Rolland A. Meyers Wrote:
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> Apparently the POTB has filed for abandonment of the entire line??

No, I don't think so. The notice states POTB intends to apply to the STB for "discontinuance of service" between Cochran and Tillamook, and not an outright abandonment. (See below.) This would relieve POTB from continuing to have to comply with various FRA requirements and discharge the railroad from its common carrier obligation on that portion of the line.

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> NOTICE OF INTENT TO ABANDON RAIL SERVICE The Port
> of Tillamook Bay Railroad ("POTB") gives notice
> that on or about December 8, 2009, it intends to
> file with the Surface Transportation Board,
> Washington, DC 20423, a notice of exemption
> pursuant to the provisions of 49 CFR 1152 Subpart
> F - Exempt Abandonments, permitting the
> discontinuance of service of the 59.3-mile segment
> of the line of railroad which runs from Milepost
> 800, near Cochran, Washington County, Oregon
> through to milepost 859.3 near Tillamook,
> Tillamook County, Oregon.