Caddo Valley Railroad
Caddo Valley Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in Glenwood, Arkansas.
CVYR operates a 52-mile line in Arkansas from Gurdon, Arkansas to Bird Mill, Arkansas.
The line was first owned by Missouri Pacific, a predecessor of Union Pacific, and was sold to Arkansas Midland Railroad in 1992, then in 2000 sold by AKMD to its present owners under a sale ordered by the Surface Transportation Board.
CVYR and AKMD are involved in a controversy regarding a planned sale of CVYR to Pioneer, a shortline operator. AKMD claims that, under the provisions of the sale, before the line can be sold to another party, AKMD must be given the first opportunity to repurchase it. A hearing was pending in May 2006.
In September 2010, Bean Lumber of Glenwood, AR closed its doors. The CVYR has not provided service since that time. A rail has been rolled near the Highway 53 crossing, and a red flag rendering the line out of service beyond that point.
Arkansas Midland has been providing service between the UP interchange and Highway 53 to service the Georgia-Pacific saw mill on US Highway 67. MM GP10 #7530, presumably owned by the Caddo Valley, remains in unserviceable condition at the old open air shop in Antoine, Arkansas. Supposedly everything has been sold to a scrapper.
