[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 111 (Friday, June 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 30584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14198]



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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. AB-425; AB-426]


Lone Star Railroad, Inc.--Abandonment and Discontinuance of 
Trackage Rights--in Wichita, Archer, Baylor, Knox, Haskell and Jones 
Counties, TX; and Southern Switching Company--Discontinuance of 
Service--in Wichita, Archer, Baylor, Knox, Haskell and Jones Counties, 
TX

    The Commission has found that the public convenience and necessity 
permit: (1) In Docket No. AB-425, Lone Star Railroad, Inc. (Lone Star) 
to abandon a portion of its line of railroad between milepost 142.8 
near Lanius, TX, and milepost 8.0 near Howard, TX, and to discontinue 
trackage rights over Burlington Northern Railroad Company (BN) between 
milepost 8.0 near Howard and milepost 0.0 at Valley Junction, TX, and 
from Valley Junction east for 331 feet to the switching point in 
Sunshine Yard, Wichita Falls, TX, a total distance of 142.86 miles in 
Wichita, Archer, Baylor, Knox, Haskell and Jones Counties, TX; and (2) 
in Docket No. AB-426, Southern Switching Company (Southern) to 
discontinue service that it performs over the 142.86-mile rail line 
pursuant to an operating agreement with Lone Star. The certificate will 
be issued 30 days after this publication unless the Commission finds 
that: (1) A financially responsible person has offered financial 
assistance (through subsidy or purchase) to enable rail service to 
continue; and (2) it is likely that the assistance would fully 
compensate the railroad.
    Requests for public use conditions must be filed with the 
Commission and applicants within 10 days after publication.
    Any financial assistance offer must be filed with the Commission 
and applicants no later than 10 days from the publication of this 
Notice. The following notation shall be typed in bold face on the lower 
left-hand corner of the envelope containing the offer: ``Office of 
Proceedings, AB-OFA''. Any offer previously made must be remade within 
this 10-day period.
    Information and procedures regarding financial assistance for 
continued rail service are contained in 49 U.S.C. 10905 and 49 CFR 
1152.27. Requests for public use conditions must conform with 49 CFR 
1152.28(a)(2).

    Decided: May 26, 1995.

    By the Commission, Chairman Morgan, Vice Chairman Owen, and 
Commissioners Simmons and McDonald.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-14198 Filed 6-8-95; 8:45 am]
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