CENTRAL OREGON AND PACIFIC RAILROAD

The 'Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad' is a short-line railroad operating between Northern California and Eugene, Oregon, United States. It was previously a mainline owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) between Eugene and Weed, 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 Klamath Falls, Oregon and Cascade Summit.
The CORP also owns the former SP Coos Bay Branch.
The total length of the CORP is 439 miles, consisting of 303 miles of mainline and the 136 mile Coos Bay Branch.
Traffic (1996 figure) is estimated at 40,000 cars per year. CORP is a subsidiary of RailAmerica.
On May 17 2007, CORP was awarded a Silver E.H. Harriman Award 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.^[1]

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References

★ Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History - Volume IV - California, Robertson, Donald B., , , The Caxton Printers, 1998, ISBN 0-87004-385-4

★ American Shortline Railway Guide - 5th Ed., Stindt, Fred A., , , Kalmbach Publishing, 1996, ISBN 0-89024-290-9

★ Steam Powered Video's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California and Nevada - Post Merger Ed., Walker, Mike, , , Steam Powered Publishing, 1997, ISBN 1-874745-08-0
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External links

★ Unofficial CORP website

★ Official CORP System Map