Interesting old school

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Just found out about a old rail line just across the river from the Dardanelle & Russellville section of the Van Buren Sub i am working on. I may add it on later for something to run steam & early 1900's equipment on

What i find interesting about this is that for 30 years there were two railroads operating one half mile from each other, but there was never a bridge or rail ferry put into operation to provide interchange between the two "or at least i cannot find evedence of one". There was a toll bridge for horses & early auto traffic though

The D&R currently provides rail service from North Dardanelle to the UP ex MP & the Dardanelle, Ola and Southern ran from Dardanelle to an interchange with the Rock Island in Ola, AR

"3/1/1906 Dardanelle, Ola and Southern Railway Company (Arkansas)
Incorporated "for the purpose of constructing, operating and maintaining a railroad of standard gauge, also telegraph and telephone lines, from the town of Dardanelle, Arkansas, to Ola, Arkansas, and from Dardanelle, Arkansas, to or near Mt. Nebo, Arkansas, and running through the County of Yell in the State of Arkansas."

Built from Dardanelle to Ola, Arkansas, (14 miles) via Petit Jean, Centerville, and Prosperity by ~?/??

Sold under foreclosure to W. V. Delahunt, Trustee [7/7/1911] on 7/7/1911 for $36,000.

10/31/1911 Rock Island and Dardanelle Railway Company (Arkansas)
Purchased Dardanelle, Ola and Southern Railway Company [3/1/1906] from W. V. Delahunt, Trustee [7/7/1911] on 11/25/1911.

Leased to Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company [6/2-3/1880] for 999 years on 12/1/1911.

Purchased (Leased?) Fort Smith, Subiaco and Rock Island Railroad Company [4/12/1919] on ~?/??

Abandoned line between Dardanelle and Ola (14 miles) on ~4/1938.

Abandoned on 9/26/1938. ""