De Queen & Eastern

Company History: The DQE was chartered in 1900 but their 45 mile line opened in 4 stages spread over 57 years. They connect Perkins and De Queen, Arkansas with West Line on the Oklahoma border. At West Line, they connect with their sister railroad Texas Oklahoma & Eastern. The TO&E and DQE are operated together. Traffic is primarily forest products and for many years they were owned by Weyerhaeuser. Although the two lines are about the same length, less than a third of the combined locomotive fleet belongs to and is lettered for DQE (right now, just four units.) Late in 2010, Weyerhaeuser sold the DQE, TO&E and several other railroads to the Patriot Rail family of shortlines.

Successor/Parent History: Patriot Rail operates 12 regional and freight short line railroads, a scenic rail excursion train, and five rail-related services companies with over 600 total rail miles across the United States.

Service capabilities include railcar storage, railcar repair and maintenance, railway clean-up and transfer, tank car cleaning and environmental services, contract switching, transloading, engineering services, excursion railroads, real estate, and track access.

Brief History: The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.