[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 77 (Wednesday, April 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 20000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10527]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33584]


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) from Beaumont, TX, at or near milepost 0.07 to Silsbee, 
TX, at or near milepost 152.16, continuing through Cleveland, TX, at or 
near milepost 94.9 and Conroe, TX, at or near milepost 72.1, to 
Navasota, TX, at or near milepost 28.14, a distance of 144.32 miles. 
Further, BNSF has agreed that UP may enter or exit the trackage rights 
line at Cleveland and at Conroe.
    The transaction is expected to be consummated on or shortly after 
April 13, 1998, the effective date of the exemption.
    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 the notice 
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. 33584, 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 Joseph D. Anthofer, General Attorney, 1416 Dodge Street, 
#830, Omaha, NE 68179.

    Decided: April 13, 1998.
    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-10527 Filed 4-21-98; 8:45 am]
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