[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-1766]
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[Federal Register: January 27, 1994]
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32444]
The Indiana & Central Ohio Railroad Company, Inc.; Trackage
Rights Exemption; West Central Ohio Port Authority
West Central Ohio Port Authority (WESTCO PA) has agreed to grant
overhead and local trackage rights to The Indiana & Central Ohio
Railroad Company, Inc. (I&CO) over approximately 64.4 miles of rail
line known as the Bellefontaine Cluster in Clark, Champaign, and Logan
Counties, OH. WESTCO PA is acquiring the line from Consolidated
Railroad Corporation (Conrail).\1\ The trackage rights consist of the
following: (1) The Bellefontaine Secondary Track, from milepost 98.8 at
or near Bellefontaine to milepost 129.4, at a point of connection with
the Catawba Secondary Track in Springfield; (2) The Catawba Secondary
Track, from milepost 129.4 in Springfield to milepost 130.6, at a point
of connection with Conrail's Cincinnati line in Springfield; (3) The
Catawba Secondary Track, from milepost 0.0 in Springfield to milepost
17.2 at the end of the track in Mechanicsburg; (4) The Urbana
Industrial Track, from milepost 45.2 to milepost 50.03 in Urbana; (5)
The Urbana Secondary Track, from milepost 48.1 in Urbana, to milepost
54.2 in Bowlusville; (6) The Maitland Secondary Track, from milepost
124.5 to milepost 122.2 near Maitland; (7) a portion of the former main
line of the Erie Railroad, from milepost 351.5 near Glen Echo to
milepost 353.1 in Urbana; and (8) a portion of the Old St. Mary's
Branch, from milepost 53.3 to milepost 52.73 in Bellefontaine.
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\1\This proceeding is directly related to a notice of exemption
concurrently filed in Finance Docket No. 32443, West Central Ohio
Port Auth.--Acq. Exempt.--Consolidated Rail Corp. to exempt the
acquisition by WESTCO PA of certain Conrail lines.
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The trackage rights will allow I&CO to serve new markets and
shippers in west central Ohio in connection with its existing
operations near Springfield, OH. The trackage rights were to become
effective on January 14, 1994.
This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). 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 stay
the transaction. Pleadings must be filed with the Commission and served
on: Robert L. Calhoun, 1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW., suite 1000,
Washington, DC 20036.
As a condition to the use of this exemption, any employees
adversely affected by the trackage rights will be protected under
Norfolk and Western Ry. Co--Trackage Rights--BN, 354 I.C.C. 605 (1978),
as modified in Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.--Lease and Operate, 360 I.C.C.
653 (1980).
Decided: January 21, 1994.
By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Sidney L. Strickland, Jr.,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-1766 Filed 1-26-94; 8:45 am]
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