The Missouri and North Arkansas (reporting mark M&NA) was a railroad in Missouri and Arkansas from 1906 to 1946.[1][2]
Overview | |
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Headquarters | Harrison, AR |
Reporting mark | M&NA |
Locale | Midwestern United States |
Dates of operation | August 6, 1906 | –1946
Predecessor | St. Louis and North Arkansas Railway |
Successor | Arkansas and Ozarks Railway |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Length | 335.21 miles (539.47 km) in 1919 |
The railroad began as the Eureka Springs Railway in 1883 as a line from the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway in Seligman, MO, reaching the resort town of Eureka Springs, AR in 1883.[1]
The railroad was extended east, reaching Harrison, AR in 1901, including a branch from Freeman to Berryville, AR.[3] Leslie, AR was reached in 1903, Kensett, AR in 1908, and on to Helena, AR in 1909.[1] In addition, the railroad was extended northwest from Wayne, MO to Neosho, MO in 1908.[1] This section was reached using trackage rights from the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway between Seligman and Wayne, Missouri. Joplin, MO was reached using trackage rights via the Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) from Neosho, Missouri.[3]
In August 1914, a steam locomotive owned by the KCS collided with a M&NA 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]