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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD DECISION DOCUMENT
Decision Information
Docket Number:
FD_35130_0
Case Title:
CENTRAL OREGON & PACIFIC RAILROAD, INC.--COOS BAY RAIL LINE
Decision Type:
Decision
Deciding Body:
Entire Board
Decision Summary
Decision Notes:
DECISION DIRECTS RAILAMERICA, INC. AND CENTRAL OREGON AND PACIFIC RAILROAD, INC. (CORP) TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THE BOARD SHOULD NOT CONSIDER CORP’S ONGOING FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICE ON THE COOS BAY LINE (THE LINE) IN OREGON TO BE AN UNLAWFUL ABANDONMENT AND WHY CORP SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED EITHER TO PROMPTLY REPAIR THE TUNNELS ON THE LINE AND RESUME RAIL SERVICE OR TO SEEK ABANDONMENT AUTHORITY.
Full Text of Decision
38941 SERVICE DATE – LATE RELEASE APRIL 11, 2008
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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
DECISION
STB Finance Docket No. 35130
CENTRAL OREGON & PACIFIC RAILROAD, INC.—COOS BAY RAIL LINE
Decided: April 10, 2008
This decision directs RailAmerica, Inc. (RailAmerica) and Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad, Inc. (CORP) (sometimes collectively referred to as the railroad), to show cause why the Board should not consider CORP’s ongoing failure to provide service on the Coos Bay Line (the Line) in Oregon to be an unlawful abandonment and why CORP should not be required either to promptly repair the tunnels on the Line and resume rail service or to seek abandonment authority.