The Oregon, Pacific & Eastern Railway Company incorporated in 1912, purchased the physical assets of the O&SE two years later, and shortened their total trackage to operate  from an interchange yard with the Southern Pacific Railroad at Cottage Grove, east to a 528' x 156' turnaround loop at Culp Creek. The last of this track was closed and scrapped in 1994, and ownership of its abandoned right of way property was later reverted to the state of Oregon to become one of the first-ever Government/Private Sector cooperative partnership Rails to Trails programs in the US, forming the Row River National Recreation Trail.
The Oregon, Pacific & Eastern Railway Company was incorporated in 1912, acquired the physical assets of the O&SE two years later, and reduced its track length from an interchange yard with the Southern Pacific Railroad at Cottage Grove eastward to a 528' x 156' turnaround loop at Culp Creek. The final segment of this track was dismantled and scrapped in 1994, and ownership of its abandoned property reverted to the state of Oregon to become one of the first-ever Government/Private Sector cooperative partnership Rails to Trails programs in the US, forming the Row River National Recreation Trail.