[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 106 (Friday, May 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27382-27383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-13688]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 1
[STB Finance Docket No. 32952]


Great Western Lines, LLC--Acquisition Exemption--Burlington 
Northern Railroad Company

    Great Western Lines, LLC (GWL), a noncarrier, has filed a verified 
notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire approximately 23 
miles of rail line owned by Burlington Northern Railroad Company (BN) 
as follows: (i) between milepost 76.5 at Fort Collins, CO, and milepost 
98.9 at Greeley, CO; and (ii) BN's interchange track at Loveland, CO, 
between the end of that track and a point 10 feet south of Tenth Street 
in Loveland. GWL will also acquire 1 mile of incidental overhead 
trackage rights over the rail lines owned by BN as follows: (i) between 
milepost 76.5 at Fort Collins, CO, and BN's Rex Rail Yard at Fort 
Collins; and (ii) all tracks in BN's Rex Rail Yard.
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    \1\ The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-88, 109 
Stat. 803, which was enacted on December 29, 1995, and took effect 
on January 1, 1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce Commission and 
transferred certain functions to the Surface Transportation Board 
(Board). This notice relates to functions that are subject to Board 
jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 10901.
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    The transaction was expected to be consummated on or after May 20, 
1996.
    This transaction is related to STB Finance Docket No. 32953, 
Neptune Partners, Ltd.--Continuance in Control Exemption--Great Western 
Lines, LLC, wherein Neptune Partners Ltd. has concurrently filed a 
verified notice to continue in control of GWL, upon its becoming a 
Class III rail carrier. In addition, Great Western Railway of Colorado, 
LLC (GWC) has concurrently filed a trackage rights exemption in STB 
Finance Docket No. 32954, Great Western Railway of Colorado, LLC--
Trackage Rights Exemption--Great Western Lines, LLC, wherein GWC will 
be the operator of the rail lines being acquired by GWL and over which 
GWL will acquire incidental trackage rights in STB Finance Docket No. 
32952.
    If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, 
the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the proceeding to 
revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed at any time. 
The filing of a petition to revoke will not automatically stay the 
transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 32952, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch,

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1201 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a copy 
of each pleading must be served on Karl Morell, Ball, Janik & Novack, 
Suite 1035, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20004.

    Decided: May 24, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-13688 Filed 5-30-96; 8:45 am]
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