[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 226 (Tuesday, November 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64990-64991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31239]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33682]


Union Pacific Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Alameda Belt Line

    Alameda Belt Line (ABL) has agreed to grant local trackage rights 
to Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) over 1.80 miles of ABL's rail 
line between milepost 0.00 near Clement Avenue and milepost 1.80 near 
Sherman Street in the city of Alameda, Alameda County, CA. ABL is 
jointly owned by UP and The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway 
Company (BNSF), and, after the trackage rights are effective, UP will 
handle rail cars as the operating agent for BNSF.
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or after 
November 13, 1998.
    The purpose of the local trackage rights is to permit UP to 
directly serve customers on the line, which UP expects to result in an 
efficient and economical route for the shippers in the area.
    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

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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. 33682, 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.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: November 17, 1998.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-31239 Filed 11-23-98; 8:45 am]
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