[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5515-5516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2855]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[STB Finance Docket No. 33348]


Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Wisconsin Central Ltd.

    Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WCL) has agreed to grant non-exclusive 
overhead trackage rights to Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company (SSMB) over 
WCL's line of railroad between milepost 310.7 at Hermansville, MI, and 
milepost 342.7 at Gladstone, MI, a distance of approximately 32.0.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on January 29, 1997, 
or upon SSMB's consummation of the transaction in STB Finance Docket 
No. 33290, Sault St. Marie Bridge Company--Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption--Lines of Union Pacific Railroad Company, whichever is 
later.1
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    \1\ The exemption in STB Finance Docket No. 33290 became 
effective on January 20, 1997. SSMB agreed to refrain from 
consummating the acquisition until January 24, 1997. A petition to 
stay the effective date, that had been filed on January 6, 1997, was 
denied by a decision served on January 24, 1997.
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    WCL has concurrently filed a Notice of Exemption in STB Finance 
Docket No. 33349, Wisconsin Central Ltd.--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company. In conjunction with that filing, the 
proposed trackage rights will allow SSMB and WCL to jointly utilize 
their parallel lines between Hermansville, MI, and Larch/Gladstone, MI, 
for the purpose of improving the flexibility and efficiency of 
operations in that corridor.
    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).
    This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). If it 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. 33348, 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 Thomas J. Litwiler, Esq., Oppenheimer Wolff 
& Donnelly, Two Prudential

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Plaza, 45th Floor, 180 North Stetson Avenue, Chicago, IL 60601.

    Decided: January 29, 1997.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-2855 Filed 2-4-97; 8:45 am]
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