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)
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.
The AcadianaRailway Company (reporting mark AKDN) is a short line railroad based in Opelousas, Louisiana. It operates on the following trackage: Crowley–Eunice...
Acadiana (French and Louisiana French: L'Acadiane), also known as the Cajun Country (Louisiana French: Le Pays Cadjin, Spanish: País Cajún), is the official...
AKDN may refer to: AcadianaRailway, a short line railroad based in Opelousas, Louisiana, United States Aga Khan Development Network, a multinational network...
Railroad (AR) Aberdeen, Carolina and Western Railway (ACWR) AcadianaRailway (AKDN) Adams-Warnock Railway (AWRY) Adrian and Blissfield Rail Road (ADBF)...
made with the following railroads: BNSF Railway CSX Transportation Canadian National/Illinois Central CPKC Railway Norfolk Southern Union Pacific Amtrak...
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Continuing northeast, LA 103 passes through Ledoux and crosses the AcadianaRailway (AKDN) tracks. At a point northwest of Plaisance, LA 103 intersects...
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Passing through the commercial section of town, the highway crosses the AcadianaRailway (AKDN) tracks and intersects LA 29 (South Chataignier Street). LA 29...
following railroad companies operate in the U.S. state of Louisiana. AcadianaRailway (AKDN) Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi Railroad (ALM) Baton Rouge...
then passes through a point known as Lawson, where it crosses the AcadianaRailway (AKDN) tracks and intersects LA 1121 (Oro Trail Road). After crossing...
Corporation announced that it had purchased LNW for an undisclosed amount. Railways portal "Patriot Rail buys Louisiana railroad". South Florida Business Journal...
Turkey Creek. The route connects several small population centers in the Acadiana region of the state west of the busier US 167 corridor. These include Crowley...
Watco leased the Kirbyville to DeRidder line from what is now the BNSF Railway. This line had been completed in 1906 by the Jasper and Eastern Railroad...
bridge over the bayou and enters St. Landry. LA 106 then crosses the AcadianaRailway (AKDN) tracks and takes a sharp turn to the north out of town. It shortly...
section of the highway closely following the Texas and Pacific Railway (now the AcadianaRailway) was bypassed. This eliminated a sharp turn across the rail...
east onto St. Joseph Avenue and heads out of town. LA 98 crosses the AcadianaRailway (AKDN) line at Maxie and zigzags briefly onto LA 13, connecting with...
of the lines near US 90. LDRR operates via trackage rights on the BNSF Railway. LDRR traffic generally consists of bauxite ore, carbon black, fertilizer...
service on its entire line in December 2009, and crews began removing the railway and roadbed. By June 2013, it was reported that all of the track had been...
25, 2005 on two unconnected lines leased from the Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS). The northern branch runs south from Springhill, Louisiana through...
liquidation. The line was then operated by the South Central Arkansas Railway from 1982-1983, when it was sold to the East Camden and Highland Railroad...
tornadoes were spawned in association with an MCS that moved through the Acadiana region of Louisiana. An EF2 tornado impacted the eastern part of Sulphur...
Park on Chalmette Battlefield: Survey Is Ordered By Government: Southern Railway Is Largest Landowner: Village of Fazendeville Will Be Absorbed By the Improvement...
the Wayback Machine, accessed June 20, 2011 Carl A. Brasseaux (2011). Acadiana: Louisiana's Historic Cajun Country. Louisiana State University Press....
twinning with Moncton in 1970s caused 'ruckus'". theadvocate.com. The Acadiana Advocate. August 16, 2019. Archived from the original on June 17, 2020...
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