[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 134 (Tuesday, July 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37931-37932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18726]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33628]


Fort Worth and Western 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 Fort Worth and Western 
Railroad Company (FWWR) over BNSF's rail line in Fort Worth, TX, 
between milepost 2.08 and milepost 4.67, a distance of 2.59 miles.
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or soon after 
July 3, 1998, the effective date of the exemption.
    The purpose of the overhead trackage rights is to allow FWWR to 
directly interchange traffic with Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) 
in Peach Yard (milepost 2.08), thereby improving service, financial 
viability, and operations.
    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. 33628, must be filed with

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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 Kevin M. Sheys, Oppenheimer Wolff 
Donnelly & Bayh LLP, 1350 Eye Street, NW Suite 200, Washington, DC 
20005-3324.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: July 6, 1998.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-18726 Filed 7-13-98; 8:45 am]
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