Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad

Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad

An EMD GP38-2 leads an NRHS excursion over the Coos Bay Line in 2005.
Overview
Headquarters	Roseburg, Oregon
Reporting mark	CORP
Locale	Weed, CA - Eugene, OR
Dates of operation	1995–present
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Length	305 miles (491 km)[1]
Other
Website	www.gwrr.com/corp/
Route map Legend UP Brooklyn Subdivision Goshen Creswell Saginaw Cottage Grove Pass Creek Drain Yoncalla Oakland Sutherlin Douglas County Forest Products North Umpqua River Winchester Roseburg Dillard Myrtle Creek South Umpqua River Riddle Roseburg Forest Products Roseburg Forest Products Green Diamond Minerals Swanson Group spur Glendale Wolf Creek Hugo Jumpoff Joe Creek Harris Creek Louse Creek Merlin Merlin Distribution Grants Pass Rogue River Gold Hill Rogue River to White City Central Point Boise Cascade Medford Yard Medford Phoenix Talent Ashland Siskyou Summit Tunnel Colestin Oregon California Cole Hilt Hornbrook Klamath River Ager Snowden Yreka Western Railroad Montague Shasta River Grenada Gazelle Shasta River Weed Roseburg Forest Products Igerna UP Black Butte Subdivision This diagram: view talk edit

The Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad (reporting mark CORP) is a Class II railroad^[2] 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 mainline of the CORP is 305 miles (491 km). Traffic is estimated at 17,000 cars per year, consisting mainly of logs, lumber products, and plywood.^[1] CORP is a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming, which acquired the railroad as part of its acquisition with RailAmerica 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 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.^[3]