BNSF recieved a waiver from the state of Washington that would have reduced the hassles involved in rebuilding the line. Waiver was recieved during the reopening of the Stampede Pass but was allowed to expire during the transition from Grinstein to Krebs. Krebs wasn't into the project and so it got put on the back burner along with the enlargment of Stampede Tunnel. I beleive most of the MILW RofW in that area remains part of the John Wayne Trail and some is on the military firing range and some is on the CWU campus.