Railway companies of Arkansas

List of railway companies in the American state of Arkansas.

Class I railways

 * Amtrak (AMTK), passenger on freight lines
 * Burlington Northern & Gulf Railroad (BNG), freight
 * Kansas City-Santa Fe Railroad (KCSF), freight
 * New York Western Railroad (NYW), freight
 * North Western Pacific Railroad (NWP), freight and passenger
 * Union Pacific Railroad (UP), freight

Shortline and terminal railways

 * Arkansas, Louisiana & Mississippi Railroad (ALM), freight
 * Arkansas Midland Railroad (AKMD), freight
 * Arkansas & Missouri Railroad (AM), freight and passenger
 * Arkansas Southern Railroad (ARS), freight
 * Bauxite & Northern Railway (BXN), freight
 * Camden & Southern Railroad (CSR), freight
 * Dardanelle & Russellville Railroad (DR), freight
 * Delta Southern Railroad (DSRR), freight
 * Delta Valley & Southern Railway (DVS), freight
 * DeQueen & Eastern Railroad (DQE), freight
 * East Camden & Highland Railroad (EACH), freight
 * El Dorado & Wesson Railway (EDW), freight
 * Fordyce & Princeton Railroad (FP), freight
 * Fort Smith Railroad (FSR), freight
 * Kiamichi Railroad (KRR), freight
 * Little Rock Port Authority Railroad (LRPA), freight
 * Little Rock & Western Railway (LRWN), freight
 * Louisiana & North West Railroad (LNW), freight
 * Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad (MNA), freight
 * North Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad (NLAR), freight
 * Ouachita Railroad (OUCH), freight
 * Prescott & Northwestern Railroad (PNW), freight
 * Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad (TOE), freight
 * Warren & Saline River Railroad (WSR), freight
 * West Memphis Base Railroad (WMBR), freight

Defunct railways
Years shown here refer to the period in which a given company operated in Arkansas; they may have existed elsewhere before or after these years.