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The White and Black River Valley Railway (“W&BRV”), previously called the Batesville and Brinkley Railroad (“B&B”), had a line between the towns of Brinkley and Jacksonport, as well as a branch line between Wiville and Gregory, entirely within the State of Arkansas and about 62 miles in total length. Its predecessor railroad was started ...
Arkansas and Indian Territory Railway: White and Black River Valley Railway: RI: 1890 1941 Operated by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway from 1904 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 ...
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The assets of the railroad were sold at foreclosure, and 100.65 miles of road were acquired by the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway. [17] That line went on to build 65.86 miles of additional road, giving it 166.51 miles of single-track, standard gauge steam railroad line, all in Arkansas. [17]
The company, originally known as the Choctaw Coal and Railway Company, completed its main line between West Memphis, Arkansas and western Oklahoma by 1900. In 1901 the CO&G chartered a subsidiary company, the Choctaw, Oklahoma and Texas Railroad, to continue construction west into the Texas panhandle, and by 1902 the railroad had extended as far west as Amarillo.
The railroad of White & Black River Valley Railway is a single-track, standard-gauge, steam railroad, located entirely in Arkansas. The main line extends from Brinkley to Jacksonport, 56.472 miles, and a branch line extends from Wiville to Gregory, 5.963 miles, a total of 62.435 miles of main tracks owned.
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The railroad began as the Eureka Springs Railway in 1883 as a line from the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway ("Frisco") in Seligman, MO, reaching the resort town of Eureka Springs, AR in 1883. [1] In May of 1899, the line was conveyed to a newly-formed company, the St. Louis and North Arkansas Railroad , which intended to build all the way to ...