Louisiana and North West Railroad

Louisiana and North West Railroad
Reporting mark	LNW
Locale	Louisiana, Arkansas
Dates of operation	1889–present
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Headquarters	Homer, Louisiana

The Louisiana and Northwest Railroad (reporting mark LNW) is a short-line railroad headquartered in Homer, Louisiana.

LNW operates a 62.6-mile (100.7 km) line in Arkansas and Louisiana from McNeil, Arkansas (where it interchanges with Union Pacific Railroad), to Gibsland, Louisiana (where it interchanges with Kansas City Southern Railway). The 6.5-mile (10.5 km) section from McNeil to Magnolia, Arkansas, is leased from Union Pacific.

LNW was incorporated in 1889. On June 10, 2008, Patriot Rail Corporation announced that it had purchased LNW for an undisclosed amount.^[1]

References

↑ "Patriot Rail buys Louisiana railroad". South Florida Business Journal. 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2008-08-21.

External links

Link to Union Pacific Website with LNW Details

Common carrier railroads of Arkansas

Current	AKMD ALM AM ARS BXN BNSF CVYR DKS DQE DR DSRR DVS EACH EDW FP FSR KCS KRR LNW LRPA LRWN MNA OUCH PNW UP WSR

Common carrier railroads of Louisiana

Current	AKDN ALM BNSF BRS CGR CSXT DSRR GLSR IC KCS LAS LDRR LNW NOGC NOPB NS OUCH TIBR UP

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