[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 91 (Thursday, May 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25248-25249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11665]



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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION

[Finance Docket No. 31960 (Sub-No. 2)]


Wisconsin Central Ltd.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Indiana Harbor 
Belt Railroad Company

    Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company (IHB) has agreed to grant 
additional overhead trackage rights to Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WCL) 
over 6.41 miles of rail line between IHB's connection with the Norfolk 
Southern Railway Company (NS) at Chicago Ridge, IL, and its connection 
with the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company (Grand Trunk) in Blue 
Island, IL. These trackage rights are in addition to trackage rights 
previously granted in a 1991 Agreement between the parties\1\ 
[[Page 25249]] and a 1994 Modification Agreement.\2\ The 1991 Agreement 
granted overhead trackage rights totaling 13.53 miles between IHB's 
connection with WCL at Norpaul Yard, Franklin Park, IL, and its 
connection with the Belt Railway Company of Chicago (Belt) at Elsdon, 
in Chicago, IL, as well as between IHB's connections with the Belt and 
Consolidated Rail Corporation at Elsdon. The 1994 Modification 
Agreement granted overhead trackage rights totaling 3.86 miles between 
IHB's connection with the Belt at Bedford Park, IL, and its connection 
with the NS at Chicago Ridge. The trackage rights granted to WCL by IHB 
in this and the two previous matters total 23.8 miles. The proposed 
transaction will secure for WCL a more efficient route via the IHB to 
connect with the Grand Trunk at Blue Island. The trackage rights were 
to become effective on or after April 28, 1995.

    \1\The existing trackage rights were acquired by WCL under a 
notice of exemption in Wisconsin Central Ltd.--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company, Finance Docket No. 
31960 (ICC served Nov. 4, 1991).
    \2\Wisconsin Central Ltd.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Indiana 
Harbor Belt Railroad Company, Finance Docket No. 31960 (Sub-No. 1) 
(ICC served May 10, 1994).
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    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: Janet H. Gilbert, 6250 North River Road, 
Suite 9000, Rosemont, IL 60018.
    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: May 5, 1995.

    By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-11665 Filed 5-10-95; 8:45 am]
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