The Portland & Western Railroad does not plan to rebuild the Marys River railroad bridge in Corvallis unless funding somehow becomes available.
The railroad’s Washington, DC-based lawyer made that point in an answer to a complaint with the federal Surface Transportation Board.
The complaint was filed May 8 by VFRC LLC, a firm associated with Venell Farms, claiming that Portland & Western and its parent company, Genesee & Wyoming, had an obligation to fix the bridge and provide rail service to part of the so-called Bailey Branch south of Corvallis…