[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 125 (Thursday, June 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 33847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-16026]



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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32730]


Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd.--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Norfolk and Western Railway Company

    Norfolk and Western Railway Company (NW) has agreed to grant local 
trackage rights to Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd. (IAIS), over 13.9 
miles of its line of railroad between milepost DU-340.8, in Des Moines, 
IA, to the end of the line at milepost DU-354.7, in Grimes, IA, 
including the Clive Spur, in Polk County, IA.1 The trackage rights 
include all appurtenances, connecting and industrial tracks, and fixed 
improvements thereon, identified and described in the trackage rights 
agreement dated June 7, 1995. The trackage rights were scheduled to 
become effective on June 27, 1995.

    \1\ IAIS concurrently filed a petition for exemption under 49 
U.S.C. 10505 from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 
11343-45, to permit IAIS to lease and operate the 13.9-mile line. 
The petition has been docketed as Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd.--
Lease and Operation Exemption--Norfolk and Western Railway Company, 
Finance Docket No. 32731.
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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: T. Scott Bannister, 405 6th Avenue, 1300 Des 
Moines Building, Des Moines, IA 50309.
    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: June 22, 1995.

    By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-16026 Filed 6-28-95; 8:45 am]
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