B Wrote:
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> Frankly I'm glad to see the POTB has not bought
> into their sales pitch so far, which may have
> threatened the OCSR.

I can't speak of/about Modoc specifically, but it would seem the POTB would be an excellent location for such a school.

Plenty of switching track in the Tillamook Yard and the the former blimp base, plus a good mile or two of open mainline inbetween.

No interference with tourist trains (that operate well to the north; even if they expand it would be well north of the Tillamook Yard); even still the school could run mainline trains out to Wheeler outside of excursion train operations (off-season, mid-week, early morning)

No interference with any freight operations (there are none!)

Barring that...the Hampton Railway (a.k.a. the Willamina & Grande Ronde) is for sale. 5.2 miles of mainline track from Fort Hill to Willamina (although the Willamina yard would be off-limits.) Maybe the Grande Ronde Indians would like to have a new tribal enterprise...