A week ago today, a hopper car derailed when the wooden bridge it was crossing collapsed. The hopper car, which was filled with rice, was emptied over the last week while the bridge was being repaired.
The hopper car was moved and is back on the rail, however, it is expected to be cut up and sold for scrap.
Gene Miller of Louisiana Delta Train said the construction took only five days - two days quicker that planned.
“The weather cooperated,” said Miller. “We could have been quicker had we worked all night, but we took the safe course.”
The lead engine and around five hopper cars first crossed over the new bridge Tuesday around 11 a.m and headed back to New Iberia.
On Wednesday it returned to Abbeville. It services Planter’s Rice Mill, Creole Fermentation and Coastal Chemical in Abbeville.
Pointers Smith Contractors out of Baton Rouge installed three six-foot wide drainage pipes and then covered them with limestone. The contractors placed the railroad tracks over the limestone.
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