After years of declining freight traffic volumes & flooding damage, the C&NW effectively abandoned the track from Fremont to Norfolk in 1982 & the section from Fremont to West Point was acquired by FEVR in 1985.
After years of declining freight traffic volumes & flooding damage, the C&NW was granted permission to abandon the track from Fremont to Norfolk later that year. The remaining section from Fremont to West Point was acquired by FEVR in 1985.