The WURA board heard from citizens supporting a rail-with-trail, where the tracks would stay put. The board will revive a study along those lines done a couple of years ago with Oregon Parks and Recreation. The piece you remember was an editorial, not a news story, and it contained a few small inaccuracies. Among them, the proposed trail was labeled as "rail-to-trail," which is not the case since that implies ripping up the tracks, and WURA was described as "cash-strapped," which it isn't.