Total Miles
(Owned or leased as of 06/2024): 478 (including Willamette & Pacific Railroad, Inc.)
Interchanges
BNSF (Vancouver, Wash. and Portland, Ore.); Coos Bay Rail Link (Eugene, Ore.); Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad (Eugene, Ore.); Albany & Eastern Railroad (Albany, Ore. and Corvallis, Ore.); Union Pacific (Eugene, Ore. and Portland Ore.)
Capacity
286k
Railcar Storage Available
2100 spots
Acquired by G&W
1995

Georgia-Pacific Moves Paper Products during Pandemic with Help from Portland & Western Railroad

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Georgia-Pacific Moves Paper Products during Pandemic with Help from Portland & Western Railroad

With state orders to stay at home and social distancing guidelines in place during the COVID-19 pandemic, residential consumption of toilet paper, facial tissue and paper towel products increased dramatically – almost overnight – becoming one of the most sought-after essential items and stressing the industry’s delivery logistics. In fact, the Statista Consumer Market Outlook claims that toilet paper sales in the U.S. for March 2020 rose by nearly 60 percent compared to the same period in 2019.

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