There is not much here.
There was nothing new or interesting at the port.
This was Peartree’s last Friday railroading.
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I got to the depot in New Iberia just as he and CV were arriving to tie up for the day.
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Peartree started railroading in 1973 for the Southern Pacific railroad.
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He was away from railroading for about eight years in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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When he left railroading, he left the SP.
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When he returned, he went to work for the Louisiana & Delta Railroad, which did not exist when he quit working for SP.
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These old Geeps are about the same age as Peartree.
![](https://jimbaux.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/059784-RGB-w-Chris-Varisco-and-Francis-Poirier-coming-off-of-the-LDRR-1702-and-the-LDRR-1708-for-the-day-before-returning-to-the-crew-office-New-Iberia-Louisiana-USA-10-June-2022.jpg)
I’m not sure if that says more about him or of it says more about the Geeps.
![](https://jimbaux.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/059785-RGB-w-Chris-Varisco-and-Francis-Poirier-coming-off-of-the-LDRR-1702-and-the-LDRR-1708-for-the-day-before-returning-to-the-crew-office-New-Iberia-Louisiana-USA-10-June-2022.jpg)
Maybe I should not search for meaning or significance in such factoids.
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Oh, and am I being repetitive here?
![](https://jimbaux.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/059787-RGB-w-Chris-Varisco-and-Francis-Poirier-coming-off-of-the-LDRR-1702-and-the-LDRR-1708-for-the-day-before-returning-to-the-crew-office-New-Iberia-Louisiana-USA-10-June-2022.jpg)
Peartree’s father, too, worked for SP.
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It’s time for Peartree and CV to cross the mainline after tying down the locomotives.
![](https://jimbaux.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/059790-RGB-w-New-Iberia-Louisiana-USA-10-June-2022.jpg)
They are returning to the depot.
![](https://jimbaux.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/059792-RGB-w-New-Iberia-Louisiana-USA-10-June-2022.jpg)
The old SP depot is now the headquarters building for the L&D.
![](https://jimbaux.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/059797-RGB-w-New-Iberia-Louisiana-USA-10-June-2022.jpg)
I saw no other trains, other than another L&D train in the interchange yard (which is typical), when I was out and about today.
![](https://jimbaux.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/059798-RGB-w-New-Iberia-Louisiana-USA-10-June-2022.jpg)
It ain’t like the old days.
![](https://jimbaux.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/059799-RGB-w-New-Iberia-Louisiana-USA-10-June-2022.jpg)
Peartree saw those old days!
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That’s all for today.
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I went to the gym afterwards.
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Take care.
Jim