[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 249 (Thursday, December 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68092-68093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32774]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[STB Finance Docket No. 33317]


Union Pacific Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company

    Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DMIR) has agreed to grant 
overhead trackage rights to Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) over a 
total of approximately 0.83 miles of rail line located in Douglas 
County, WI, between milepost 17.79 near Saunders (at the BN 
connection), and milepost 16.96 near Pokegama (at the yard of Duluth, 
Winnipeg and Pacific Railway).1 The transaction was expected to be 
consummated on December 17, 1996.
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    \1\  The trackage rights transaction is an extension of overhead 
trackage rights granted to Chicago and North Western Railway Company 
(CNW) between South Itasca and Saunders, WI. See 47 FR 42658 
(September 21, 1982). On April 25, 1995, CNW was merged into UP 
pursuant to authority granted in Finance Docket No. 32133, and UP 
continued the trackage rights operation.
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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. 33317, 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: Joseph D. Anthofer, 
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: December 17, 1996.


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    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-32774 Filed 12-24-96; 8:45 am]
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