[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 216 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 60313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29491]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33499]


Grand Trunk Western Railroad Incorporated--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--llinois Central Railroad Company

    Illinois Central Railroad Company (IC) has agreed to grant non-
exclusive overhead trackage rights to Grand Trunk Western Railroad 
Incorporated (GTW) over 7.83 miles of IC's mainline track between IC's 
connection with GTW at Harvey, IL (milepost 19.77) and IC's connection 
with Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) at Chicago, IL (milepost 
11.94), with the right to move from either milepost 19.77 or milepost 
11.94 to IC's connection with the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company 
(IHB) at HiLawn/140th Street in Riverdale, IL (milepost 17.77).
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or after November 
4, 1997, the effective date of the exemption.
    The purpose of the local trackage rights is to enable GTW (1) to 
expedite movement of predominantly automotive traffic to NS at Calumet 
Yard in Chicago, IL, and to move light locomotives back, and (2) to 
access the IHB.
    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. 33499, 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 Robert P. vom Eigen, Hopkins & Sutter, 888 Sixteenth Street, 
N.W., Washington, DC 20006.

    Decided: October 31, 1997.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-29491 Filed 11-6-97; 8:45 am]
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