Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern announce plans for America’s first transcontinental railroad
The two companies plan to connect 50,000 route miles across 43 states coast to coast and connect some 100 ports and nearly every corner of North America
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Train collides with pickup; no injuries reported
Officials say there were no major injuries Friday afternoon when a locomotive collided with a Ford pickup truck on the Union Pacific railroad near the Clark and Hot Spring county line
EDCCC buys Gurdon property with intent to build rail facility
“Build it and they will come” was the message to sway officials to buy and develop Clark County’s newest field of dreams
EDCCC all aboard to buy land for rail facility
If the deal is made, job officials have hopes to erect a transload facility that would put locally and regionally produced goods onto a section of the Arkansas Midland Railroad
CORRECTED: EDCCC to consider land purchase in special-called meeting
EDCCC meetings are open to the public
TEXarkana among Union Pacific’s 5 new development sites
These sites are railroad hubs where Union Pacific can concentrate resources, effectively manage logistics and provide targeted services for its customers
Big Boy traveling through Arkansas this fall
While it’s still unknown which cities the historical locomotive will make official stops, Big Boy No. 4014 will at least pass through Arkansas during its eight-week Heartland of America Tour