EUGENE, Ore. – A Springfield-based company just restored rail service to an industrial property in Eugene for the first time in nearly two decades.
Stout Steel and Cedarwood revived the rail spur at 110 North Cleveland Street, with a rail car delivering the first shipment to the facility. A rail spur is a short, dead-end branch of railroad track that breaks off from the main line to serve a specific industrial facility, business or loading dock.
The project connects Oregon-made rebar from Cascade Steel in McMinnville to contractors and resellers across the state. That steel travels on repurposed logging railcars…