The is a
Class III Short-line Railroad headquartered in
Carthage, Missouri .
MNA operates approximately 540
Mile s of line in
Arkansas ,
Kansas , and
Missouri . Its main line extends 384.1 miles (plus 40 miles of trackage rights on
Union Pacific Railroad lines) from
Kansas City, Missouri to
Newport, Arkansas (MNA interchanges with Union Pacific at both points). MNA also interchanges with
BNSF Railway at
Lamar, Missouri , Carthage, Aurora, Springfield, and
Joplin, Missouri , and with
Kansas City Southern Railway at Joplin.
MNA also operate several miles of industrial trackage in the city of Springfield; this segment is disconnected from the rest of the MNA system and traffic is hauled via BNSF to and from the Aurora interchange.
MNA traffic generally consists of
Coal , grain, frozen foods, minerals,
Steel , chemicals,
Asphalt , and forest products. Two excursion trains (operated by other companies) run along portions of the route:
- The Branson Scenic Railway operates the "Ozark Zephyr" out of Branson, Missouri
- The White River Scenic Railroad operates an excursion train from Flippin, Arkansas to Calico Rock, Arkansas .
The line was initially chartered in 1883 and was part of the Missouri Pacific mainline between Kansas City and Memphis, Tennessee . The company organized in 1992 and purchased the 102 mile segment from Bergman to Guion, Arkansas; the other lines are leased from Union Pacific and BNSF. The Ft. Scott (KS) to Nevada and Clinton, MO line was once part of the MKT mainline to Sedalia and St. Louis.
MNA is owned by
RailAmerica , a short-line railroad
Holding Company .
