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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LD1989050060 - Louisiana & Delta, Kaplan, LA, 5-1989
Louisiana & Delta, Kaplan, LA, 5-19-1989. Moving Liberty Rice car from Kaplan to Erath by truck due to bridge being vandalized. A 85 foot timber trestle was burned to the ground by vandals. There was not enough traffic to justify rebuilding the bridge so the line from Abbeville to Kaplan was shut down and eventually abandoned. LDRR had to truck 3 covered hopper rice cars from Kaplan to Erath.
