[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 239 (Friday, December 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 65472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32563]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33521]


Norfolk Southern Railway Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Pickens Railway Company

    Pickens Railway Company (Pickens) has agreed to grant local access 
trackage rights to Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR) over 
approximately 1.2 miles of Pickens' tracks between former NSR milepost 
Z-9.0 and former NSR milepost Z-10.2, the division of ownership between 
Pickens and NSR at Murray Street, in Anderson, SC.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated after the closing 
date of the transaction in Pickens Railway Company--Acquisition and 
Operation Exemption--Norfolk Southern Railway Company, STB Finance 
Docket No. 33423 (STB served July 17, 1997), which is anticipated to be 
on or after December 11, 1997.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to permit NSR to provide 
service on a joint basis with Pickens to present and future rail 
patrons and to park occupied circus train cars in Anderson.
    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. 33521, 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 James R. Paschall, Esq., Norfolk Southern Railway Company, 
Three Commercial Place, Norfolk, VA 23510-9241.

    Decided: December 4, 1997.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-32563 Filed 12-11-97; 8:45 am]
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