo Island Railway | SSW | 1887 | 1893 | Paragould Southeastern Railway | - | |||
| Paragould–Memphis Railroad | N/A | - | ||||||
| Paragould and Memphis Railway | 1902 | Paragould–Memphis Railroad | - | |||||
| Paragould Southeastern Railway | SSW | 1893 | 1958 | St. Louis Southwestern Railway | - | |||
| Paris–Subiaco Traction Company | 1908 | 1909 | Fort Smith, Subiaco and Eastern Railroad | - | ||||
| Perla Northern Railroad | 1904 | N/A | - | |||||
| Perla, Princeton and Southern Railroad | 1889 | N/A | - | |||||
| Pine Bluff Arkansas River Railway | SSW | 1898 | 1934 | N/A | - | |||
| Pine Bluff and Eastern Railroad | SSW | 1892 | 1898 | Pine Bluff Arkansas River Railway | - | |||
| Pine Bluff, Monroe and New Orleans Railway | SSW | 1884 | 1889 | Pine Bluff and Eastern Railroad | - | |||
| Pine Bluff and Northern Railway | 1910 | 1929 | N/A | - | ||||
| Pine Bluff, Sheridan and Southern Railway | 1912 | N/A | - | |||||
| Pine Bluff and Swan Lake Railway | SSW | 1884 | 1886 | Pine Bluff, Monroe and New Orleans Railway | - | |||
| Pine Bluff and Western Railroad | MP | 1903 | 1909 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Pine Bluff and Western Railway | MP | 1899 | 1903 | Pine Bluff and Western Railroad | - | |||
| Portland and Southeastern Railway | 1905 | N/A | - | |||||
| Prescott and Reader Railway | 1910 | N/A | - | |||||
| Reader Railroad | 1925 | 1975 | N/A | Remains as a tourist railroad | ||||
| Rock Island, Arkansas and Louisiana Railroad | RI | 1905 | 1948 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | - | |||
| Rock Island and Dardanelle Railway | RI | 1911 | 1938 | N/A | - | |||
| Rock Island, Stuttgart and Southern Railway | RI | 1913 | 1948 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | - | |||
| Rogers Southwestern Railway | 1904 | 1907 | Arkansas, Oklahoma and Western Railroad | - | ||||
| Saginaw and Ouachita River Railroad | 1905 | N/A | - | |||||
| St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway | SSW | 1887 | 1891 | St. Louis Southwestern Railway | - | |||
| St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway | SLSF | 1880 | 1882 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railway | - | |||
| St. Louis, Caruthersville and Memphis Railroad | SLSF | 1897 | 1901 | St. Louis and Memphis Railway | - | |||
| St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | MP | 1874 | 1917 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | - | |||
| St. Louis, Kennett and Southeastern Railroad | SLSF | 1906 | 1950 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | - | |||
| St. Louis and Memphis Railway | SLSF | 1901 | 1902 | St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad | - | |||
| St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad | SLSF | 1902 | 1907 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad | - | |||
| St. Louis and North Arkansas Railway | 1899 | 1906 | Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad | - | ||||
| St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | SLSF | SLSF | 1916 | 1980 | Burlington Northern Inc. | - | ||
| St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad | SLSF | 1896 | 1916 | St. Louis – San Francisco Railway | - | |||
| St. Louis and San Francisco Railway | SLSF | 1882 | 1896 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad | - | |||
| St. Louis, San Francisco and New Orleans Railroad | SLSF | 1902 | 1907 | St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad | - | |||
| St. Louis Southwestern Railway | SSW | SSW | 1891 | 1997 | Union Pacific Railroad | - | ||
| Saline Bayou Railway | 1905 | N/A | - | |||||
| Saline River Railway | 1897 | N/A | - | |||||
| Searcy and Des Arc Railroad | RI | 1899 | 1904 | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway | - | |||
| Searcy and West Point Railroad | RI | 1882 | 1899 | Searcy and Des Arc Railroad | - | |||
| South Central Arkansas Railway | SCK | 1982 | 1983 | East Camden and Highland Railroad | - | |||
| Southeastern Railroad | 1905 | 1906 | Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad | - | ||||
| Southern Missouri and Arkansas Railroad | SLSF | 1900 | 1902 | St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad | - | |||
| Southwestern Arkansas and Indian Territory Railroad | MP | 1884 | 1900 | Arkansas Southwestern Railway | - | |||
| Springfield and Memphis Railroad | SLSF | 1880 | 1883 | Kansas City, Springfield and Memphis Railroad | - | |||
| Stuttgart and Arkansas River Railroad | SSW | 1881 | 1901 | St. Louis Southwestern Railway | - | |||
| Stuttgart and Rice Belt Railroad | RI | 1910 | 1913 | Rock Island, Stuttgart and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Stuttgart and Southern Railroad | RI | 1911 | 1913 | Rock Island, Stuttgart and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Texarkana and Fort Smith Railway | KCS | 1889 | 1943 | Kansas City Southern Railway | - | |||
| Texarkana and Shreveport Railroad | MP | 1888 | 1899 | Texarkana, Shreveport and Natchez Railway | - | |||
| Texarkana, Shreveport and Natchez Railway | MP | 1899 | 1901 | Texas and Pacific Railway | - | |||
| Texas, Mississippi and Northwestern Railroad | MP | 1873 | 1875 | Little Rock, Mississippi River and Texas Railway | - | |||
| Texas & Northeastern Railway | 1872 | Arkansas Central Railroad, the Helena & Corinth Railroad, and the Pine Bluff & Southwestern Railroad merged forming the Texas & Northeastern Railway. | - | |||||
| Texas and Pacific Railway | T&P, TP | MP | 1901 | 1976 | Missouri Pacific Railroad | - | ||
| Texas and St. Louis Railway | SSW | 1881 | 1886 | Arkansas and Southern Railway | - | |||
| Thornton and Alexandria Railway | 1904 | N/A | - | |||||
| Tyronza Central Railroad | SLSF | 1902 | Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railway | - | ||||
| Ultima Thule, Arkadelphia and Mississippi Railway | 1877 | 1910 | Memphis, Dallas and Gulf Railroad | - | ||||
| Waldo and Fort Smith Railroad | 1893 | N/A | - | |||||
| Warren, Johnsville and Saline River Railroad | 1905 | 1920 | Warren and Saline River Railroad | - | ||||
| Warren and Ouachita Valley Railway | W&OV, WOV | RI | 1899 | 1980 | Warren and Saline River Railroad | - | ||
| Washington and Hope Railway | MP | 1877 | 1882 | Arkansas and Indian Territory Railway | - | |||
| White and Black River Valley Railway | RI | 1890 | 1941 | N/A | - | |||
| White River Railway | MP | 1901 | 1903 | St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway | - | |||
| White River, Lonoke and Western Railway | RI | 1898 | 1901 | Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad | - | |||
| Wilmar and Saline Valley Railroad | 1904 | N/A | - | |||||
| Wilson Northern Railway | SLSF | 1904 | 1912 | Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad | - | |||
| Wyandotte and Southeastern Railway | - | |||||||
| Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad | IC | 1889 | 1946 | Illinois Central Railroad | - |
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