[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 145 (Friday, July 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 39180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18912]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board 1
[STB Finance Docket No. 32997]


Soo Line Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--Wisconsin 
Central Ltd.

    Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WCL), a Class II railroad, will agree to 
grant overhead trackage rights to Soo Line Railroad Company (Soo), a 
Class I railroad, over its trackage between milepost 10.9+/- at Forest 
Park to milepost 16.78+/- at Franklin Park, Cook County, IL, a total of 
approximately 5.88+/- miles of rail line.
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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. 11323-24.
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on July 19, 1996.
    The trackage rights will enable Soo to operate its trains between 
Forest Park and Franklin Park, IL.
    As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the 
trackage rights will be protected by the conditions imposed in 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).
     This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). If it contains 
false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. 
Petitions 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. 32997, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution 
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a copy of each 
pleading must be served on Larry D. Starns, Esq., 1000 Soo Line 
Building, P.O. Box 530, 105 South Fifth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402.

    Decided: July 18, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-18912 Filed 7-25-96; 8:45 am]
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