Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.

Extant Arkansas Railroad/Railway Structures

 

Recent Updates Last updated 5/27/10. Contributors to this list include David Batt, Charles Bogart, Keith Brenton, Jim Dent, Trent Dowler, Judy Galloway, Brian J. Hadley, David Hoge, David Kingsbury, Elvin Klepzig, Shawn L. Lane, Norm Metcalf, Bill Pollard, Jesse E. Porter, Jr., Norbert Shacklette, Jim Spears, Mike Sypult, and Ralph Wilcox.

Updated towns are in red type. Coy burned down 2007, 8/28/05 Removed Marshall M&NA, burned down August 6, 2005. Removed Ola, 5/27/10

 

 

City

Railroad

Current Location

Type

Current Use

Date Built

Track Status

Bldg. Mat.

Current Railroad

Notes

 GPS Coordinates

Altus

MoPac

 on site at 118 Hwy. 64

C

business

c1920 

gone

brick/stucco

none

Field checked 1/05

  

Argenta

CRI&P

  Fourth St./Hazel St.

C

community center

1913

gone

brick/stucco

none

now part of North Little Rock, Field checked 3/05

  

Arkadelphia

MoPac

798 S. Fifth St.

P

municipal 

 c1917

in use

brick

UP

Amtrak stop, Central Arkansas Development Council offices, Field checked 1/05

  

Arkadelphia

MoPac

Ouachita River

B

rr

 

in use

 

UP

 

 
Arkansas City MoPac relocated to private property C residence   none wood none became freight depot when replaced by now gone new depot, Field checked 3/07  

Ashdown

Memphis, Paris, and Gulf

Whitaker Ave./Frisco St.

C

municipal

1908

in use

wood/stucco

KRR

 

 

Atkins

MoPac

  S.R. 64/E. Main

C

municipal

c1920

in use

brick/stucco

UP

Field checked 12/09

  

Augusta

MoPac

White River

B

rr

 

in use

 

UP

 

 

Bald Knob

St. Louis Iron Mountain (MoPac)

 400 E. Market St./ Ramey St.

P

hobby shop

1915

in use

brick

UP

restored, Field checked 5/05

  
Batesville MoPac   C           ?  

Bearden

SLSW

relocated to U.S. 79B/U.S. 79 on east edge of town

C

business

 

none

wood

none

only freight end is original, depot cut in half after rr use and passenger end rotted away in a field, freight end moved severakl times, Field checked 5/06

  

Beebe

MoPac

Center St.

 P

business

1910

in use

brick

UP

 

 

Bellefonte

M&NA

on site

C

residence

1901 

gone

stone 

none

Field checked 3/05

  

Bentonville

SLSF

514 S. Main St.

C

municipal

1925

in use

stucco

AM

restored, chamber of commerce, Field checked 12/09

  

Benzal

MoPac

White River

B

abandoned

 

abandoned

steel

none

through truss, swing ?

  

Black Rock

SLSF

Black River

B

rr

 

in use

 

BNSF

 

 

Booneville

CRI&P

at northern end of Rhyne Ave.

C

after fire only some of the stone arch walls remain

1905 

abandoned

 brick

none

    

Bridge Jct.

CRI&P,MoPac,SLSF

Mississippi River

B

rr

 

in use

 

UP/BNSF

bridge to Memphis, TN, Field checked 1/06

  

Brinkley

Union Station (CRI&P/SLSW/MoPac)

E. Cypress St./New Orleans Ave.

P

museum/visitor center

1912

SLSW in use/ CRI&P gone

brick

UP

restored, Central Delta Depot Museum, Field checked 8/07

  

Brinkley

CRI&P

on site

F

business

  

gone

brick

none

Field checked 2/2/03

  

Brinkley

  

adjacent to depot

M

business

1915

  gone

brick/conc.

none

Rusher Hotel, restored as Great Southern Hotel

  
Brinkley Farrell's Locomotive about one block south of depot Sh business         repaired locomotives for logging operations, Field checked 8/05  
Buckner SLSW relocated to Lewisville C unused c1900 none wood none Field checked 4/07  

Buckner

SLSW

east of town, Dorcheat Bayou

B

rr

 

in use

 

UP

    

Buena Vista

SLSW

relocated

C

 

 

none

wood

none

 

 
Buffalo City MoPac moved to Hwy. 162 C storage   none wood none Field checked 1/09  
Bull Shoals MoPac relocated to 1890 Village & Caverns C museum   none wood none depot from Pyatt, Field checked 1/06  

Camden

St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern (MoPac)

  on site

M

welcome center

  

gone

brick

none

Express office, Field Checked 4/10 

 

Carlisle

CRI&P

Main St./Court Ave.

C

business

c1920

gone

brick/stucco

none

Field checked 3/05

  
Chidester MoPac next to fire station at Main/Beaver C           Field checked 1/06  
Chidester replica   C city hall   gone   none Field checked 8/05  

Clarendon

MoPac

205 Midland

  C

business

c1910,c1912?

gone

 

none

former Arkansas Midland, Checked 1/06

  

Clarendon

SLSW

White River

B

rr

 

in use

 

UP

 

 

Clarksville

MoPac

  Johnson St./Main St.

P 

Chamber of Commerce

c1910 

gone

brick/stucco

none

 Field checked 2/06  
Corning MoPac relocated to 46 Clay County Rd.148, off S.R. 67 north of town C private   none wood none restored depot from Moark, Field checked 12/06  

Cotter

MoPac

700 E. Tyler Rd.

C

rr

c1903

in use

wood

MNA

 Field checked 1/05  

Cotter

MoPac

White River

B

rr

1903 

in use

steel 

MNA

deck girder, through truss, 12 span

  
Cotton Plant M&NA on site C abandoned   gone brick none only foundation and porch pillars remain, Field checked 2/03  
Crystal Springs MoPac relocated C     none wood none depot from Lonsdale, Checked 1/06  

Decatur

KCS

  S. Main St.

P 

museum

c1920

in use

conc.block

KCS

Decatur Museum, Field checked 6/03

  
Decatur KCS S. Main St. F     in use   KCS Field checked 6/03  
Delaplaine MoPac relocated to 15905 Hwy. 34 C private   none wood none Depot from Peach Orchard, Field checked 4/07  
Delpro Delta Valley & Southern on site Eh rr modern in use metal DV&S prefab, Field checked 10/15/01  

DeQueen

DeQueen & East.

S.R. 329

Sh

 

 

in use

brick

DQE

machine shops

  

De Valls Bluff

CRI&P

White River

B

abandoned

 

gone

 steel

none

lift bridge

  
Des Arc CRI&P relocated near schools near right of way C     none wood none Field reported 2/07 not found 4/07 ??  
Donaldson MoPac relocated to Ridge Rd./Coral Dr. south of Malvern C private   none wood none Field checked 12/06  

Earle

MoPac

Main St./Commerce St. 

C

museum

1922

in use

brick/stucco

UP

Field checked 1/05

  
East Camden CRI&P relocated on Highland Lane in Highland Industrial Park C guest house   none wood none depot from Harrell, Field checked 5/06  
El Dorado El Dorado and Wesson on site O rr 2004-05 in use metal EDW Field checked 8/08  
El Dorado El Dorado and Wesson on site Eh rr modern in use metal EDW two stall, Field checked 9/2/03  
El Dorado MoPac   C business   in use     Field checked 8/05  

Eureka Springs

Mo. & North. Ark.

299 N. Main St.

P

 tourist railroad

1912 

relaid in 1981 

stone

Eureka Springs & North Arkansas

restored

  
Eureka Springs SLSF relocated near depot, originally at Ft. Smith Tt tourist railroad 1908 in use steel Eureka Springs & North Arkansas 75 feet, restored  
Eureka Springs Eureka Springs & North Arkansas near depot Wt tourist railroad   in use wood Eureka Springs & North Arkansas    
Everton depot replica near original site of M&A depot   community center   none wood none Field checked 3/24/05  

Fayetteville

SLSF

550 W. Dickson St.

C

business

1897

in use

stucco/brick

AM

rebuilt 1925, Field checked 10/08

  
Flippin depot replica on site C business         former ticket office for defunct White River Scenic Railway, Field checked 1/09  

Fordyce

CRI&P

3rd St.

P 

rr

c1925

aband. N of town

brick

FP

railroad offices

  

Fordyce

SLSW

Main St./W. First St. 

C

 

1925

in use

brick

UP

on National Register, Field checked 2008 

 
Ft. Smith Fort Smith Railroad North B St. O rr   in use cement block FSR Field checked 2/21/03  

Ft. Smith

KCS

 

C

rr

modern

in use

brick

KCS

not located 12/09??

  

Ft. Smith

SLSF

100 Garrison

P

  

1910

in use

brick

      

Ft. Smith

 

W side of town, Arkansas River

B

rr

 

in use

 

 

 

 

Fulton

MoPac

Red River

B

rr

 

in use

 

UP

 

 

Garland (City)

SLSW

Red River

B

rr

 

in use

 

UP

 

 
Garner MoPac moved to Searcy C under restoration   none wood none Field checked 1/05  
Georgetown M&NA on site C residence   gone wood none greatly modified, Field checked 3/05  

Glenwood

MoPac

moved in town

C

visitor center

1910

none

wood

none

Checked 1/06

  
Grady MoPac relocated to 301 Main St. behind municipal building C     none wood none Field checked 3/07  
Green Forest Missouri & Arkansas Broadway St. C unused   none wood none Field checked 3/23/05  
Guion MoPac relocated along S.R. 58 C business   none wood none Checked 3/08  
Gum Springs MoPac relocated to Reader C rr   in use wood Reader RR Field checked 7/06  

Gurdon

MoPac

N. First/E. Walnut

P 

museum

c1917

in use

brick

UP

Field checked 1/05

  

Hackett

SLSF

relocated

C

 

 

none

wood

none

 

 
Harrell CRI&P relocated to East Camden, on Highland Lane in Highland Industrial Park C guesthouse   none wood none Field checked 5/06  
Harrison Missouri & Arkansas on site Sh business   gone   none machine shop, woodmill, storeroom, and car shop, Field checked 3/06  
Harrison Arkansas & Ozarks U.S. 65/First St. Sh highway dept. use   gone brick/steel none diesel shop, A&O operated M&A until early 1960s, Field checked 5/06  
Hartman MoPac   C private     brick/stucco   Reported 9/05  

Hazen

CRI&P

 E. N. Front St./N. Livermore St.

C

future museum

1915

gone, track relaid for two blocks

brick/stucco

none

being restored, Field checked 3/05

  

Helena

MoPac

95 Missouri St.

P

museum

1912

in use

brick

AKMD

Delta Cultural Center, Field checked 1/05

  
Helena (West Helena) IC/M&NA Cherry St. north of MoPac depot F school/meeting room c1913       Field checked 7/08  

Holly Grove

MoPac

Front St.

C

  

1898

gone

wood

none

former Arkansas Midland, ?

  
Hope L&A West 3rd. St. F business   gone wood none sided, Field checked 3/14/04  

Hope

MoPac

100 E. Division St./S. Main St.

P

  municipal

c1917

in use

brick

UP

Hope Chamber of Commerce. visitor center, Field checked 1/05

  
Hope Cairo & Fulton Walnut St./Division St. C business 1875 in use wood UP moved to south side of tracks to become freight depot, restored,Field checked 1/05  
Hope MoPac relocated to Fair Park in Hope C park use   none wood none depot from Reader, Field checked 7/06  

Hot Springs

MoPac

Broadway/Market St. or 100 Broadway Terrace

P

transportation center

c1917

gone 

brick

none

Field checked 1/07

  
Hot Springs MoPac 421 Broadway F night club   gone brick none Field checked 12/06  
Hunter SLSW relocated to northeast corner of Red Oak St./Front St. C residence? c1900 none wood none with additions  
Jonesboro SLSW South Main along rr yard Rh warehouse   gone brick none turntable removed and filled  
Jones Mill Arkansas Midland in industrial park off U.S. 270 Sh rr   in use   Arkansas Midland originally non-railroad use, Field checked 12/06  

Leachville

Blytheville, Leachville and Arkansas Southern (SLSW)

Second St./McNamee St.

C

private

c1910 

gone

wood 

none

 

 

Leslie

M&NA

  S.R. 66

C

storage

c1925 

gone

stone 

none

Field checked 3/05 

 

Lewisville

SLSW

relocated to 2nd St.

C

unused

c1900

none

wood

none

 depot from Buckner, Field checked 4/07  

Little Rock

CRI&P

1010 E. Third St.

P

library

1900

in use

brick

 

originally Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf, 2 story, to be part of Clinton Presidential Library, Field checked 3/05

  

Little Rock

Union Station

Markham St.Victory St.

P

multi-use

1921

in use

brick/stone

 

Amtrak stop, 4 story, museum, shops

  

Little Rock

CRI&P

Arkansas River

B

futurewalkway

 

gone

steel

none

through truss, lift span, converted to pedestrian use, Field checked 9/09

  

Little Rock

MoPac

Arkansas River

B

rr

 

in use

steel 

UP

Baring Cross Bridge

  

Lonoke

CRI&P

Center St./U.S. 70

P

Chamber of Commerce

1912

gone

brick

none

Field checked 1/05

  
Lonsdale MoPac moved to Crystal Springs, U.S. 270 C     none wood none Checked 12/06  

Madison

CRI&P

St. Francis Diversion Ditch

B

rr

 

in use

 

UP

 

 

Malvern

MoPac

First St.

P

 rr

  c1918

in use

 brick

UP

Amtrak stop, Amtrak is in walled-in porte cochere

  
Malvern Hot Springs RR NW of MoPac depot at 132 Front St. Rh storage 1887 gone brick none 5 stalls, not used in railroad service after 1904, Field checked 1/05  

Mammoth Spring

SLSF

in Mammoth Spring State Park

P

museum

1885-6

in use

brick

BNSF

Originally Kansas City, Ft. Scott & Memphis.1886 Mamoth Spring Depot Museum

  

Manila

SLSF

 

C

municipal

1910

gone

wood

none

 

 

Marianna

MoPac

on site

 

 

 

in use

 brick

UP

Field checked 1/05

  

McGehee

MoPac

on site 

P/F

 

 c1910

in use

brick/stucco

UP

joined passenger and freight depots, Field checked 3/07

  
McNeil Louisiana and North West on site O rr   in use metal LNW trailer, Field checked 5/03  
McNeil Louisiana and North West on site M office use   gone pre-fab none locomotive shed?. Field checked 5/06  

Mena

KCS

524 Sherwood Ave.

P

museum

1920

in use

brick

KCS

restored, Chamber of Commerce, Mena Depot Center, Field checked 4/05

  

Mineral Springs

Memphis, Paris, and Gulf

  

C

  

1908

in use

wood

KCS

?

  
Moark MoPac relocated to 46 Clay County Rd. 148, Corning C private   none wood none restored, Field checked 10206  

Monticello

AD&N

 

C

municipal

1912

in use

wood

AD&N

Chamber of Commerce

  

Morrilton

MoPac

Railroad Ave., U.S. 64

C

  

c1915

in use

brick/stucco

UP

    
Nashville Graysonia Nashville and Ashdown 324 S. Second Sh business   in use   Arkansas Southern steam locomotive shop, originally non-railroad use, Field checked 12/06  
Nashville Graysonia Nashville and Ashdown Sypert/Front St. O rr modern in use   WATCO Field checked 12/06  
Nashville GN&A off S. Mill St. Sh vacant   gone   none diesel shop, Field checked 12/06  
Nashville GN&A relocated off S. Mill St. F vacant   gone metal none depot from Okay, Field checked 12/06  

Newport

MoPac

Walnut/Front

  P

 

1902, c1910 ?

in use

brick/stucco

UP

only part remains

  

Newport

MoPac

White River

B

rr

 

in use

 

UP

 

 

North Little Rock

CRI&P

Fourth St./Hazel St.

C

municipal

1913

in use

brick

UP

once known as Argenta

  

Ogden

KCS

S of town, Red River

B

rr

 

in use

 

KCS

 

 
Okay GN&A moved to shop complex off S. Mill St. in Nashville C vacant   gone metal none Field checked 12/06  

Ozark

MoPac

  E. River St/S. 1st.

  P

municipal

1910

in use

stone

UP

Field checked 12/09

  

Palestine

CRI&P

Coffee Creek

B

rr

 

in use

 

UP

 

 
Pangburn M&NA relocated? C residence   none wood none sided with additions, Field checked 3/05  
Peach Orchard MoPac relocated to Delaplaine C private   none wood none poor condition, Field checked 4/07  

Perry

CRI&P

300 Choctaw Ave.

C

rr

 

in use

wood

Little Rock & Western

Field checked 12/09

  
Perry Little Rock & Western near CRI&P depot O rr   in use wood Little Rock & Western depot replica, Field checked 3/05  
Perry Little Rock & Western behind CRI&P depot Sh rr modern in use metal Little Rock & Western Field checked 3/05  
Pindall Missouri & Arkansas U.S. 65 C storage?   none wood none Field checked 3/24/05  

Pine Bluff

MoPac/SLSW union station

E. Fourth St./State St.

P

museum

 1906

in use

brick

UP

Pine Bluff and Jefferson County Historical Museum

  

Pine Bluff

SLSW

1 blk. E of MoPac depot

F

business

 

in use

brick ?

UP

in later years used as passenger depot by SLSW

  

Pine Bluff

SLSW

 

Sh

museum

 1942

in use

brick

UP

Arkansas Railroad Museum in former locomotive erecting shop

 

Prescott

MoPac

400 W First St. S

P

museum

1912

in use

brick

UP

Nevada County Depot and Museum, Checked 1/06

  
Pyatt MoPac moved to Bull Shoals C museum   none wood none 1890 Village and Bull Shoals Caverns, Field checked 1/06  

Ravendum

SLSF

Spring River

B

rr

 

in use

 

BNSF

 

 
Reader MoPac moved to Hope C park use   none wood none Field checked 7/06  
Reader MoPac off S.R. 368 C rr   in use wood Reader RR depot from Gum Springs, Whelen Springs, and Waterloo, Field checked 7/06  
Reader non-railroad S.R. 368 M rr   in use wood Reader RR built as set for movie, used as shops, Field checked 7/06  
Reader Reader S.R. 368 Sh abandoned   in use wood Reader RR in poor shape, Field checked 7/06  
Redfield MoPac   M       wood   section house, Field checked 1/05  

Rison

SLSW

relocated

C

 

 

none

wood

none

 

 

Rogers

SLSF

Poplar/S. First 

F

 municipal use

c 1977

in use

metal

Ark. & Mo.

Field checked 10/08

  

Russellville

MoPac

N. Denver St./West C St.

P

municipal/town center 

1916

in use

brick/stucco

UP

under renovation, Field checked 1/05

  
St. Joe Missouri and Arkansas along S. R. 65 C vacant 1913 none wood none Field checked 3/05  
Scott SLSW Alexander Rd. north of U.S. 165/S.R. 161 intersection C museum   museum wood   part of Plantation Agriculture Museum, Field checked 12/09  
Searcy Doniphan Kensett & Searcy 412 S. Main St. C       wood   sided, Field checked 9/5/04  
Searcy MoPac relocated to park C under restoration 1870s none wood none depot from Garner, Field checked 1/05  
Sylamore MoPac relocated on old S.R.9 C vacant c1903 none wood none on National Register, Field checked 1/05  

Texarkana

Union Station

Front St./State Line

P

business

1930

in use

brick

UP,KCS,TNER

Amtrak stop, 2 story, restaurant, used by KCS, MoPac, SLSW, and T&P, Checked 1/06

  

Van Buren

MoPac

end of S 1st.

P

  

c1900

in use

brick

UP

 Field checked 12/09  

Van Buren

SLSF

Main St. 

P

 

 

in use

brick

tourist line

Field checked 12/09

  

Walnut Ridge

MoPac

Main St./S.R. 67

P

rr

  c1910

in use

brick

UP

Amtrak stop, Checked 1/06

  

Warren

Warren & Ouachita Valley (CRI&P)

325 W. Cedar St.

C

rr

1909

in use

wood

Warren & Saline River

 

 
Waterloo MoPac relocated to Reader C rr   in use wood Reader RR Field checked 7/06  

Weldon

CRI&P

around 1164 Weldon Ave.

C

unused

  1913

gone

  wood

none

Derelict, Endangered! Field checked 4/12/05

  
Whelen Springs MoPac relocated to Reader C rr   in use wood Reader RR Field checked 7/06  
Widener CRI&P relocated to E. Main /E. Jefferson behind Police and Courts building C business   none wood none only half of building remains, Field checked 1/09  

Wilkins (Jefferson Co.)

SLSW

Arkansas River

B

rr

 

in use

 

 

   
Wilton Texarkana & Fort Smith (KCS) relocated away from tracks C former residence c 1893 none wood none on National Register, Field checked 2008  
Winslow SLSF   Tn rr   in use   Arkansas & Missouri RR    

Yellville (Summit)

MoPac

relocated to Hwy. 62/3rd St.

C

?

  

none

wood

none

 Field checked 1/09  

Compiled by M. J. Camp, Railroad Station Historical Society, Inc.

 

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