The Crowley-Eunice line was built by the New Orleans, Texas and Mexico Railway before 1900. The Opelusas-Eunice and Opelusas-Bunkie lines are former Missouri Pacific lines and were sold to the newly established Acadiana Railway Company in October 1990. The company started business on October 15, 1990, with the acquired trackage from Missouri Pacific and from Union Pacific. The company is controlled by Trac-Work Inc.
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The AKDN fleet, as of October 2019, consists of the following 8 locomotives:[1]
acadiana, railway, company, reporting, mark, akdn, short, line, railroad, based, opelousas, louisiana, operates, following, trackage, crowley, eunice, miles, trackage, rights, property, union, pacific, railroad, eunice, opelousas, miles, opelousas, bunkie, lou. The Acadiana Railway Company reporting mark AKDN is a short line railroad based in Opelousas Louisiana It operates on the following trackage Crowley Eunice 21 6 miles 34 8 km by trackage rights on property of the Union Pacific Railroad Eunice Opelousas 20 9 miles 33 6 km Opelousas Bunkie Louisiana 36 1 miles 58 1 km switching tracks at Opelousas 5 miles 8 0 km per lease since September 2000 McCall Lula Thibodeaux Industrial Lead owned by Union Pacific in Donaldsonville 5 miles 8 0 km Out of Service Acadiana RailwayOverviewHeadquartersOpelousas LouisianaReporting markAKDNLocaleLouisianaDates of operation1990 TechnicalTrack gauge4 ft 8 1 2 in 1 435 mm Track length83 1 miles owned 5 miles leased The Crowley Eunice line was built by the New Orleans Texas and Mexico Railway before 1900 The Opelusas Eunice and Opelusas Bunkie lines are former Missouri Pacific lines and were sold to the newly established Acadiana Railway Company in October 1990 The company started business on October 15 1990 with the acquired trackage from Missouri Pacific and from Union Pacific The company is controlled by Trac Work Inc Roster editThe AKDN fleet as of October 2019 consists of the following 8 locomotives 1 Number Type Built Notes 701 3018 EMD GP30 1963 1015 EMD SW1200 1966 1503 1518 EMD SW1500 1969 1518 is leased from Larry s Truck and Electric 1610 4106 8063 EMD GP9 1954 1957 4106 is the variant GP9RM rebuilt by Canadian National in the 1980s 8063 is the variant GP10 rebuilt by Illinois Central in 1970 References edit Acadiana Railway www thedieselshop us October 3 2019 Archived from the original on 2012 11 27 Retrieved 2021 01 31 Lewis Edward A 1996 American Shortline Railway Guide 5th ed Waukesha Kalmbach Publishing p 15 External links editAcadiana Railway on uprr com Portals nbsp Companies nbsp Rail nbsp Transport nbsp USA nbsp This United States railway company related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about transportation in Louisiana is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Acadiana Railway amp oldid 1191472814, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
