Arkansas Railroad History

The goal of the Arkansas Railroad History website is to preserve regional railroad history through a digital, web-based format. It is hoped that web access will encourage a greater exchange of information among those who share this interest. Additional web pages will be added as research and time permits. Any material on this site may be downloaded for personal use, but is copyrighted and should not be republished without permission.

To submit corrections or images for use on this site, email:
bill (at) arkansasrailroadhistory.com

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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

• The Brinkley Shuttle Train, 1928-1930
• Forrest City Union Station
• Rock Island - Biddle Shops, Little Rock
• B&O coaches on the Rock Island
• Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf - Choctaw Terminal, Little Rock.
• Hot Springs Railroad - Roundhouse, Malvern.
• Preservation Gone Awry - the unfortunate story of RI 96212.
• ROCK Named Diesels.
• Last Train from Memphis, March 23, 1980.
• VERY Last Train from Memphis, June 1981.
• Pulaski Heights station and Pulaski on the Rock Island.

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Kansas City Southern Railway

• Kansas City Southern's "Airline Connections"
• KCS Coach-Lounge cars 200-201
• KCS Parlor-Lounge cars 500-501
• KCS and L&A passenger car roster - January 1954

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Missouri Pacific Lines

• Industrial Archaeology - Russellville's Watchman Tower
• Last Run of the Texas Eagle in Texas
• Final Months of MoPac's Texas Eagle in Arkansas and Missouri
• Mississippi River, Hamburg & Western Railway
• Name Trains of the Missouri Pacific (also T&P and C&EI)

Down the Iron Mountain Route, a pictorial railroad history through Arkansas

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St. Louis Southwestern Railway - Cotton Belt Route

• Cotton Belt's North Little Rock Terminal

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Railway Mail Service

• Memphis, Tennessee - Transfer Offices and the Terminal Railway Post Office

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Railroad Coverage by Location

• Argenta and Little Rock Postcards
• The Dilemma of De Kalb and Western 502 in Arkansas
• Trolley Bus Operation in Little Rock
• Manhattan Elevated cars in Arkansas

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Railroad History Pages Maintained by Others

• Arkansas Railroader digital archives, 1970-2008 (formerly Little Rock Chapter NRHS)
• Arkansas Railroad Stations
• Fort Smith-Van Buren Railroad History
• Fort Smith Trolley Museum
• Little Rock Streetcars
• Little Rock Trolley Coaches
• Memphis Railroad History
• Muskogee Roads - Midland Valley, KO&G, OCAA
• Reader Railroad
• Rock Island Railroad in Arkansas (Hibblen Radio)
• The Scrambler, digital archives, 1987-date (northwest Arkansas-Boston Mountains Chapter NRHS).