Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | standard gauge |
| Length | 335.21 miles (539.47 km) in 1919 |
The Missouri and North Arkansas (reporting mark M&NA) was a railroad in Missouri and Arkansas from 1906 to 1946.[1][2]
History
The railroad began as the Eureka Springs Railway in 1883 as a line from the
Eureka Springs, AR in 1883.[1]
The railroad was extended east, reaching
Joplin, MO was reached using trackage rights via the Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) from Neosho, Missouri.[3]
In August 1914, a
doodlebug, killing thirty-eight passengers and five crew members.[4][1][5] In March 1918, the Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that the KCS and MN&A should share liability and pay their own costs.[6]
See also
References
Railways portal
United States portal
- ^ a b c d e "H. Glenn Mosenthin, "Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad"". encyclopediaofarkansas.net. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- The Handbook of Texas. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ – via HathiTrust Digital Library.
- ^ Fair, pp. 113.
- ^ Woodin, Debby. "Train crash a century ago among area's worst disasters". Joplin Globe. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ Fair, pp. 123.
- Fair, James (1969). The North Arkansas Line (1st ed.). Howell-North. p. 304. ISBN 978-0831070779.
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