[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50431-50432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25481]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33459]


Rio Valley Railroad, Inc. and Rio Valley Switching Company--Lease 
and Operation Exemption--Southern Pacific Transportation Company

    Rio Valley Railroad, Inc. (RVRI) and Rio Valley Switching Company 
(RVSC), Class III rail carriers, have filed a joint verified notice of 
exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 for RVRI to lease a total of 12.79 miles 
of rail lines owned by Southern Pacific Transportation Company, and for 
RVSC to operate these lines pursuant to an operating agreement with 
RVRI. The transaction was expected to be consummated on or shortly 
after September 11, 1997, the effective date of the exemption.
    The lines involved in the lease and operation are described as 
follows: (1) A portion of the Brownsville branch at or near Edinburg, 
TX, between milepost 142.65 at the west leg of the wye track and 
milepost 145.0, a short distance east of the plant of Inland Paperbox 
Packaging, a distance of 2.35 miles; and, (2) a portion of the McAllen 
branch between milepost 141.52 at the end of the Edinburg line at or 
near Edinburg, TX, and milepost 151.96 at the point of connection of 
that line with the line of Union Pacific Railroad Company at or near 
McAllen, TX, a distance of 10.44 miles.\1\
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    \1\ In a letter received on September 9, 1997, the applicants' 
representative amended the notice of exemption filed on September 4, 
1997, to change the milepost numbers for the McAllen branch.
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    If the notice 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. 33459, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20423-

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0001 and served on: Thomas F. McFarland, Jr., McFarland & Herman, 20 
North Wacker Drive, Suite 1330, Chicago, IL 60606-2902.

    Decided: September 17, 1997.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-25481 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]
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