[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 119 (Monday, June 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 33979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16531]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33612]


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

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to grant overhead 
trackage rights to The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company 
(BNSF) between Dallas, TX, in the vicinity of UP's milepost 214.6 
(Dallas Subdivision) and Tower 55, Fort Worth, TX, in the vicinity of 
UP's milepost 245.5 (Dallas Subdivision), a distance of approximately 
30.9 miles.1
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    \1\ On June 4, 1998, BNSF and UP filed a petition for exemption 
in STB Finance Docket No. 33612 (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 31, 1998. That petition will be 
addressed by the Board in a separate decision.
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on June 15, 1998.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow BNSF to operate over 
an alternative 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. 33612, 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 Yolanda M. Grimes, Esq., The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 
Railway Company, P. O. Box 961039, Fort Worth, TX 76161-0039.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: June 15, 1998.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-16531 Filed 6-19-98; 8:45 am]
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