[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 250 (Friday, December 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 68333]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32962]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[STB Finance Docket No. 33308]


Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad, Inc.--Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption--Consolidated Rail Corporation and the Pittsburgh, Chartiers 
and Youghiogheny Railway Company

    Pittsburgh Industrial Railroad, Inc. (PIR), a noncarrier, has filed 
a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire and 
operate certain railroad lines of Consolidated Rail Corporation and the 
Pittsburgh, Chartiers and Youghiogheny Railway Company (PC&Y), a 
subsidiary of Conrail, located in Pennsylvania. The rail lines being 
acquired from Conrail are: (i) between milepost 0.0, at Char Jct., and 
milepost 2.5, at Carnegie (Canon Industrial Track); (ii) between 
milepost 0.5, near Carnegie, and milepost 20.4, at South Strabane 
Township (Canon Industrial Track); (iii) between milepost 2.5, at 
Esplen Interlocking, and milepost 11.0, at Collier Township (Carnegie 
Secondary); (iv) between milepost 0.0, at Collier Township, and 
milepost 0.8, at Heidelburg Borough (Superior Industrial Track); and 
(v) between milepost 0.0, at Houston Borough, and milepost 1.0, at 
Chartiers Township (Westland Branch), for a total of 32.7 miles. The 
rail lines being acquired from PC&Y are: (i) between milepost 0.0, at 
McKees Rocks, and milepost 7.5, at Carnegie; (ii) between milepost 8.9, 
at Woodville Station, and milepost 10.3 at Collier Township; (iii) 
between milepost 0.0, at McKees Rocks, and milepost 6.5, at Neville 
Island (Neville Island Branch); and (iv) between milepost 0.0, at 
Collier Township, and milepost 0.6, at Collier Township (Painter's Run 
Branch), for a total of 16.0 miles. PIR also seeks to acquire 
incidental trackage rights over .80 miles of rail line owned by CSX 
Transportation, Inc., between milepost 1.7 and milepost 2.5 at Neville 
Island.
    The purpose of these trackage rights are to connect the PC&Y's rail 
lines being acquired by PIR.
    The parties intended to consummate the proposed transaction on 
December 6, 1996.
    This transaction is related to STB Finance Docket No. 33309, 
RailTex, Inc.--Continuance in Control Exemption--Pittsburgh Industrial 
Railroad, Inc., where RailTex, Inc. will continue to control PIR, upon 
it becoming a Class III rail carrier.
    If the verified 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.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 33308, 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 copy of each 
pleading must be served on Karl Morell, Esq., Ball Janik LLP, Suite 
225, 1455 F Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.


    Decided: December 20, 1996.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-32962 Filed 12-26-96; 8:45 am]
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