Railroad Companies in Louisiana in the late 70s?

[Running Bear]

Hi Stephan,
The Louisiana and Arkansas Railroad was a class 1. It still was a corporate entity in the 1970's. I am not sure if operations were fully absorbed by the KCS at that time.

Paul

Kansas City Southern and Louisiana and Arkansas merged in 1939 with KCS being the survivor and L&A was a subsidiary. The identity of the L&A disappeared in the 50's and 60's as the Kansas City Southern name was adopted for all properties. By 1966 the L&A had disappeared from the annual stockholder reports of the KCS. The Shreveporter, once the pride of the L&A, was discontinued in early 1962, and the Southern Belle was discontinued in late 1969 ending all passenger train service on the former Louisiana & Arkansas. By 1970 the L&A wasn't even a footnote on KCS paperwork. KCS dissolved the L&A in 1992.