COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) — Four years after a rail line from Eugene to the Oregon coast was abruptly abandoned, service is on the verge of being restored.
The World of Coos Bay (http://bit.ly/ofgLgx ) reports the first train of the Coos Bay Rail Link is expected after this week. It’s due at Southport Lumber.
The Register-Guard in Eugene (http://bit.ly/ngHPKW ) reports that shippers have been bearing higher costs during a tough economy and are looking forward to the new service.
The Port of Coos Bay has bought the line for $16.6 million and fixed nine tunnels as well as repairing the ties and replacing ballast.
Yet to come is a bridge repair at Coos Bay that will extend the line to more shippers.
