[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 102 (Friday, May 27, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-13046]


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[Federal Register: May 27, 1994]


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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32500]

 

Lone Star Railroad, Inc. and Southern Switching Company--
Acquisition and Operation Exemption--Line of Burlington Northern 
Railroad Company

    Lone Star Railroad, Inc. (Lone Star) and Southern Switching Company 
(Southern), both noncarriers, have filed a notice of exemption for Lone 
Star to acquire and Southern to operate 143.3 miles of rail line owned 
by Burlington Northern Railroad Company (BN), between milepost 8.0 near 
Howard, and milepost 151.3 at Abilene, in Archer, Baylor, Knox, 
Haskell, Jones and Taylor Counties, TX. The transaction includes 8 
miles and 331 feet of incidental trackage rights for Southern over BN 
between milepost 8.0 in the vicinity of Howard, and milepost 0.0 at 
Valley Jct., and from Valley Jct. east for 331 feet to point of switch 
in Sunshine Yard in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, TX. The parties 
intend to consummate on or after May 18, 1994.
    This proceeding is related to Gregory B. Cundiff--Continuance in 
Control Exemption--Lone Star Railroad, Inc. and Southern Switching 
Company, Finance Docket No. 32501, wherein Gregory B. Cundiff has 
concurrently filed a notice of exemption to continue in control of Lone 
Star and Southern when they become class III rail carriers upon 
consummation of the transaction described in this notice.\1\
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    \1\Cundiff also controls three class III rail carriers: Railroad 
Switching Service of Missouri, Inc. (operating approximately 4 miles 
of rail line in St. Louis, MO); Texas Railroad Switching, Inc. 
(operating 55 miles of rail line between Gardendale and Carrizo 
Springs, TX); and Rio Valley Railroad, Inc. (operating 49.12 miles 
of rail line between Harlingen and Mission, TX and between Mission 
and Hidalgo, TX).
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    Any comments must be filed with the Commission and served on: 
Thomas F. McFarland, Jr., Belnap, Spencer, McFarland & Herman, 20 North 
Wacker Dr., Suite 3118, Chicago, IL 60606-3101.
    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: May 23, 1994.

    By the Commission, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Sidney L. Strickland, Jr.,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-13046 Filed 5-26-94; 8:45 am]
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