Louisiana and Delta Railroad

The Louisiana and Delta Railroad (reporting mark LDRR) is a short-line railroad headquartered in New Iberia, Louisiana.

Louisiana and Delta Railroad
Overview
HeadquartersNew Iberia, Louisiana
Reporting markLDRR
LocaleLouisiana
Dates of operation1987–present
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
An amazing find. At the locomotive workshop, Ex. ATSF CF7, now retired bearing LDRR 1500, sits quietly, future unknown.

LDRR operates over 114 miles of branch line in southern Louisiana between Lafayette, Louisiana and Raceland, Louisiana, with most of the lines near US 90. LDRR operates via trackage rights on the BNSF Railway. LDRR traffic generally consists of bauxite ore, carbon black, fertilizer, molasses, oilfield supplies, paper products, pipe, sugar and rice.

This is current Amtrak New Iberia Station, headquarters of the Louisiana & Delta railroad.

The railroad's current headquarters is at New Iberia station, formerly the Southern Pacific train station. There, you can find the building, a small yard, and further down a siding, the Locomotive Workshop.

The lines were built between 1880 and 1890. LDRR started in 1987 with the sale of seven Southern Pacific lines to Genesee and Wyoming. It has an all EMD locomotive fleet. EMD CF7s, GP10s, GP10-1s, GP38-2s, a single SW1200, a GP38, and a GP8 make up their active roster.

Louisiana & Delta GP38 and GP10



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