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Kiamichi Railroad

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Kiamichi Railroad
Overview
HeadquartersHugo, Oklahoma
Reporting markKRR
LocaleArkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas
Dates of operation1987–present
Technical
Length231 miles (372 km)
Kiamichi Railroad locomotive at the Eastern Alabama Railway yard in Sylacauga, Alabama.
Kiamichi Railroad EMD SD40-2s #3378 and #3379 in Hugo, Oklahoma

The Kiamichi Railroad Company (reporting mark KRR) is a Class III short-line railroad headquartered in Hugo, Oklahoma.

KRR operates two lines totaling 231 miles (372 km) which intersect in Hugo, as well as maintaining trackage rights on an additional 45 miles (72 km) of track.[1]

KRR traffic generally consists of coal, lumber, paper, glass, cement, pulpwood, stone and food products. The KRR hauled around 53,000 carloads in 2008.[2]

The line was a former main line of the Frisco railway; KRR started operations in 1987.[1][2]

KRR was purchased by RailAmerica, a short-line railroad holding company, in 2002.[2] And in turn, another holding company, Genesee & Wyoming Inc., purchased RailAmerica in late 2012.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Kiamichi Railroad Company KRR #424". Union Pacific Railroad. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. ^ a b c "RailAmerica's Empire". Trains Magazine. Kalmbach Publishing. June 2010.