[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64074-64075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30390]



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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32817]


Pine Belt Southern Railroad Company, Inc.--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--The Western Railway of Alabama

    The Western Railway of Alabama (WRA) has agreed to grant overhead 
trackage rights to Pine Belt Southern Railroad Company, Inc. 
(PBRR),1 on WRA's line of railroad as follows: (1) that portion of 
WRA's Lafayette Line beginning at its point of switch at valuation 
Station (V.S.) 1005+80, WRA milepost XXB-107.37, and extending north 
369 feet (0.07 miles) to the ownership point between WRA and PBRR 
opposite V.S. 1002+11.0, milepost XXB-107.29; and (2) that portion of 
WRA's main track beginning at the point of switch of the Lafayette Line 
at V.S. 1005+80, WRA milepost XXB-

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107.37, and extending 11,453 feet (2.17 miles) south to the point of 
switch of Central of Georgia Railroad Company Track No. 24 at V.S. 
1120+32.5, WRA milepost XXB-109.55. The total length of trackage rights 
is 2.24 miles. The trackage rights were to become effective December 1, 
1995.

    \1\  The overhead trackage rights between Opelika and Roanoke 
Junction, AL, will allow PBRR to route traffic between Opelika to 
Lafayette, AL (Lafayette Line), via a combination of lines purchased 
from Central of Georgia Railroad Company a wholly owned subsidiary 
of Norfolk Southern Railway Company, and trackage rights acquired 
from WRA.
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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 stay 
the transaction. Pleadings must be filed with the Office of the 
Secretary, Case Control Branch, Interstate Commerce Commission, 
Washington, DC 20423,2 and served on: Andrew C. Rambo, 104 Depot 
St., P. O. Box 129, Shelbyville, TN 37160.

    \2\  Legislation to terminate the Commission on December 31, 
1995, is now pending enactment. Until further notice, the parties 
submitting pleadings should continue to use the current name and 
address.
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    As a condition to use of this exemption, any employees adversely 
affected by the trackage rights will be protected pursuant to 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: December 6, 1995.

    By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-30390 Filed 12-12-95; 8:45 am]
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