[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45287-45288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22652]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33444]


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

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to grant overhead 
trackage rights to Southern Pacific Transportation Company over UP's 
north-south rail line known as the Fort Worth Subdivision extending 
between milepost 250.9, near Fort Worth, and milepost 75.5, near Bryan, 
and over the Austin Subdivision from milepost 93.6 near Valley Junction 
(a point on the Fort Worth Subdivision) to milepost 89.6, a total 
distance of 179.4 miles in the State of Texas.
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or after the 
August 8, 1997 effective date of the exemption.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to facilitate efficient train 
operations in a one-way directional movement of trains.
    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. 33444 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: August 20, 1997.


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    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-22652 Filed 8-25-97; 8:45 am]
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