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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32430]

 

Central Kansas Railway, Limited Liability Co.; Acquisition and 
Operation Exemption; Central Kansas Railway, Inc., and Certain 
Incidental Line Segments of the Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 
Co. and Burlington Northern Railroad Co.

    Central Kansas Railway, Limited Liability Company (CKRLLC), a 
noncarrier, has filed a notice of exemption to acquire and operate: (1) 
Approximately 890 miles of rail line owned by Central Kansas Railway, 
Inc. (CKR); (2) 3.05 miles of rail line owned by The Atchison, Topeka 
and Santa Fe Railway Company (Santa Fe); and (3) 17.03 miles of rail 
line owned by Burlington Northern Railroad Company (BN). CKRLLC also 
seeks to acquire incidental trackage rights over about 70 miles of 
track owned by Santa Fe, Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP), Missouri 
Pacific Railroad Company (MP), and St. Louis Southwestern Railway 
Company (SLSW). The proposed transaction was expected to be consummated 
on or after December 28, 1993.
    The rail lines involved in this transaction consist of: (A) CKR's 
lines (i) between milepost 20+4751.4 in Osborne, KS, including all 
industry, team, passing, house, and side track, and including all of 
CKR's yard tracks and side tracks at Salina; (ii) between milepost 
11+1984 west Marion, KS, and milepost 98+1209.5 in Ellinwood, KS, 
including all industry, team, passing, house, and side track, and 
including all of CKR's yard tracks in Ellinwood and McPherson, KS; 
(iii) between milepost 20+2769.6 in Lorraine, KS, and milepost 57+2730 
in Galatia, KS, including all industry, team, passing, house, and side 
tracks; (iv) between milepost 0+0 in Great Bend, KS, and milepost 
120+1338.7 in Scott City, KS, including all industry, team, passing, 
house, and side tracks; (v) between milepost 120+169 in Scott City, KS, 
and milepost 125+4687 at Shallow Water, KS, including all industry, 
team, passing, house, and side tracks; (vi) between milepost 218.3 east 
of Monroe Street in Hutchinson, KS, and milepost 315+4230.1 in Kinsley, 
KS, including all industry, team, passing, house, and side tracks, and 
including all of CKR's yard tracks in Great Bend, KS; (vii) between 
milepost 0+0 at Larned, KS, and milepost 46+2483.5 in Jetmore, KS, 
including all industry, team, passing, house, and side tracks; (viii) 
between milepost 3+2640 near Darlow, KS, and milepost 59+4005.2 in 
Harper, KS; (ix) between milepost 59+4013.2 in Harper, KS, and milepost 
128+0 in Blackwell, OK, including all industry, team, passing, house, 
and side tracks; (x) between milepost X-0+466.3 in Wellington, KS, 
including all industry, team, passing, house, and side tracks; (xi) 
between milepost 1.5 west of Seneca Street in Wichita, KS (including 
the remaining trackage on the Englewood Subdivision in Wichita) and 
milepost 79+3855 in Pratt, KS; (xii) between milepost 46+0 east of 
Rago, KS, and milepost 166+2917.7 in Englewood, KS, including all 
industry, team, passing, house, and side tracks; and (xiii) between 
milepost 49+1784 at O.B. Junction, near Belvidere, KS, and milepost 
0+1016 in Attica, KS, including all industry, team, passing, house, and 
side tracks and including the entire spur line located near Sun City, 
KS; (B) Santa Fe's lines (i) between milepost 9+3586 and milepost 
11+1984 (a 1.7-mile portion of the McPherson Subdivision in Marion, 
KS); and (ii) between milepost 0+1512 and milepost 1+3345 (a 1.35-mile 
portion of the Englewood Subdivision); (C) BN's line between milepost 
594.03 in Lorraine, KS, and milepost 577.0 in Lyons, KS; and (D) 
incidental trackage rights over the following lines: (i) Santa Fe's 
Hutchinson Subdivision rail line between milepost 218.3 at or near 
Monroe Street and milepost 213+4333 in Hutchinson, KS, including Santa 
Fe's Hutchinson, KS ``Way'' Yard Track Nos. 144, 259, 304, 260, 261, 
221, 174, 172, 171, 241, 220, 169, and 168; (ii) Santa Fe's H & S 
Subdivision rail line between milepost 2+2640 and milepost 3+2640 north 
of Darlow, KS; (iii) Santa Fe's Wichita Subdivision rail line between 
milepost 1.5 west of Seneca Street in Wichita, KS, and Santa Fe's 
Wichita Subdivision milepost 0+1365, being also Wichita Terminal 
milepost 213+1378, and further beyond, to North Junction Wichita 
Terminal milepost 211+3610, being also Santa Fe's Arkansas City 
Subdivision milepost 211+3610, and further beyond to Santa Fe's 
Arkansas City Subdivision milepost 208+2320, including Santa Fe's 
Wichita, KS Yard Track Nos. 32, 204, 243, 1, 143, 244, 122, 242, 113, 
237, 236, 307, 308, 195, 344, and 124; (iv) Santa Fe's H & S 
Subdivision and Waynoka Subdivision rail lines between Santa Fe's H & S 
Subdivision, milepost 59+4005.2 on the north, and Santa Fe's H & S 
Subdivision milepost 59+4013.2 on the south, and between Waynoka 
Subdivision milepost 273+0 on the east, and Waynoka Subdivision 
milepost 275+0 on the west, including Santa Fe's Harper, KS Yard Track 
Nos. 1, 11, 12, 14, 31, 32, 33, 37, 43, 45, and 47; (v) Santa Fe's 
Medicine Lodge Subdivision rail line, between milepost 0+1016 and 
milepost 0+0 in Attica, KS, and also Santa Fe's Waynoka Subdivision 
rail line between milepost 285+1600 in Attica, KS, including Santa Fe's 
Attica, KS Yard Track Nos. 21, 20, 19, 18, 15, and 9; (vi) Santa Fe's H 
& S and Waynoka Subdivision rail lines in Wellington, KS, between H & S 
Subdivision X-0+466.3 on the south, H & S Subdivision X-0+0 on the 
North, Waynoka Subdivision milepost 238+2331.8 on the west, and Waynoka 
Subdivision milepost 237+1068 on the east, including Santa Fe's 
Wellington, KS Yard Track Nos. 19, 104, 186, 187, 218, 219, and 222; 
(vii) MP's rail line between milepost 487.10 at Newton, KS, and 
milepost 516.52 at McPherson, KS, including the segment of track 
extending about 116 feet in a southerly direction from milepost 487.10, 
and including MP's Siding Track No. 6 at Hesston, KS, and Siding Track 
No. 1 at Moundridge, KS; (viii) UP's rail line between milepost 164.7 
in Abilene, KS, and milepost 184.6 at Salina, KS; and (ix) SLSW's rail 
line between milepost 246.46 and milepost 243.56 in Hutchinson, KS.
    This proceeding is related to Finance Docket No. 32431, Patrick D. 
Broe--Continuance in Control Exemption--Central Kansas Railway, Limited 
Liability Company, wherein Patrick D. Broe has concurrently filed a 
notice of exemption to continue in control of CKRLLC when CKRLLC 
becomes a rail carrier upon consummation of the transaction described 
in this notice.
    Any comments must be filed with the Commission and served on: Louis 
E. Gitomer, Suite 210, 919 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006.
    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. 94-1553 Filed 1-21-94; 10:00 am]
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