Nerdberger Wrote:
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> The facility in Newberg... SP Newsprint... does
> indeed still get service. Nearly every day, and
> weekends too. Loads out, and hog fuel (including
> large quantities of old RR ties) in to feed the
> cogen plant. Neat stretch of street running,
> usually with an SW9!
>
> As has been mentioned, all service comes from the
> south (RR West... McMinnville). Occasional
> carloads for other local customers are spotted on
> a team track on the west side of town.
>
> The line over Rex Hill is intact and pretty much
> "all there", if somewhat overgrown. A huge string
> of container well cars was stored on the Newberg
> side of the hill up until a few years ago.
> Stretched all the way to the summit from just past
> Springbrook Rd. Anyway, they were pulled out of
> there about, oh 2 years ago.
>
> I surmise that P&W might run over Rex Hill to
> retrieve their stranded cars, but probably won't
> immediately rebuild the trestle. But, they'll
> keep the line intact. Yamhill Cty isn't a part of
> Metro, but a proposal for rail service at least as
> far as Sherwood, can't be that far off... good bet
> that P&W (and UP) or more-or-less planning on it.


By golly, they would just have to name any passenger service to Newberg after me!