N. California line is still a work in progress

The Northwestern Pacific rail line in Northern California is very similar to the stretch of track CORP is trying to abandon. The route runs through rugged terrain and communities that have seen a decline in their main export: timber products. Like the Coos Bay line, the route was operated by the Southern Pacific for years. A drop in rail traffic and increasing maintenance costs led the company to give up on it. A short-line railroad, Eureka Southern, briefly continued service during the mid-’80s, but it declared bankruptcy after battling the same problems.