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© Michael M. Palmieri 2001-2003

In 1987, Genesee & Wyoming Industries (GWI) purchased five of the Southern Pacific's seven remaining branch lines in southern Louisiana, along with trackage rights over the SP main line between New Iberia and Schriever. These lines were the Supreme, Houma, Bayou Sale, Cypremort, and Midland branches. Operations began on 16 March as the Louisiana & Delta Railroad.

The transaction included six SP locomotives: SW1200's 2250, 2263 and 2264; and GP9E's 3433, 3434 and 3790. Five of the locomotives became Louisiana & Delta units and were repainted on the L&D at New Iberia, while the sixth loco – SW1200 2264 – was assigned to GWI's Rochester & Southern. The 2264 was not retired by the SP until June 1986, three months after the other units, and was repainted as R&S 107 at Bayou Railcar in Holden, Louisiana. When GWI formed a subsidiary – G&W Switching Services – to provide contract switching services, the GWSS CF7's were numbered right about the L&D's. All but one of the L&D's original locomotives were replaced with CF7's, and these are being supplanted with GP10's and a GP38.

Two of the original lines – the Houma and Supreme Branches – have been abandoned, but the L&D has acquired the Patoutville Spur and Espee's two remaining branch lines, the Lockport and Breaux Bridge lines. L&D also provides switching service for the BNSF out of Schriever, and operates a seasonal sugar cane train between Lake Charles and Baldwin. Its main line trackage rights now extend over the BNSF from Boutte to Iowa Junction, and over the UP from Iowa Junction to Mallard Junction (Lake Charles). The railroad's headquarters are in the former SP depot in New Iberia.

L O C O M O T I V E   R O S T E R  

St. Louis Southwestern 1062

renumbered St Louis Southwestern 2250 in 1965, retired Mar 1987

to Louisiana & Delta 2250 in Mar 1987

to Louisiana & Delta 1200 City of New Iberia : 1

name removed, on lease in Lake Charles, radio control

Southern Pacific 1598

re# Southern Pacific 2263 in 1965

to Louisiana & Delta 2263 in Mar 1987

to Louisiana & Delta 1201 Avery Island

to Rochester & Southern 108 in 1988

ATSF F3A 27C · serial no. 5408 · May 1948

rebuilt to ATSF CF7 2618 in Jun 1972

to Louisiana & Delta in Dec 1987

renumbered L&D 1500 Patoutville : 1

leased to and renamed Port of Lake Charles

transferred to the Dayton (TX) Plastic Storage Yard for G&W Switching Services

transferred to Dow at Freeport, TX for G&W Switching Services in 1998

ATSF F3A 19L · serial no. 2735 · Nov 1946

rebuilt to ATSF CF7 2622 in May 1972

to Louisiana & Delta in Dec 1987

renumbered L&D 1501 City of New Iberia : 2

leased to New Orleans Lower Coast 14 Feb-4 Apr 1995

ATSF F7A 339L · serial no. 17951 · May 1953

rebuilt to ATSF CF7 2470 in Feb 1977

to Falls Creek Railroad 2470

to Louisiana & Delta 1502 in Aug 1988

repainted and named Baldwin

ATSF F9A 281L · serial no. 21127 · Jun 1956

rebuilt to ATSF CF7 2471 in Feb 1977

to Falls Creek Railroad 2471

to Louisiana & Delta 1503 in Aug 1988

repainted and named Bayou Sale

ATSF F7A 206C · serial no. 7755 · Jul 1949

rebuilt to ATSF CF7 2489 in Dec 1974

to Cadillac & Lake City 48

to Louisiana & Delta 1504 in Nov 1989

repainted and named Patoutville : 2

radio control

ATSF F7A 269L · serial no. 18911 · Nov 1953

rebuilt to ATSF CF7 2590 in Dec 1972

to Alleghenny 103

to Alleghenny & Eastern 303

to Louisiana & Delta in Jul 1993

not renumbered or repainted yet

ATSF F7A 264L · serial no. 13737 · Aug 1951

rebuilt to ATSF CF7 2521 in May 1974

to Alleghenny 104

to Alleghenny & Eastern 304

to Louisiana & Delta in Jul 1993

not renumbered or repainted yet

ATSF F3A 29L · serial no. 5411 · Jun 1948

rebuilt to ATSF CF7 2609 in Aug 1972

to MidSouth Rail in Jan 1988, re# 7002:2

to (KCS) 7002

to Louisiana & Delta 7002 in Feb 1994

to Louisiana & Delta 1507 Breaux Bridge

ATSF F7A 227L · serial no. 9577 · Mar 1950

rebuilt to ATSF CF7 2621 in May 1972

to MidSouth Rail in 1987, re# 7003

to (KCS) 7003

to Louisiana & Delta 7003 in Feb 1994

to Louisiana & Delta 1508 Delcambre in early 1998

ATSF F7A 235L · serial no. 9593 · Apr 1950

rebuilt to ATSF CF7 2591 in Dec 1972

to MidSouth Rail in Jan 1988, re# 7005

to (KCS) 7005

to Louisiana & Delta 7005 in Feb 1994

to Gulf Coast RR (Orange, TX) April 2003 (re# LD 1509 for shipment)

ATSF F7A 244C · serial no. 13712 · Jan 1951

rebuilt to ATSF CF7 2586 in Jan 1973

to MidSouth Rail in Jan 1988, re# 7006

to (KCS) 7006

to Louisiana & Delta 7006 in Feb 1994

to Genesee & Wyoming Switching Services 1510 at Dayton, Texas

returned to L&D in Mar 1998

to Safety Rail Service SRSV 144 in Oct 2002. Painted green at New Iberia, shipped to Dupont at New Johnsonville, TN.

ATSF F9A 284C · serial no. 21134 · Jun 1956

rebuilt to ATSF CF7 2504 in Aug 1974

to MidSouth Rail in Jan 1988, re# 7007

to (KCS) 7007

to Louisiana & Delta 7007 in Feb 1994

to Genesee & Wyoming Switching Services 1511 at Dayton, Texas

returned to L&D in early 1998

retired in 2000

ATSF F7A 204 · serial no. 7750 · Jul 1949

rebuilt to ATSF CF7 2577 in Apr 1973

to MidSouth Rail in Jan 1988, re# 7008

to (KCS) 7008

to Louisiana & Delta 7008 in Feb 1994

to Genesee & Wyoming Switching Services 1512 Bill Sjolander at Dayton, Texas

returned to L&D in Mar 1998

ATSF F7A 216C · serial no. 8290 · Nov 1949

rebuilt to ATSF CF7 2566 in Jun 1973

to MidSouth Rail in Jan 1988, re# 7013

to (KCS) 7013

to Louisiana & Delta 7013 in Feb 1994

to Genesee & Wyoming Switching Services 1513 at Dayton, Texas

returned to L&D in early 1998

ATSF F7A 243 · serial no. 13709 · Jan 1951

rebuilt to ATSF CF7 2589 in Dec 1972

to MidSouth Rail in Jan 1988, re# 7014

to (KCS) 7014

to Louisiana & Delta 7014 in Feb 1994

to Genesee & Wyoming Switching Services 1514 at Dayton, Texas

returned to L&D in Mar 1998

to Gulf Coast RR (Orange, TX) in April 2003

IC 9004

to IC 8110

to ICG 7735

to IAIS 404

to ETRY/MNBR 7735

to LDRR 1707

SLSF 534

to ICG 83

to ICG 7736

to ETRY 7736

to LDRR 1708

to Louisiana & Delta 1708 on xx MMM 20xx

Southern Pacific 5631

to Southern Pacific 3464 in 1965

rebuilt to GP9E 3433 in May 1976

to Louisiana & Delta 3433 in Mar 1987

to Louisiana & Delta 1750 North Bend

to Buffalo & Pittsburgh 211 in late 1988

Southern Pacific 5669

to Southern Pacific 3502 in 1965

rebuilt to GP9E 3434 in May 1976

to Louisiana & Delta in Mar 1987

to Louisiana & Delta 1751 Le Bonne Terre

renamed Evangeline : 1

to Willamette & Pacific 1802 Lake Oswego  in late 1993

Southern Pacific 5738

to Southern Pacific 3579 in 1965

rebuilt to GP9E 3790 in Jun 1976

to Louisiana & Delta 3790 in Mar 1987

to Louisiana & Delta 1752 Ivanhoe

to Willamette & Pacific 1803 Sherwood  in mid-1993

Illinois Central 9135

rebuilt to Illinois Central Gulf GP9U 8110 in Dec 1974

to Mountain Laurel Railroad 12 in Feb 1992

to Louisiana & Delta 12 in Jan 1997

to Louisiana & Delta 1850 Evangeline : 2

Illinois Central 9061

rebuilt to Illinois Central Gulf GP9U 8119 in Feb 1975

to Mountain Laurel Railroad 13 in Feb 1992

to Louisiana & Delta 13 in Jan 1997

renumbered, but not repainted yet

Illinois Central 9092

rebuilt to Illinois Central Gulf GP9U 8061 in Feb 1975

to Mountain Laurel Railroad 14 in Feb 1992

to Louisiana & Delta 14 in Jan 1997

renumbered, but not repainted yet

Illinois Central 9099

rebuilt to Illinois Central Gulf GP9U 8446 in Mar 1974

to Mountain Laurel Railroad 16 in Feb 1992

to Louisiana & Delta 16 in Jan 1997

not renumbered or repainted yet

Chesapeake & Ohio 3869

to CSX 2069

to Helm Leasing (HATX) 107

to Colonel's Island RR (CISD) 2000 at Mydharris, GA

to Rail Link (RLIX) 2000

to Louisiana & Delta 2000 on 17 Oct 2000

SP 7779

to SP 6676

to Utah RR 2009

 

 

to Louisiana & Delta 2009 in Feb 2005