Maintenance crews repaired the tracks, Federal Railroad Administration lifted the embargo in Willits and the summer schedule started as planned, with two daily trains from Fort Bragg and Willits to Northspur, the half-way point of the line.
North Coast Railroad Authority fixed the route, but tracks, bridges, signals and crossings must pass inspection before federal officials can lift their embargo.
Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit planned to start running commuter trains over a portion of the railroad in 2014.
"[9]"That complaint alleged that Carolina Southern Railroad violated its legal obligation by initiating an 'embargo' on the line on Aug. 26, 2011, ceasing rail operations, and failing to either legally abandon the line or repair bridges that failed Federal Railroad Administration inspections"[10]"With UP running short of train crews, the railroad has issued more than 1,000 embargoes so far this year [2022] in response to congestion, compared with just 27 in 2017 — the year before it adopted a lean Precision Scheduled Railroading operating model.
UP asked some of its carload customers to reduce their inventory of private cars or face the prospect of an embargo that would limit the flow of inbound empties.