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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LD1987040013 - Louisiana & Delta, New Iberia, LA, 4/1987
Louisiana & Delta SW1200 1201 derailed on the trip to be painted at the Port of Iberia. Pesson Branch, New Iberia, LA. 4/1987. Heritage of 1201 - built as SP 1598, s/n 29639, frame # 4469-2, 12/1964, renumbered to SP 2263 (1965), LDRR acquired as part of start-up 3/1987, painted Avery Island and numbered 1201, to the Rochester & Southern as 108 in 1988.
