Genesee & Wyoming short line Central Oregon & Pacific can take over local operations from Union Pacific in Eugene, Oregon, as soon as Saturday, federal regulators have ruled.
In a unanimous decision Tuesday, the Surface Transportation Board denied the SMART-TD union’s request to scrutinize and reject the lease deal. The decision also denied Central Oregon & Pacific’s request that the board partially waive labor notification requirements.
G&W will take a phased approach to beginning operations on 27.58 miles of leased trackage, plus UP’s Eugene Yard and “certain related excepted track.”…