The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Arkansas.
Class I railroads
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Regional railroads
- Missouri and Northern Arkansas Railroad (MNA)
Shortline and terminal railroads
- Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad (ALM)
- Arkansas Midland Railroad (AKMD)
- Arkansas and Missouri Railroad (AM)
- Arkansas Southern Railroad (ARS)
- Camden and Southern Railroad (CSR)
- Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad (DR)
- Delta Valley and Southern Railway (DVS)
- De Queen and Eastern Railroad (DQE)
- East Camden and Highland Railroad (EACH)
- El Dorado and Wesson Railway (EDW)
- Fordyce and Princeton Railroad (FP)
- Fort Smith Railroad (FSR)
- Kiamichi Railroad (KRR)
- Little Rock Port Authority Railroad (LRPA)
- Little Rock and Western Railway (LRWN)
- Louisiana and North West Railroad (LNW)
- North Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad (NLA)
- Ouachita Railroad (OUCH)
- Prescott and Northwestern Railroad (PNW)
- Warren and Saline River Railroad (WSR)
- West Memphis Base Railroad (WMBR)
Passenger railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK): Texas Eagle
Heritage and scenic railroads
- Northwestern Arkansas A&M Excursion
- Eureka Springs and North Arkansas Railway
- Fort Smith Trolley Museum
Industrial rail operations
- Bauxite and Northern Railway (BXN)
- Granite Mountain Quarries Railroad (GMQX)
Defunct railroads
- Electric
- Inter-City Terminal Railway
Notes
References
Further reading
- Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (May 2002), "Arkansas state rail plan 2002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-12-21.. Retrieved February 11, 2005.
- Hilton, George W. (1990). American Narrow Gauge Railroads. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-2369-9.
- Hull, Clifton E. (1988) Shortline Railroads of Arkansas, University of Central Arkansas Press, Conway, Arkansas. ISBN 0-944436-00-5
