[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 135 (Wednesday, July 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18851]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33608]


Rock & Rail, Inc.--Lease and Operation Exemption--Royal Gorge 
Express, LLC

    Rock & Rail, Inc., a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of 
exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to lease from Royal Gorge Express, LLC, 
and to operate, approximately 11.75 miles of rail line in Freemont 
County, CO, between milepost 171.90, at Parkdale, and milepost 160.15, 
at Canon City.1
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    \1\ The lease of the line is subject to a permanent, irrevocable 
overhead trackage rights easement retained by the Union Pacific 
Railroad Company. See Royal Gorge Express, LLC--Acquisition and 
Operation Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company, STB Finance 
Docket No. 33622 (STB served July 15, 1998).
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or after July 6, 
1998.
    If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, 
the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the proceeding 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. 33608, 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 Fritz R. Kahn, Esq., 1100 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 750, 
Washington, DC 20005-3934.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: July 8, 1998.

    By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-18851 Filed 7-14-98; 8:45 am]
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