[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 65 (Monday, April 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 16859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8850]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33574]


The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company--Trackage 
Rights Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to grant limited 
overhead trackage rights to The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 
Railway Company (BNSF) between the following points: (1) Shawnee 
Junction, WY, in the vicinity of UP's milepost 271.4 (North Platte 
Subdivision) and Northport, NE, in the vicinity of UP's milepost 117.3 
(North Platte Subdivision), a distance of approximately 154 miles 
(Shawnee Junction segment); (2) Fish Lake, WA, in the vicinity of UP's 
milepost 354.7 (Spokane Subdivision) and Attalia, WA, in the vicinity 
of UP's milepost 215.7 (Spokane Subdivision), a distance of 
approximately 139 miles (Fish Lake segment); and (3)(a) Lewisville, AR, 
in the vicinity of UP's milepost 390.3 (Pine Bluff Subdivision) and Big 
Sandy, TX, in the vicinity of UP's milepost 525.0, on the Pine Bluff 
Subdivision (milepost 112.95 Dallas Subdivision), and (b) Longview, TX, 
in the vicinity of UP's milepost 89.6, on the Dallas Subdivision 
(milepost 0.0 Palestine Subdivision) and Dallas, TX, in the vicinity of 
UP's milepost 214.6 (Dallas Subdivision), a distance of approximately 
260 miles (Lewisville/Longview segment).1
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ On March 24, 1998, BNSF and UP filed a petition for 
exemption in STB Finance Docket No. 33574 (Sub-No. 1), The 
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company, wherein BNSF and UP 
request that the Board permit the overhead trackage rights 
arrangement described in the present proceeding to expire on July 
15, 1998, for the Shawnee Junction segment, on September 1, 1998, 
for the Fish Lake segment, and on July 31, 1998, for the Lewisville/
Longview segment. That petition will be addressed by the Board in a 
separate decision.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on April 1, 1998, 
for the Shawnee Junction segment, on July 1, 1998, for the Fish Lake 
segment, and on June 15, 1998, for the Lewisville/Longville segment.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow BNSF to operate over 
an alternate line while BNSF's line is undergoing maintenance and 
repair.
    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. 33574, 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 Yolanda M. Grimes, Esq., The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 
Railway Company, P.O. Box 961039, Fort Worth, TX 76161-0039.

    Decided: March 30, 1998.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-8850 Filed 4-3-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-00-P