[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 184 (Friday, September 23, 1994)] [Unknown Section] [Page 0] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-23592] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: September 23, 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION [Finance Docket No. 32563] Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway Company--Lease and Operation Exemption--Certain Lines of Luzerne County Rail Corporation, F&L Realty, Inc., and Pocono Northeast Railway, Inc. The Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway Company (L&SR), a noncarrier, has filed a notice of exemption to lease and operate certain rail lines of the Luzerne County Rail Corporation (LCRC) in Luzerne and Lackawanna Counties, PA, which rail lines LCRC leases with an option to purchase, pending full funding, from lessors F & L Realty, Inc., and Pocono Northeast Railway, Inc., as follows: (1) The Brownsville Industrial Track, between milepost 0.0, at Hillside, and milepost 1.0, at Brownsville, a distance of 1.0 miles; (2) The Dunmore Secondary Track, between milepost 6.5, at Avoca, and milepost 8.6, at Rocky Glen, a distance of 2.1 miles; (3) The Suscon Running Track, between milepost 154.5, at Suscon, and milepost 156.6, at Suscon, a distance of 2.1 miles; (4) The Wilkes-Barre Secondary, between milepost 169.2, at Ashley, and milepost 185.5, at Pittston, a distance of 16.3 miles; (5) The Avoca Industrial Track, between milepost 1.8, at No. 7 Junction, and milepost 6.5, at Avoca, a distance of 4.7 miles, including the connection with the track of Conrail, between ``LB'' junction and the switch of the Dunmore Secondary Track, a distance of 0.123 miles, and the Langcliff Connecting Track, between milepost 0.0, at Duryea, and the connection with the Delaware & Hudson (CP) in the middle of York Avenue, at milepost 0.867, a distance of 0.867 miles; (6) The West Pittston Running Track, between milepost 0.0, at West Pittston, and milepost 3.0, at Harding, a distance of 3.0 miles, and between milepost 186.4, at West Pittston, and milepost 190.2, at Wyoming, a distance of 3.8 miles, and between milepost 194.2, and milepost 194.4, in Kingston, a distance of 0.2 miles; (7) The Nanticoke Industrial Track, between milepost 0.0, at Ashley, and milepost 2.6, at Central Scrap, a distance of 2.6 miles; (8) The Harry E. Breaker Spur, between milepost 0.1, at Maltby Junction, and milepost 0.5, a distance of 0.4 miles; (9) The APC line, between milepost 0.0, and milepost 0.6, in Wilkes Barre, a distance of 0.6 miles; (10) The Miner's Mills Industrial Track, between milepost 173.6, at North Wilkes Barre, and milepost 176.1, at Hudson, a distance of 2.5 miles; (11) The Wilkes Barre Industrial Track, between milepost 59.9, at Ferry Street, and milepost 62.9, at Wilkes Barre, a distance of 3.0 miles; (12) The Pettibone Branch, between milepost 0.0 and milepost 0.759, at Dorranceton, a distance of 0.759 miles; (13) The Kingston Industrial Track, between milepost 142.7, at Pittston Junction, and Railroad Station 8594+58, a distance of 8.1 miles; (14) The DH Wilkes Barre Connector, from milepost A-208.08, Hudson Yard, to Conyngham Avenue, City of Wilkes Barre, a distance of 2.5 miles. L&SR also will acquire operating rights over the GWBP Industrial Track between milepost 0.0, at Ashley, and milepost 0.5, at Hanover Industrial Park, a distance of 0.5 miles, and the Suscon Industrial Track between milepost 154.5, at Suscon and milepost 158.7, at Hillside, a distance of 4.2 miles. These two segments are owned by the Greater Wilkes-Barre Partnership, Inc. (GWBP) and IR, Inc. The rail line L&SR will lease and operate totals approximately 55.55 miles, plus the approximately 4.7 miles covered by the operating rights described above. This proceeding is related to Steven C. May--Continuance in Control Exemption--Luzerne and Susquehanna Railway Company, Finance Docket No. 32564, wherein Steven C. May filed a notice of exemption seeking to continue in control of L&SR, and three other railroads which he controls--Owego & Harford Railway, Inc., Lackawanna Valley Railroad Corporation, and Lackawanna Railway, Inc.--upon L&SR becoming a carrier. L&SR expected to consummate its lease of the involved lines on August 25, 1994, or as soon thereafter as the notices of exemption became effective.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\By decision served September 1, 1994, the Commission denied a petition filed by the Delaware Lackawanna Railroad Co., Inc., seeking to stay or reject the notices of exemption in these two proceedings. The notices became effective on August 25, 1994. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any comments must be filed with the Commission and served on: Eric B. Lee, Somma, Sullivan & Lee, 501 Plaza Drive, Vestal, NY 13850. 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: September 16, 1994. By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of Proceedings. Vernon A. Williams, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 94-23592 Filed 9-22-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7035-01-P