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[FR Doc No: 94-1404]


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[Federal Register: January 20, 1994]


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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

[Finance Docket No. 32417]

 

The Great Miami & Scioto Railway Co.--Change in Operator 
Exemption--Certain Lines of the City of Jackson, OH

    The Great Miami & Scioto Railway Company (GMRY), a noncarrier, has 
filed a notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 1150.31 for GMRY to 
operate approximately 60.36 miles of rail line presently owned by the 
City of Jackson, OH, from milepost 32.76, near Firebrick, OH, to 
milepost 0.00/127.0),1 near Hamden, OH; (2) from milepost 127.0, 
near Hamden, OH, to milepost 112.3, near West Junction, OH; (3) from 
milepost 112.3,2 at West Junction, OH, to milepost 91.6 at RA 
Junction;3 and (4) from milepost 127.71, near Hamden, OH, to 
milepost 136.71, at a point known as Red Diamond, OH (Red Diamond 
Line).4 Incidental trackage rights will also be granted over the 
lines of CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) from milepost 91.6 at RA 
Junction to milepost 85.7 near Vauces, OH, solely for purposes of 
interchange between the GMRY and CSXT. These lines presently are being 
operated by The Indiana & Ohio Eastern Railroad, Inc. (IOER). GMRY will 
perform common carrier operations over these lines in place of the 
IOER. The transaction was scheduled to become effective on January 1, 
1994.
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    \1\This is the point where the GMRY's north-south line (formerly 
the old Portsmouth Subdivision of CSXT, the owner of the line prior 
to its acquisition by the City of Jackson) at milepost 0.00 and its 
insection with the east-west line, also formerly owned by CSXT, at 
milepost 127.0.
    \2\Also known as milepost 95.5.
    \3\In City of Jackson, OH--Exemption Acquisition--Certain Lines 
of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and Chesapeake and Ohio 
Railway Company, Finance Docket No. 31020 (ICC served Apr. 24, 
1987), the City of Jackson acquired 52.83 route miles of line from 
Firebrick, OH (milepost 32.76) to Hamden, OH (milepost 0.00/127.0) 
to West Junction (milepost 112.3/95.5) to RA Junction (milepost 
91.6). This description for 52.83 route miles appears to match the 
51.36 miles described in (1), (2), and (3) supra. There is no 
explanation for the 1.47-mile discrepancy.
    Incidental trackage rights were also acquired over 5.9 miles, 
owned by B&O and C&O, from RA Junction (milepost 91.6) to RA 
Junction (milepost 85.7) near Vauces, OH.
    \4\The Red Diamond Line was acquired following the abandonment 
by CSX Transportation in The Indiana & Ohio Eastern Railroad, Inc., 
Finance Docket No. 31803 (ICC served Jan. 18, 1991).
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    Any comments must be filed with the Commission and served on: 
Robert L. Calhoun, Sullivan & Worcester, 1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW., 
suite 1000, Washington, DC 20036.
    This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1150.31. If the notice contains 
false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. 
Petitions to revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10505(d) may be filed 
at any time. The filing of a petition to revoke will not automatically 
stay the transaction.

    Decided: January 13, 1994.

    By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Sidney L. Strickland, Jr.,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-1404 Filed 1-19-94; 8:45 am]
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