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Archive Home > 2007 > February > 01 > Will tracks be moved?

Will tracks be moved?

Officials broach rerouting tracks on eastern edges of Bend, Redmond

By Christine Metz / The Bulletin
February 1, 2007

When the railroad arrived in Central Oregon in 1911, it marked the start of the area's timber industry and quickened the speed of goods reaching the region by weeks.

"It really opened things up," said John Frye, who is a volunteer at the Des Chutes County Historical Society.

Nowadays,....

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