[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 207 (Thursday, October 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 55183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27260]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or 
Modification of a Railroad Signal System or Relief From the 
Requirements of Title 49 CFR Part 236

    Pursuant to Title 49 CFR Part 235 and 49 U.S.C. App. 26, the 
following railroads have petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration 
(FRA) seeking approval for the discontinuance or modification of the 
signal system or relief from the requirements of Title 49 CFR Part 236 
as detailed below.

Block Signal Application (BS-AP)-No. 3405

Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad Company, Mr. P. M. Abaray, Chief 
Engineer-Signals/Quality, 1416 Dodge Street, Room 1000, Omaha, Nebraska 
68179-0001

    The Union Pacific Railroad Company seeks approval of the proposed 
modification of the traffic control signal system, on the two main 
tracks, at Stockton, California, milepost 91.8, on the Canyon 
Subdivision, consisting of the discontinuance and removal of controlled 
signals ``L'' and ``R''.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is that train operations 
in the area no longer require signals at this location.

BS-AP-No. 3408

Applicant: R. J. Corman Railroad Company, Mr. J.D. Boles, Supervisor of 
Signals, P.O. Box 337, Guthrie, Kentucky 42234

    The R.J. Corman Railroad Company seeks approval of the proposed 
discontinuance and removal of the North and South absolute signals, on 
the single main track, governing movements over the Cumberland River 
Bridge, milepost 178.0, near Clarksville, Tennessee, Memphis Line, 
Clarksville Subdivision, associated with the installation of mast 
mounted stop signs.
    The reason given for the proposed changes is that the signal 
appliances are in very poor, nonmaintainable, and broken condition due 
to extensive vandalism and age of the devices, and the amount of 
business performed on this area of trackage does not warrant the 
extensive repairs to maintain the absolute signals.

BS-AP-No. 3409

Applicant: Northern Vermont Railway Company, Mr. Robert T. Schmidt, 
President and CEO, Northern Main Junction Park, RR2 Box 45, Bangor, 
Maine 04401-9602

    The Northern Vermont Railway Company seeks approval of the proposed 
discontinuance and removal of the train signal system, on the single 
main track, between Newport, Vermont, milepost 1.8 and Wells River, 
Vermont, milepost 63.7, on the Lyndonville Subdivision; and between 
milepost 58.3 and milepost 55.3, near Newport, Vermont, on the Newport 
Subdivision, a total distance of approximately 65 miles.
    The reasons given for the proposed changes are that freight train 
service has altered the operations in the application area, there have 
been no train meets for several years on the Lyndonville Subdivision, 
and the maintenance and repair of the signal system is very expensive.
    Any interested party desiring to protest the granting of an 
application shall set forth specifically the grounds upon which the 
protest is made, and contain a concise statement of the interest of the 
protestant in the proceeding. The original and two copies of the 
protest shall be filed with the Associate Administrator for Safety, 
FRA, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590 within 45 
calendar days of the date of issuance of this notice. Additionally, one 
copy of the protest shall be furnished to the applicant at the address 
listed above.
    FRA expects to be able to determine these matters without oral 
hearing. However, if a specific request for an oral hearing is 
accompanied by a showing that the party is unable to adequately present 
his or her position by written statements, an application may be set 
for public hearing.

    Issued in Washington, D.C. on October 16, 1996.
Phil Olekszyk,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Compliance and Program 
Implementation.
[FR Doc. 96-27260 Filed 10-23-96; 8:45 am]
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