Louisiana and Delta Railroad

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Louisiana and Delta Railroad

Overview
Headquarters	New Iberia, Louisiana
Reporting mark	LDRR
Locale	Louisiana
Dates of operation	1987–present
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

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

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.

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. As of July 2021, the roster is made up of 1 GP15-1 (1536), 7 GP10-1s (1702, 1703, 1707, 1708, 1709, 1850, and 1852), 3 GP8s (1710, 1712, and 1717), and 2 GP18-1s (1846 and 1847). Plus, 2 CF7s (1500 and 1504), are at the shops, with 1500 being in decent condition, and 1504 having its carbody and engine removed, plus other parts.

As of 2023, Genesee & Wyoming holds 101 miles. The Louisiana & Delta Railroad interchanges at a few locations. It interchanges with BNSF in Lafayette, Louisiana and Schriever, Louisiana, and with Union Pacific in New Iberia, Louisiana and Raceland, Louisiana. It can hold up to 263,000 pounds of supplies.^[1]

• Louisiana and Delta Railroad official webpage - Genesee and Wyoming website
• Link to Union Pacific Website with LDRR Details
• The Louisiana & Delta in Daylon (Railroad Pictures Archive)
• The Louisiana & Delta in Raceland, Louisiana; May 19, 2004 (RailPictures.net)
• HawkinsRails.net - Louisiana & Delta
• The Louisiana & Delta Collection (Railroad Pictures Archive)