[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 240 (Thursday, December 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65428-65429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31539]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[STB Finance Docket No. 33299]


Fillmore Western Railway Company; Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption; Burlington Northern Railroad Company

    Fillmore Western Railway Company (FWRY) has filed a verified notice 
of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31: (1) To acquire and operate 
approximately 63.5 miles of rail line; and (2) to acquire incidental 
trackage rights over approximately 1 mile of rail line, a total of 
approximately 64.5 miles of rail line owned by the Burlington Northern 
Railroad Company and located in the State of Nebraska.1 The 
proposed transaction was to be consummated not sooner than November 25, 
1996, the effective date of the exemption.
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    \1\ FWRY has confirmed that the total route miles being acquired 
is 64.5 miles (rather than 65.8 miles).
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    The lines involved in the acquisition are described as follows: 
Fairmont, Nebraska-Milligan, between milepost 8.1 and milepost 23.0; 
Fairmont, Nebraska-Bruning, between milepost 1.7 and milepost 24.5; 
East Strang Junction, Nebraska-Tobias, Nebraska-Daykin, between 
milepost 17.9 at East Strang Junction and milepost 23.2/28.4 at Tobias, 
and on to milepost 36.2 at Daykin; and, West Strang Junction, Nebraska-
Shickley, between milepost 37.5 and milepost 45.0.
    The incidental trackage rights to be acquired are over a segment of 
track at Fairmont between milepost 112.8 and milepost 113.8.
    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 automatically stay the transaction.

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    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 33299, 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: T. Scott Bannister, 
1300 Des Moines Building, 405 6th Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309.

    Decided: December 4, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-31539 Filed 12-11-96; 8:45 am]
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