[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48919-48920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24705]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33454]


Union Pacific Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Illinois & Midland Railroad, Inc.

    Illinois & Midland Railroad, Inc. has agreed to grant overhead 
trackage rights to Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) from milepost 
75.4, near Barr, IL, to milepost 85.1, near Springfield, IL, a distance 
of 9.7 miles in Menard and Sangamon Counties, IL.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or after 
September 11, 1997.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to facilitate efficient train 
operations in a continuous route to and from Peoria, IL, after UP has 
abandoned its rail line between Barr and Girard, IL.1
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    \1\ UP has filed an abandonment application in Union Pacific 
Railroad Company-- Abandonment--Barr-Girard Line in Menard, 
Sangamon, and Macoupin Counties, IL, Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 96) 
(STB served Aug. 12, 1996) which was related to, and contingent upon 
the merger approved in Union Pacific Corporation, Union Pacific 
Railroad Company, and Missouri Pacific Railroad Company--Control and 
Merger-- Southern Pacific Rail Corporation, Southern Pacific 
Transportation Company, St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, 
SPCSL Corp., and The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, Finance 
Docket No. 32760 (Decision No. 44) (STB served Aug. 12, 1996).
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    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. 33454, 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

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pleading must be served on Joseph D. Anthofer, Esq., 1416 Dodge Street, 
#830, Omaha, NE 68179.

    Decided: September 9, 1997.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-24705 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]
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