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[QUOTE]Originally posted by wayne72145: [QB] The NARP passenger rail map is a nice dream and I'd love to see it happen but who's going to pay for it? I see the route from Medford to Eugene and since I live on that line I know for certain that NARP hasn't done their home work or they are just shooting high to get membership. That line is an old SP line that abandoned passenger service in 1955. Even in those days it couldn't average 30 miles per hour. Now the track belongs to Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad. It serves the logging and lumber industry well but I have my doubts that this track would servive another "Spotted Owl" hit. The City of Medford did a "study" around 2000 to see if they could have passenger service to Eugene and found that it would cost nearly a Billion dollars to up grade the track. I dont know how much the "study" cost the tax payer but I know that they could have found out fast from talking to COandP railroad. The two counties this line would serve doesn't have a population of 250,000. That's why I can say without a doubt that NARP is unrealistic. It would be a nice idea to have a steam locomotive to run that track once a year, it is beautiful country but I have my doubts you could fill even that train. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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