[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1254-1255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-447]



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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Finance Docket No. 32837] 1

    \1\ This was a pending proceeding with the Interstate Commerce 
Commission (ICC) on December 29, 1995, when President Clinton signed 
into law, the ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-88, 109 
Stat. 803 (the Act). The Act, which took effect January 1, 1996, 
abolished the ICC and transferred certain functions and proceedings 
to the Surface Transportation Board (Board). Section 204(b)(1) of 
the Act provides, in general, that proceedings transferred from the 
ICC to the Board shall be decided under the law in effect prior to 
January 1, 1996. All statutory references in this decision will be 
to the former Interstate Commerce Act provisions.
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Grand Trunk Western Railroad Inc.--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Consolidated Rail Corporation

    Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) has agreed to grant an 
aggregate of 24.1 miles of additional trackage rights to Grand Trunk 
Western Railroad Inc. (GTW), as follows: (1) Approximately 7.6 miles of 
track between the Conrail/GTW connection at CP-Vinewood, Detroit, MI, 
and the Conrail/GTW connection at Mill Street, Ecorse, MI; (2) 
approximately 11.2 miles of track between the Conrail/GTW connection at 
Mill Street to the loop track owned by CSX Transportation, Inc., at 
Windsor, Ont.; and (3) approximately 5.3 miles from the Conrail/GTW 
connection at CP-

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Vinewood to the connection with the line of the Essex Terminal Railroad 
Company at Windsor.2

    \2\ The transaction amends a prior trackage rights agreement 
dated April 29, 1985. Under the prior agreement, GTW already 
operates over Conrail's track generally between Conrail's property 
line at the Detroit River tunnel and the GTW connections at Mill 
Street, Ecorse, and Vinewood. GTW seeks to use Conrail's westerly 
wye and other track between the Conrail/GTW connection in Conrail's 
North Yard Branch at Vinewood and the connections with Conrail's 
Detroit Line at West Detroit to make progressive moves with its 
trains that handle Conrail traffic at the Conrail River Rouge Yard 
at River Rouge, MI.
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    Under the agreement, GTW will obtain the right to operate trains, 
locomotives, cars, and equipment with its own crews. The purpose of the 
transaction is to improve service and facilitate the movement of 
traffic between Conrail and GTW. Also, it is intended to maintain and 
improve both railroads' economic viability. The trackage rights were 
scheduled to become effective on or about December 22, 1995.
    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. 10502(d) 
[formerly 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 Surface Transportation Board, 1201 Constitution 
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423 and served on: Paul E. Ladue, 700 
Pershing Street, Pontiac, MI 48056; and R. Paul Carey, P.O. Box 41414, 
2001 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-1414.
    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: January 4, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-447 Filed 1-17-96; 8:45 am]
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