Warren and Saline River Railroad
Encyclopedia
The Warren and Saline River Railroad is an 8 miles (12.9 km) short-line railroad connecting Cloquet, Arkansas to the Arkansas Midland Railroad at Warren. It has always been independent of larger carriers, and has been owned by the Potlatch Corporation, a lumber
company, since June 1959. WSR traffic generally consists of outbound lumber
and other forest products.
operations in Bradley County. It opened a line from Warren south to Fullerton that year, and completed extensions from Fullerton to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
near Hermitage in 1909 and to Goepel (Mt. Olive) in 1910. A new Warren and Saline River Railroad was incorporated in March 1920 and took over the property. The branch to Gospel was abandoned at some point, and in 1985 the branch to Hermitage was cut back to Cloquet. A short piece at Warren of the Warren and Ouachita Valley Railway, a subsidiary of the bankrupt Rock Island, was taken over in 1982.
Lumber
Lumber or timber is wood in any of its stages from felling through readiness for use as structural material for construction, or wood pulp for paper production....
company, since June 1959. WSR traffic generally consists of outbound lumber
Lumber
Lumber or timber is wood in any of its stages from felling through readiness for use as structural material for construction, or wood pulp for paper production....
and other forest products.
History
The Warren, Johnsville and Saline River Railroad was incorporated in August 1905 to serve loggingLogging
Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks.In forestry, the term logging is sometimes used in a narrow sense concerning the logistics of moving wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lumber yard...
operations in Bradley County. It opened a line from Warren south to Fullerton that year, and completed extensions from Fullerton to the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad was a Class I railroad in the United States. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock.-Incorporation:...
near Hermitage in 1909 and to Goepel (Mt. Olive) in 1910. A new Warren and Saline River Railroad was incorporated in March 1920 and took over the property. The branch to Gospel was abandoned at some point, and in 1985 the branch to Hermitage was cut back to Cloquet. A short piece at Warren of the Warren and Ouachita Valley Railway, a subsidiary of the bankrupt Rock Island, was taken over in 1982.