Didn't the state give the Port of Coos Bay something like $50M to put this line back into service just a few years ago? At some point, a rail line is either going to make it or it requires extensive subsidies. If we're going to pay for the whole thing with public dollars, it should be publicly run, imo.

I often wonder if they could make this line profitable by running some passenger trains from Eugene to the two casinos along the line. It actually runs on some very scenic track between Noti and Swiss Home. I think people would really enjoy a dinner train to the coast, but perhaps I am wrong.