MNA operates approximately MNA operates a secondary line from just east of
Fort Scott, Kansas east to
Clinton, Missouri. This secondary line interchanges with MNA's Pleasant Hill–Diaz mainline in
Nevada, Missouri. MNA also operates a branch line from Carthage, MO to Joplin, MO that interchanges with MNA's Pleasant Hill–Diaz mainline At Carthage, with the
Canadian Pacific Kansas City in Joplin, and with the BNSF in Joplin. A MNA branch line that branches off of the Carthage–Joplin branch line originates from an interchange in
Webb City, Missouri and terminates in Atlas, Missouri. MNA also operates several miles of industrial trackage in the city of
Springfield; this segment is disconnected from the rest of the MNA system and traffic is hauled via
BNSF to and from the Aurora interchange. Here MNA interchanges with BNSF at Springfield, MO. Other operated segments are leased from the
Union Pacific and
BNSF Railroads. MNA has
rail yards in
Carthage, MO,
Nevada, MO,
Joplin, MO,
Aurora, MO,
Cotter, AR, and
Batesville, AR. MNA operates unit coal trains to the
Independence Power Plant near
Newark, Arkansas. The
Branson Scenic Railway, which runs on track owned by the MNA, operates the "Ozark Zephyr" from
Branson, Missouri. Trains operate mostly south into Arkansas but occasionally north to
Galena, Missouri, depending on MNA traffic and/or track work. The restored 1906 depot it operates out of is across from Branson Landing in historic downtown Branson. From 1997 until 2000, the White River Scenic Railroad had operated an excursion train from
Flippin, Arkansas to
Calico Rock, Arkansas. Unit grain trains sometimes run from the interchange at Pleasant Hill, MO to the
Tyson Foods feed mill at
Bergman, AR and back empty. MNA also runs
Union Pacific unit coal trains to unload at the
Independence Power Plant in
Newark, AR, then hands them back to UP in
Newport, AR. == Genesee & Wyoming Control ==