[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 221 (Monday, November 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 61424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30129]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33498]


Grand Trunk Western Railroad Incorporated; Trackage Rights 
Exemption; Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Company

    Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Company (EJ&E) has agreed to grant 
non-exclusive overhead trackage rights to Grand Trunk Western Railroad 
Incorporated (GTW) over 60.1 miles of EJ&E's main line track between 
the EJ&E/GTW connection at Griffith, IN (milepost 36.1 on EJ&E's 
Eastern Subdivision), and a point 7,500 feet west of the west switch of 
Eola Yard, at Eola, IL (milepost 24.0 on EJ&E's Western Subdivision).
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or after November 
10, 1997, the effective date of the exemption.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to enable GTW to improve 
service and transit times between Griffith and Eola.
    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. 33498, 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: November 10, 1997.

    By the Board, Beryl Gordon, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-30129 Filed 11-14-97; 8:45 am]
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