The Louisiana and Northwest Railroad is a
short-line railroad
:''Short Line is also one of the four railroads in the American version of the popular board game Monopoly, named after the Shore Fast Line, an interurban streetcar line.''
A shortline railroad is a small or mid-sized railroad company that oper ...
headquartered in
Homer, Louisiana
Homer is a town in and the parish seat of Claiborne Parish in northern Louisiana, United States. Named for the Greek poet Homer, the town was laid out around the Courthouse Square in 1850 by Frank Vaughn. The present-day brick courthouse, built ...
.
LNW operates a line in
Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the O ...
and
Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ...
from
McNeil, Arkansas
McNeil is a town in Columbia County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 516 at the 2010 census, down from 662 in 2000. The community was named after William B. McNeil, founder of the College Hill Academy.
Geography
McNeil is located in ...
(where it interchanges with
Union Pacific Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...
), to
Gibsland, Louisiana
Gibsland is a town in Bienville Parish, Louisiana, Bienville Parish in northern Louisiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 773. The town is best known for its connecting railroads, as the birthplace of the defunct histori ...
(where it interchanges with
Kansas City Southern Railway
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company is an American Class I railroad. Founded in 1887, it operates in 10 midwestern and southeastern U.S. states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and ...
). The section from McNeil to
Magnolia, Arkansas
Magnolia is a city in Columbia County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 11,577. The city is the county seat of Columbia County.
Magnolia is home to the World's Largest Charcoal Grill and the World Championship S ...
, is leased from Union Pacific.
LNW was incorporated in 1889. On June 10, 2008,
Patriot Rail Corporation
Patriot Rail Company LLC (Patriot Rail) is a holding company for a number of shortline railroads across the United States.
In June 2012, Patriot Rail was acquired by SteelRiver Infrastructure Partners (SteelRiver).
On August 8, 2022 Patriot Rai ...
announced that it had purchased LNW for an undisclosed amount.
References
External links
Link to Union Pacific Website with LNW Details
Louisiana railroads
Arkansas railroads
Railway companies established in 1889
Patriot Rail Company
1889 establishments in Louisiana
Transportation in Columbia County, Arkansas
Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
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