Louisiana & Delta
Shortly after returning from Saudi in September 1986 I accepted the position of General Manager of the new shortline - Louisiana & Delta. GWI was acquiring some of SP's branch lines in Louisiana and I was responsible for staffing, equipment acquisition, training and starting up LDRR. I managed LDRR successfully for 14 years at which time I left and became General Manager of the Arizona Eastern in Globe, AZ.
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LD1987060020 - Louisiana & Delta, New Iberia, LA, 6/1987
Louisiana & Delta GP9e 1751, Le Bonne Terre, gets final paint, decals and detail work, New Iberia, LA, 6/15/1987. Heritage of 1751 > SP 3602 GP9, built 4/1956, frame #5436-44, > rebuilt to GP9e 3434, 5/1976 > acquired by LDRR 3/1987, named Le Bonne Terre, > renamaed Evangeline > to Willamette & Pacific 1802 named Lake Oswego late 1993.
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