[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 204 (Monday, October 24, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-26266]


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[Federal Register: October 24, 1994]


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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32579 (Sub-No. 5)]

 

Soo Line Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--Burlington 
Northern Railroad Company

    Burlington Northern Railroad Company (BN) has agreed to grant non-
exclusive local trackage rights to Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a CP 
Rail System (Soo) between Davenport, IA and Albany, IL, and between the 
DRI Junction in East Moline, IL and Silvis, IL.1 The trackage is 
between: (1) approximately DRI milepost 36.65 at East Wye Switch in 
Davenport and the end of track at CP milepost 26.60 at Albany, a 
distance of approximately 34 miles (the Davenport-Albany Line); and (2) 
DRI milepost 45.06 at the DRI Junction in East Moline and BN milepost 
244.42 at Silvis, a distance of approximately 1.3 miles (the East 
Moline-Silvis Line).2
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    \1\ These trackage rights are part of a series of related 
transactions among Soo, BN, and their affiliate the Davenport, Rock 
Island and North Western Railway Company (DRI). These transactions 
include the elimination of DRI as a separate switching carrier and 
transfer of its functions to its parent companies Soo and BN. A 
related consolidated application has been filed in Canadian Pacific 
Limited, Canadian Pacific (U.S.) Holdings Inc., Soo Line Corporation 
and Soo Line Railroad Company--Control--Davenport, Rock Island and 
North Western Railway Company, Finance Docket No. 32579, Burlington 
Northern Railroad Company--Acquisition--Certain Lines of Davenport, 
Rock Island and North Western Railway Company, Finance Docket No. 
32579 (Sub-No. 1), Burlington Northern Railroad Company--
Acquisition--Certain Lines of Soo Line Railroad Company, Finance 
Docket No. 32579 (Sub-No. 2), and Soo Line Railroad Company--
Acquisition--Certain Lines of Burlington Northern Railroad Company, 
Finance Docket No. 32579 (Sub-No. 3). Also, two related notices of 
exemption have been filed in Burlington Northern Railroad Company--
Trackage Rights Exemption--Soo Line Railroad Company, Finance Docket 
No. 32579 (Sub-No. 4), and Soo Line Railroad Company--Merger 
Exemption--Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway Company, 
Finance Docket No. 32579 (Sub-No. 6).
    \2\ Portions of the Davenport-Albany Line between Davenport and 
Rock Island and at East Moline, including the Crescent Drawbridge 
over the Mississippi River, are currently owned by DRI. The segment 
of the Line between CP milepost 52.00 (DRI milepost 45.55) at East 
Moline and milepost 26.60 at Albany is currently owned by Soo.
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    Although this exemption will become effective prior to the 
Commission's approval of the related application, consummation of this 
transaction and all simultaneously filed transactions will occur upon 
the effective date of the Commission's decision in Finance Docket No. 
32579 and (Sub-Nos. 1, 2, and 3).
    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 
automatically stay the transaction. Pleadings must be filed with the 
Commission and served on: William C. Sippel, Two Prudential Plaza, 45th 
Floor, 180 North Stetson Ave., Chicago, IL 60601.
    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: October 13, 1994.

    By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-26266 Filed 10-21-94; 8:45 am]
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