Louisiana and Delta Railroad
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Louisiana and Delta Railroad is a short-line railroad headquartered in New Iberia, Louisiana
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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 carbon black
, sugar
, molasses
, pipe, rice
and paper products.
The lines were built between 1880 and 1890. LDRR started in 1987 with the sale of seven Southern Pacific
lines to Genesee and Wyoming.
The Louisiana&Delta in Daylon.http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1393839
New Iberia, Louisiana
New Iberia is a city in and the parish seat of Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States, 30 miles southeast of Lafayette. In 1900, 6,815 people lived in New Iberia; in 1910, 7,499; and in 1940, 13,747...
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LDRR operates over 114 miles of branch line in southern Louisiana between Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette, Louisiana
Lafayette is a city in and the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the Vermilion River. The population was 120,623 at the 2010 census...
and Raceland, Louisiana
Raceland, Louisiana
Raceland is a census-designated place on Bayou Lafourche in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 10,224 at the 2000 census...
, with most of the lines near US 90. LDRR operates via trackage rights on the BNSF Railway.
LDRR traffic generally consists of carbon black
Carbon black
Carbon black is a material produced by the incomplete combustion of heavy petroleum products such as FCC tar, coal tar, ethylene cracking tar, and a small amount from vegetable oil. Carbon black is a form of amorphous carbon that has a high surface-area-to-volume ratio, although its...
, sugar
Sugar
Sugar is a class of edible crystalline carbohydrates, mainly sucrose, lactose, and fructose, characterized by a sweet flavor.Sucrose in its refined form primarily comes from sugar cane and sugar beet...
, molasses
Molasses
Molasses is a viscous by-product of the processing of sugar cane, grapes or sugar beets into sugar. The word molasses comes from the Portuguese word melaço, which ultimately comes from mel, the Latin word for "honey". The quality of molasses depends on the maturity of the sugar cane or sugar beet,...
, pipe, rice
Rice
Rice is the seed of the monocot plants Oryza sativa or Oryza glaberrima . As a cereal grain, it is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and the West Indies...
and paper products.
The lines were built between 1880 and 1890. LDRR started in 1987 with the sale of seven Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific Transportation Company , earlier Southern Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Company, and usually simply called the Southern Pacific or Espee, was an American railroad....
lines to Genesee and Wyoming.
The Louisiana&Delta in Daylon.http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=1393839