Acadiana Railway Explained

Railroad Name:Acadiana Railway
Hq City:Opelousas, Louisiana
Start Year:1990
Locale:Louisiana
Marks:AKDN
Tracklength:83.1 miles owned, 5 miles leased

The Acadiana Railway Company is a short line railroad based in Opelousas, Louisiana. It operates on the following trackage:

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

The AKDN fleet, as of October 2019, consists of the following eight locomotives:[1]

NumberTypeBuiltNotes
701, 3018EMD GP301963
1015EMD SW12001966
1503, 1518EMD SW150019691518 is leased from Larry's Truck and Electric.
1610, 4106, 8063EMD GP91954-19574106 is the variant GP9RM, rebuilt by Canadian National in the 1980s. 8063 is the variant GP10, rebuilt by Illinois Central in 1970.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: October 3, 2019. Acadiana Railway. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20121127055304/http://thedieselshop.us/AKDN.HTML . 2012-11-27 . 2021-01-31. www.thedieselshop.us.