[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 58097]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28885]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[STB Finance Docket No. 33244]


Union Pacific Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Southern Pacific Transportation Company

    Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) has agreed to grant 
overhead trackage rights to Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) over 
six rail segments that total approximately 108 miles of contiguous rail 
lines located in Oakland and in the vicinity of Oakland, CA, as 
follows: (1) the Coast Line between Oakland (MP 3.9) and Newark (MP 
30.6); (2) the Hayward Line between Elmhurst (MP 13.4) and Niles (MP 
29.2); (3) the Milpitas Line between Niles (MP 29.2 and Milpitas (MP 
40.7); (4) the Tracy Line between Newark (MP 37.2) and Niles Junction 
(MP 43.0); (5) the Fresno Line between Stockton (MP 90.9) and Elvas (MP 
136.2); and (6) the Sacramento Line between Sacramento (MP 88.9) and 
Elvas (MP 91.8).1 The transaction was expected to be consummated 
on November 4, 1996, or as soon as possible after November 2, 1996, the 
effective date of the exemption.
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    \1\ UP has confirmed that the Hayward Line is between Elmhurst 
and Niles (rather than Niles Junction), the Milpitas Line is between 
Niles (rather than Niles Junction) and Milpitas, and the six rail 
segments total approximately 108 miles (rather than 107.8 miles).
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    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) may 
be filed at any time. The filing of a petition to revoke will not stay 
the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 33244, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution 
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423 and served on: Robert T. Opal, 
General Attorney, 1416 Dodge Street, #830, Omaha, NE 68179.
    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).

    Decided: November 4, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-28885 Filed 11-08-96; 8:45 am]
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