[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55598-55599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27139]



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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32791]


Rio Valley Railroad, Inc. and Rio Valley Switching Company--
Trackage Rights Exemption--Missouri Pacific Railroad Company

    Missouri Pacific Railroad Company (MP) has agreed to grant overhead 
trackage rights to Rio Valley Railroad, Inc. (RVRI), over 8.11-miles of 
rail line between milepost 27.50 near Harlingen and milepost 19.39 near 
San Benito, in Cameron County, TX. RVRI currently leases 49.12 miles of 
rail line from MP, between Harlingen and Mission, TX, and between 
Mission and Hidalgo, TX.1 Rio Valley Switching Company (RVSC) 
operates that line pursuant to an agreement with RVRI.2 By 
decision served September 20, 1995, the Commission exempted under 49 
U.S.C. 10505 RVRI's acquisition and RVSC's operation of 9.124 miles of 
MP's rail line between Rio Hondo and San Benito, also in Cameron 
County, from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11343-
45.3 The trackage rights were to become effective on or after 
October 20, 1995, the expected consummation date for RVRI's acquisition 
of the Rio Hondo to San Benito line.

    \1\See Rio Valley Railroad, Inc.--Lease and Operation 
Exemption--Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, Finance Docket No. 
32261 (ICC served Mar. 17, 1993).
    \2\See Rio Valley Switching Company--Operation Exemption--Rio 
Valley Railroad, Inc., Finance Docket No. 32554 (ICC served Sept. 
22, 1994).
    \3\See Rio Valley Railroad Inc. and Rio Valley Switching 
Company--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--Certain Lines of 
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company in Cameron County, TX, Finance 
Docket No. 32678 (ICC served Sept. 20, 1995).
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    RVRI will acquire and hold the trackage rights. RVSC will operate 
over the line pursuant to an agreement with RVRI. The trackage rights 
will permit 

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connecting operations between the line RVRI leases from MP and the line 
RVRI is acquiring from MP.
    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 stay 
the transaction. Pleadings must be filed with the Commission and served 
on: Thomas F. McFarland, Jr., Belnap, Spencer, McFarland & Herman, 20 
North Wacker Drive, Suite 3118, Chicago, IL 60606-3101.
    As a condition to 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 25, 1995.

    By the Commission, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-27139 Filed 10-31-95; 8:45 am]
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