History
The line was built between 1880 and 1882 by the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway ("Frisco"), a predecessor of Burlington Northern Santa Fe, and was leased to the Arkansas and Missouri in 1986. The company completed purchase of the property in early 2001. The lease of Union Pacific trackage in an area known as "the Bottoms" occurred in 2000. The railroad serves numerous warehouse and transload facilities, as well as port facilities on the Arkansas River in Fort Smith and Van Buren.
The company also uses an all-Alco/MLW locomotive fleet. This fleet consists of C-420s, T-6s, C-424s, M-420s, and one each RS-32, HR-412, and RS-1.
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