Kiamichi Railroad

Kiamichi Railroad
Reporting mark KRR
Locale Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas
Dates of operation 1987–present
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length 231 miles (372 km)
Headquarters Hugo, Oklahoma
Kiamichi Railroad locomotive at the Eastern Alabama Railway yard in Sylacauga, Alabama. Notice that ditch lights are absent.
Kiamichi Railroad EMD SD40-2s #3378 and #3379 in Hugo, Oklahoma

The Kiamichi Railroad Company (reporting mark KRR) is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Hugo, Oklahoma.

KRR operates two lines totaling 231 miles (372 km) which intersect in Hugo, as well as maintaining trackage rights on an additional 45 miles (72 km) of track.[1] The main line (186 miles) runs from Hope, Arkansas (where it interchanges with Union Pacific Railroad) to Lakeside, Oklahoma, then along 20 miles of BNSF Railway trackage rights to a BNSF interchange point at Madill, Oklahoma. Along this line, KRR interchanges with Union Pacific at Durant, Oklahoma, with Kansas City Southern Railway at Ashdown, Arkansas, and with De Queen and Eastern Railroad via Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad at Valliant, Oklahoma.[1] A 40-mile branch line runs from Antlers, Oklahoma to Paris, Texas.[1]

KRR traffic generally consists of coal, lumber, paper, glass, cement, pulpwood, stone and food products. The KRR hauled around 53,000 carloads in 2008.[2]

The line was a former main line of the Frisco railway; KRR started operations in 1987.[1][2]

KRR was purchased by RailAmerica, a short-line railroad holding company, in 2002.[2] Another holding company, Genesee & Wyoming Inc., purchased RailAmerica in late 2012.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Kiamichi Railroad Company KRR #424". Union Pacific Railroad. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 "RailAmerica's Empire". Trains Magazine. Kalmbach Publishing. June 2010.

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