The Ouachita Railroad Company is a

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headquartered in El Dorado, Arkansas, United States. OUCH operates a 26.2 mile line in

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and

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from El Dorado (where it interchanges with

Union Pacific 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 Pac ...

) to Lillie, Louisiana. Only the part from El Dorado to a plant south of town is in service. OUCH traffic generally consists of

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, chemicals, and

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. The line was formerly part of the

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until its liquidation. The line was then operated by the South Central Arkansas Railway from 1982-1983, when it was sold to the

East Camden and Highland Railroad The East Camden and Highland Railroad is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in East Camden, Arkansas. EACH operates a 47.6 mile (76.6 km) line in Arkansas from East Camden to Eagle Mills (where it interchanges with Union P ...

(EACH). EACH sold the line to Arkansas Shortline Railroads, Inc., a short-line railroad

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, in 1990.

References

External links

Link to Union Pacific Website with OUCH Details
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