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September 24, 2007

Rail line closes due to unsafe tunnels

COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) — Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad was closing operations between Eugene and Coquille Friday because of unsafe tunnels, a step that may hurt several Oregon businesses that rely on it.

“The rail line segment has nine tunnels, each more than 115 years old, several of which are no longer safe to transit,” the railroad's parent company, RailAmerica said in a statement.


 
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