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DeQueen and Eastern Railroad
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- Type
- Freight railroad — Class III short line in southwest Arkansas; recorded for a federal grant, not for any owner or operating detail read on a primary page
- Market · Region
- United States · Arkansas
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Track & civil
Southwest Arkansas short line with a 2023 federal grant for track, bridge and crossing work.
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Grantee of a federal rail grant announced in September 2023 for track, bridge and grade-crossing work to carry heavier cars, shared with the Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad across the Oklahoma line.
- Type
- Freight railroad — Class III short line in southwest Arkansas; recorded for a federal grant, not for any owner or operating detail read on a primary page
- Where
- Arkansas · De Queen
- Programmes
- FRA Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements
- Technology areas
- Track & civil
Structure
- funded by FRA — FRA FY2022 CRISI selection announced 25 September 2023 across Arkansas and Oklahoma (active)
- Contract detail and values (1)$5–25mIn the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (2)
- ● 2025 Arkansas State Rail Plan (full plan, August 2025) · Full plan: no dedicated state freight or passenger rail funding programme; Section 130 about $4 million a year; Little Rock Port Authority CRISI project; DeQueen and Eastern CRISI 2023; 91 LRITP rail projects of $1.72 billion with no funding; no Corridor ID applications from Arkansas (published 2025-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● FRA CRISI FY2022 selections: project summaries (Wayback Machine copy) · Lists Arkansas - Resilient Infrastructure & Safety Enhancement Project, DeQueen and Eastern Railroad, LLC, up to $11,830,000, with the Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad; 30 percent applicant match (published 2023-09-25 · checked 2026-10-08)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeQueen and Eastern track and bridge upgrades | Planned | $5–25m | Announced September 2023 |
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- Procurement structure
- Award history (1)
- Entry path
- Portals (1)
- Published contacts (1)
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3 sources · 1 primary
- ○ KARK: Arkansas to receive $11.8 million in rail improvement funding · Trade-press report of 25 September 2023: FRA announced $11,830,000 for the DeQueen and Eastern Railroad covering the DQE and the Texas, Oklahoma and Eastern Railroad, final design and construction. Secondary; FRA's own page returns 403 Corroborates the FRA list (published 2023-09-25 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ○ Oklahoma senator's release: grant funding for small freight rail in eastern Oklahoma (Wayback copy) · Release of 28 September 2023 saying DeQueen and Eastern Railroad was selected for up to $11,830,000 and expecting track, rural bridge and grade-crossing work across southeast Oklahoma; confirms the award is shared between Arkansas and Oklahoma. Secondary, congressional release (published 2023-09-28 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● 2025 Arkansas State Rail Plan (full plan, August 2025) · Full plan: no dedicated state freight or passenger rail funding programme; Section 130 about $4 million a year; Little Rock Port Authority CRISI project; DeQueen and Eastern CRISI 2023; 91 LRITP rail projects of $1.72 billion with no funding; no Corridor ID applications from Arkansas (published 2025-08 · checked 2026-10-08)
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