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Table 1-10: Freight Railroads Operating in Arkansas by Class: 2000

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Table 1-10: Freight Railroads Operating in Arkansas by Class: 2000

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Railroad Miles operated in Arkansas1
Class I railroads 2,714
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company 1,045
Kansas City Southern Railway Company 217
Union Pacific Railroad Company 1,452
Regional railroads 182
Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad 182
Local railroads 669
Arkansas & Missouri Railroad 122
Arkansas, Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad 70
Arkansas Midland Railroad Company 69
Bauxite & Northern Railway 6
Caddo Valley Railroad Company 53
Dardanelle & Russellville Railroad 5
De Queen & Eastern Railroad 45
Delta Southern Railroad 89
East Texas Central Railroad 53
El Dorado & Wesson Railway 6
Kiamichi Railroad Company 20
Little Rock & Western Railway, L.P. 79
Louisiana & North West Railroad Company 25
Ouachita Railroad 17
Prescott & Northwestern Railroad 5
Warren & Saline River Railroad Company 5
Switching and terminal railroads 109
Delta Valley & Southern Railway 2
East Camden & Highland Railroad 22
Fordyce & Princeton Railroad 57
Fort Smith Railroad 18
Little Rock Port Railroad 10

1 Miles operated is in terms of railroad so that a mile of single track is counted the same as a mile of double track. Sidings, turnouts, yard switching mileage, and mileage not operated are excluded. Miles operated under trackage rights provided by another (owning) railroad are included.

NOTE: For definition of railroad types see previous table.

SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, Railroads and States - 2000, Washington, DC: 2002, available at http://www.aar.org/AboutTheIndustry/StateInformation.asp as of Mar. 19, 2002.