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[FR Doc No: 94-23085]


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[Federal Register: September 19, 1994]


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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32420]

 

The Indiana & Ohio Rail Corp.--Continuance in Control Exemption--
The Cincinnati Terminal Railway Co.

AGENCY: Interstate Commerce Commission.

ACTION: Notice of exemption.
SUMMARY: Under 49 U.S.C. 10505, the Commission exempts from the prior 
approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11343, et seq., the Indiana & Ohio 
Rail Corp.'s (IORC)1 continuance in control of The Cincinnati 
Terminal Railway Co. (CTER), through ownership of all of CTER's capital 
stock. CTER is a class III common carrier that operates a 16.25-mile 
line of railroad and associated branch and connecting tracks known as 
the Oasis Line, located in Cincinnati, Fairfax, and Evendale, OH.

    \1\ IORC is a non-carrier that controls, with the Commission's 
approval, four other railroads.
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DATES: This exemption is effective on October 19, 1994. Petitions to 
stay must be filed by September 29, 1994 and petitions to reopen must 
be filed by October 11, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Send pleadings referring to Finance Docket No. 32420 to: (1) 
Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, Interstate Commerce 
Commission, Washington, DC 20423; and (2) Petitioner's representative: 
Robert L. Calhoun, Sullivan & Worcester, Suite 1000, 1025 Connecticut 
Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beryl Gordon, (202) 927-5610. [TDD for 
hearing impaired: (202) 927-5721.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Near its northern end, CTER's Oasis Line 
connects with the Indiana & Ohio Railway Company (IORY), a wholly owned 
subsidiary of IORC, and, at its northern end, with Conrail. From its 
northern end, the line runs in a loop south and west through 
Cincinnati, OH, where it connects with a line of the Norfolk & Western 
Railway Company (N&W). CTER entered into a track lease agreement with 
N&W.2 As a result, CTER connects with another carrier, the Central 
Railroad Company of Indiana (CIND). The Indiana and Ohio Railroad 
Company (INOH), also controlled by IORC, has trackage rights over 
CIND.3 Control of CTER by IORC will permit the coordination of the 
operations and services of INOH, IORY, and CTER. The combined INOH-
CTER-IORY operation will provide a through connection to Conrail that 
will eliminate the need to rely on an intermediate switch.
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    \2\ The Cincinnati Terminal Railway Co.--Lease Exemption--
Norfolk & Western Railway Company, Finance Docket No. 32519 (ICC 
served Aug. 31, 1994).
    \3\ See The Indiana and Ohio Railroad Company, Inc.--Trackage 
Rights Exemption--The Central Railroad Company of Indiana, Finance 
Docket No. 32350 (ICC served Nov. 10, 1993).
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    Additional information is contained in the Commission's decision. 
To purchase a copy of the full decision, write to, call, or pick up in 
person from: Dynamic Concepts, Inc., Room 2229, Interstate Commerce 
Commission Building, Washington, DC 20423. Telephone: (202) 289-4357/
4359. [Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through TDD 
service (202) 927-5721.]

    Decided: September 7, 1994.

    By the Commission, Chairman McDonald, Vice Chairman Phillips, 
and Commissioners Simmons and Morgan.
Vernon A. Williams,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-23085 Filed 9-16-94; 8:45 am]
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