[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 118 (Thursday, June 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 33457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16119]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33409]


Southern Pacific Transportation Company--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company

    Union Pacific Railroad Company has agreed to grant overhead 
trackage rights to Southern Pacific Transportation Company over 
trackage from milepost 377.98, at Houston (near Gulf Coast Junction), 
to milepost 456.7, at Beaumont (near Langham Road), a distance of 78.72 
miles, in the State of Texas.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on June 16, 1997.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to facilitate efficient train 
operations in a one-way directional move of rail traffic between 
Houston and Beaumont, TX.
    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. 33409, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be 
served on Joseph D. Anthofer, Esq., 1416 Dodge Street, #830, Omaha, NE 
68179.

    Decided: June 12, 1997.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-16119 Filed 6-18-97; 8:45 am]
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