[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 56235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28635]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33473]


Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd.; Trackage Rights Exemption; The 
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company

    The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) has 
agreed to grant overhead trackage rights to Iowa Interstate Railroad, 
Ltd. (IAIS), between the connection of the parties at East Moline, IL, 
at or near milepost 246.17, and the connection of the parties at Rock 
Island, IL, at or near milepost 253.51, all within Rock Island County, 
IL. The total distance of the trackage rights is approximately 7.34 
miles. The transaction is be consummated on or soon after October 21, 
1997, the effective date of the exemption.
    The purpose of the proposed trackage rights is for IAIS and BNSF to 
improve operational and maintenance efficiencies and to combine 
operations over parallel lines of railroad which BNSF and IAIS have in 
or near the cities of Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline, IL.
    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 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. 33473, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20423-0001 and served on: T. Scott Bannister, Secretary 
& General Counsel, Iowa Interstate Railroad, Ltd., 1300 Des Moines 
Building, 405 Sixth Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50309.

    Decided: October 20, 1997.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-28635 Filed 10-28-97; 8:45 am]
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