Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad

Jonesboro, Lake City, & Eastern Railroad
The JLC&E Depot in Manila, Arkansas, constructed in 1910 and currently serving as a museum
Overview
HeadquartersJonesboro, Arkansas
Key peopleRobert E. Lee Wilson
LocaleArkansas
Dates of operationApril 18971925
SuccessorSt. Louis–San Francisco Railway
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

The Jonesboro, Lake City and Eastern Railroad (JLC&E) was a short-line railroad that operated in Mississippi and Craighead counties of northeast Arkansas. This railroad received a charter from the state of Arkansas on April 7, 1897, and track construction between Jonesboro and Blytheville began soon thereafter.