The Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad is a

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operating between

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and Eugene,

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. It was previously a mainline owned by the

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(SP) between Eugene and

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, California (north of Redding, California) via Medford, Oregon. SP sold the route on December 31, 1994, in favor of using its route to Eugene via

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, Oregon and Cascade Summit. The mainline of the CORP is . Traffic is estimated at 17,000 cars per year, consisting mainly of logs, lumber products, and plywood. CORP is a

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, which acquired the railroad as part of its acquisition with

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in late 2012. Until 2007, CORP also operated the 136-mile (219 km) Coos Bay branch, another line once owned by the SP. On May 17, 2007, CORP was awarded a Silver

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in Group C for the railroad's safety record in 2006. This award marked the first time a RailAmerica-owned railroad has earned a Harriman award.

Siskiyou Pass

In December 2007, CORP announced it was cutting shipments over the

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south of Ashland, Oregon beginning 15 January 2008. Shipments from Ashland and areas north of Ashland would be re-routed north to Eugene before heading south via Klamath Falls. Reduced shipments would continue over the Siskiyou Pass until 15 April 2008 on a bi-weekly basis. On 20 March 2008, CORP announced plans to keep its Siskiyou line open between Medford and Weed, and to spend nearly $5 million on improvements to the line. CORP reopened the section between Ashland and Weed in November 2015, after repairing rails, ties, and bridges. The project was funded by $7.1 million of

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(TIGER) money, $30,000 combined from

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and

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counties, and a 25 percent match from CORP.

Coos Bay Line

The Coos Bay Line began in 1893 as the Coos Bay, Roseburg & Eastern Railroad and Navigation Company (CBR&E) bringing logs and lumber from coastal forests to the seaport town of Marshfield (later renamed Coos Bay.)

purchased the CBR&E in 1906 and spent ten years building west from Eugene on its

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valley line to a connection with the former CBR&E at Reedsport to open this Coos Bay branch for traffic in August 1916. The completed branch line went from Eugene to Powers via the communities of Veneta,

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