[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 63 (Thursday, April 2, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 16292] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-8526] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Finance Docket No. 33572] Union Pacific Railroad Company--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 Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) over two segments of BNSF's line: (1) between Council Bluffs, IA, at milepost 483.6 on BNSF's Bayard Subdivision (at a point which is equal to milepost 12.8 on BNSF's Omaha Subdivision) and Hastings, NE, at milepost 156.5 on BNSF's Hastings Subdivision, a distance of approximately 214.6 miles over a segment which extends from Council Bluffs through Omaha, NE, Ashland, NE, Lincoln, NE, Crete, NE, and Fairmont, NE, to Hastings, for the period March 30, 1998, through July 15, 1998; and (2) between Hastings, NE, at milepost 156.5 on BNSF's Hastings Subdivison and Northport, NE, at milepost 34.4 on BNSF's Angora Subdivision, a distance of approximately 387.7 miles over a segment which extends from Hastings though Holdredge, NE, Oxford, NE, Culbertson, NE, Wray, CO, East Brush, CO, Sterling, CO, and Sidney, NE, to Northport, for the period March 30, 1998, through September 30, 1998.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ On March 23, 1998, UP filed a petition for exemption in STB Finance Docket No. 33572 (Sub-No. 1), Union Pacific Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, wherein UP requests that the Board permit the overhead trackage rights arrangement described in the present proceeding to expire for the portion of track between Council Bluffs and Hastings effective July 16, 1998, and to expire for the portion of track between Hastings and Northport effective October 1, 1998. That petition will be addressed by the Board in a separate decision. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or after March 30, 1998. The purpose of the trackage rights is to permit UP to use the BNSF trackage when UP's trackage is out of service for scheduled programmed track, roadbed and structural maintenance. 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. 33572, must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on Joseph D. Anthofer, Esq., 1416 Dodge Street, #830, Omaha, NE 68179. Decided: March 25, 1998. By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of Proceedings. Vernon A. Williams, Secretary. [FR Doc. 98-8526 Filed 4-1-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4915-00-P