[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 197 (Thursday, October 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53199-53200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25280]



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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32743]


Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway Company, Inc., Modified 
Certificate

    On July 6, 1995, Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway Company, Inc., 
(TSBY) filed a notice for a modified certificate of public convenience 
and necessity under 49 CFR Part 1150, Subpart C, to operate 127.11 
miles of rail line as follows: (1) A 58.5-mile portion of United States 
Railroad Administration (USRA) Line No. 1300, extending between 
milepost 47.5 at Ann Arbor, MI, and milepost 106 at Owosso, MI; (2) the 
41.5-mile USRA Line No. 1301 extending between milepost 106 at Owosso, 
MI and milepost 147.5 at Alma, MI; and (3) a 27.11-mile portion of USRA 
Line No. 455a extending between milepost 64.19 at Owosso, Mi and 
milepost 91.30 at Swan Creek, MI.
    These rail lines, except as noted below, are owned by the State of 
Michigan (Michigan). They were not included in the final system plan at 
the time the Consolidated Rail Corporation was formed, and as such, 
were authorized to be abandoned without further Commission approval 
pursuant to the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 
1976.
    These lines are part of northern segment of the former Ann Arbor 
line extending from Ann Arbor to Frankfort, MI. Michigan Interstate 
Railway Company operated the lines as Michigan's Designated Operator 
until 1982. See Certificate of Designated Operator Michigan Interstate 
Railway Company, D-OP 20, (USRA Line Nos. 1300, 1301, 1302, and 1303-
AA) (ICC served Sept. 30, 1977) and Certificate of Designated Operator 
Michigan Interstate Railway Company, D-OP 49, (USRA Line Nos. 1300, 
1301, 1302, and 1303-AA) (ICC served July 28, 1982). In 1982, Michigan 
terminated its Designated Operator agreement with Michigan Interstate 
Railway Company and designated TSBY to operate the portion of the Ann 
Arbor line extending from Ann Arbor, to Alma. See Certificate of 
Designated Operator Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway Company, D-OP 51 
(USRA Line Nos. 445A, 1300, and 1301-AA (ICC served Nov. 2, 1982). 
Pursuant to that Designated Operator certificate, TSBY also assumed 
operation of about 20 miles of the former New York Central Railway line 
extending from a connection with the Ann Arbor at Owosso to West 
Charles (Swan Creek), MI, which is southwest of Saginaw, MI.
    Because the 13.71-mile line segment of USRA Line 1300 extending 
between milepost 95.69 at Durand, MI, and milepost 109.4 at Owosso, is 
owned by the Central Michigan Railway Company, it is not eligible for 
inclusion in this modified certificate of public convenience and 
necessity.
    The Commission will serve a copy of this notice on the Association 
of American Railroads (Car Service Division), as agent for all 
railroads subscribing to the car-service and car-hire agreement, and on 
the American Short Line Railroad Association.

    Decided: October 3, 1995.


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    By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-25280 Filed 10-11-95; 8:45 am]
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