[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 19 (Friday, January 28, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-1769]


[Federal Register: January 28, 1994]


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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32443]


West Central Ohio Port Authority--Acquisition Exemption--
Consolidated Rail Corporation

    West Central Ohio Port Authority (WESTCO PA), a noncarrier, has 
filed a notice of exemption to acquire from Consolidated Rail 
Corporation (Conrail) approximately 64.4 miles of rail line known as 
the Bellefontaine Cluster in Clark, Champaign, and Logan Counties, OH. 
The lines are described as follows: (1) The Bellefontaine Secondary 
Track, from milepost 98.8 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; (8) a portion of the Old St. Mary's 
Branch, from milepost 53.3 to milepost 52.73 in Bellefontaine.1 
The parties expected to consummate the transaction on or after January 
14, 1994.
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    \1\WESTCO PA is also acquiring from Conrail approximately 8.1 
miles of the underlying right-of-way of the Maitland Secondary 
Track, from milepost 124.5 near Glen Echo to milepost 132.6, at Cold 
Springs. Conrail will retain ownership of the track and other rail 
assets as well as an easement interest in the right-of-way in order 
to provide continued rail service over the line.
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    The transaction is directly related to a concurrently filed notice 
of exemption in Finance Docket No. 32444, The Indiana & Central Ohio R. 
Co., Inc.--Trackage Rights Exempt.--West Central Ohio Port Auth., in 
which WESTCO PA seeks an exemption to grant trackage rights over the 
subject lines to The Indiana & Central Ohio Railroad Company, Inc.
    Any comments must be filed with the Commission and served on: 
Robert L. Calhoun, 1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW., suite 1000, 
Washington, DC 20036.
    The 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 21, 1994.

    By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Sidney L. Strickland, Jr.,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-1769 Filed 1-27-94; 8:45 am]
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