[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42084-42085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20579]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board\1\
[STB Finance Docket No. 33012]


Warren & Trumbull Railroad Company--Acquisition Exemption--Lines 
of Consolidated Rail Corporation

    Warren & Trumbull Railroad Company (WTRC), a Class III rail 
carrier, has filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to 
acquire from Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) 12.9 miles of rail 
line (Lordstown Cluster Lines) in the State of Ohio between Milepost 
15.5 and Milepost 17.3, in North Warren; between Milepost 17.3, in 
Warren, and Milepost 20.0, in North Warren; between Milepost 57.0, at 
Deforest, and Milepost 58.5, at Niles; between Milepost 62.1, at Niles, 
and Milepost 66.4, at Youngstown; between Milepost 0.0, at Brier Hill, 
and Milepost 0.7, at Leadville; and between Milepost 4.1, at Ohio Works 
Junction, and Milepost 6.0, at Girard. In addition, WTRC will acquire 
incidental trackage rights to operate over the Conrail line between 
Youngstown and Warren, OH, for the purpose of connecting operations 
over the Lordstown Cluster Lines and between these lines and WTRC's 
existing lines, and facilitating an interchange with Conrail at its 
Haselton Yard. WTRC will operate the property.
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    \1\ The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. 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. 10902.
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or after August 
2, 1996.
    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) may be filed at any time. The filing of a petition to 
revoke does not automatically stay the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 33012, 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

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copy of each pleading must be served on: Kelvin J. Dowd, Esq., Slover & 
Loftus, 1224 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036. Telephone: 
(202) 347-7170.

    Decided: August 5, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-20579 Filed 8-12-96; 8:45 am]
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