[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26611-26612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12644]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33379]


CSX Transportation, Inc.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Consolidated 
Rail Corporation

    Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) has agreed to grant 
overhead trackage rights to CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) between 
Conrail's connection with CSXT's line of railroad on the east near the 
Interstate 70/65 undergrade, at approximately milepost 1.5, through 
``IU'' Interlocking and the Indianapolis Union Station area, and the 
connection with Conrail's St. Louis Line, formerly the Indianapolis 
Union Railway Company,1 near West Street, at approximately 
milepost 0.4, a distance of approximately 1.1 miles, in Marion County, 
IN.2
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    \1\ CSXT, Conrail, and The Indiana Rail Road Company are 
surviving parties to an agreement dated September 20, 1883, whereby 
all three maintained the right to operate over property owned by the 
former Indianapolis Union Railway Company (IU). IU's properties were 
conveyed to Conrail in 1976 by the United States Railway 
Administration. The track over which CSXT operates consists of 
Conrail's 13.5-mile Indianapolis Belt Running Track (Belt Track) and 
the trackage which is the subject matter of this notice. The 
surviving parties have agreed to terminate the 1883 agreement 
because many of its provisions have become obsolete. The Board has 
approved CSXT's notice of exemption to discontinue its trackage 
rights over the Belt Track in CSX Transportation, Inc.--
Discontinuance of Trackage Rights Exemption--in Marion County, IN, 
STB Docket No. AB-55 (Sub-No. 546X) (STB served Apr. 22, 1997).
    \2\ The trackage rights involved in this proceeding are an 
extension of the trackage rights approved in CSX Transportation, 
Inc.--Exemption--Trackage Rights--Consolidated Rail Corporation, 
Finance Docket No. 31242 (ICC served Mar. 30, 1988).
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    In its notice, CSXT stated its intention that the trackage rights 
would become effective on April 20, 1997. The earliest the exemption 
could take effect is Tuesday, May 6, 1997, 7 days after the notice of 
exemption was filed at the Board.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow CSXT to preserve its 
use of Conrail's trackage in downtown Indianapolis through the 
Indianapolis Union Station area.
    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

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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. 33379, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be 
served on Charles M. Rosenberger, Esq., 500 Water Street, Jacksonville, 
FL 32202.

    Decided: May 6, 1997.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-12644 Filed 5-13-97; 8:45 am]
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