[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 137 (Friday, July 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 38691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19129]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33631]


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 milepost 345.6, at Tower 55-UPRRX near Fort Worth, to 
milepost 217.3, near Temple, a distance of 128.3 miles in the State of 
Texas.1
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    \1\ On July 6, 1998, UP filed a petition for exemption in STB 
Finance Docket No. 33631 (Sub-No. 1), Union Pacific Railroad 
Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--The Burlington Northern and 
Santa Fe Railway Company, wherein UP requests 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 July 13, 1998.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to permit UP to use BNSF 
trackage while UP's trackage is out of service for maintenance.
    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. 33631, 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 Joseph D. Anthofer, Esq., 1416 Dodge Street, No. 830, Omaha, NE 
68179.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: July 13, 1998.

    By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-19129 Filed 7-16-98; 8:45 am]
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