[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 229 (Monday, November 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65864-65865]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31644]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33681]


Fort Worth & Western Railroad Company--Acquisition Exemption--
South Orient Railroad Company, Ltd.

    Fort Worth & Western Railroad Company (FWWR), a Class III rail 
carrier, has filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to 
acquire by lease and to operate approximately 176 miles of rail line of 
the South Orient Railroad Company, Ltd. (SORC).1
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    \1\ See Cen-Tex Rail Link, Ltd.--Merger Exemption--South Orient 
Railroad Company, Ltd., STB Finance Docket No. 32951 (STB served 
Aug. 2, 1996).
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    The lines to be leased are: (1) Centex Rural Rail Transportation 
District's (a) Fort Worth-Ricker Line, between approximately milepost 1 
+ 1,541 feet near Fort Worth, TX, and approximately milepost 134 + 
2,171 feet near Ricker, TX, and (b) Cresson-Cleburne Line, between 
approximately milepost 18 + 133 feet near Cresson, TX, and 
approximately milepost 0 + 1,167.1 feet near Cleburne, TX; and (2) 
Texas Central Railroad Company's line of railroad between approximately 
milepost 104.6 at Dublin, TX, and approximately milepost 129.5 at 
Gorman, TX.2 In addition, FWWR will acquire from SORC by 
assignment incidental overhead trackage rights over the following 
lines: (1) The Burlington

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Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) line between Ricker 
(approximately milepost 134 + 2,171 feet on the former Atchison, Topeka 
and Santa Fe Railway Company (ATSF) Dublin Subdivision) and San Angelo 
Junction (approximately milepost 0 + 330 feet on the former ATSF San 
Angelo Subdivision), (2) the line segment formerly part of the ATSF 
Dublin Subdivision between approximately milepost 1 + 1,541 feet near 
Fort Worth and approximately milepost 0 + 4,752 feet near Belt 
Junction, and (3) the BNSF line between approximately milepost 1 + 
1,541 feet (former ATSF Dublin Subdivision) and approximately milepost 
368.5 (former ATSF Fort Worth Subdivision) for certain intermodal 
produce shipments.3
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    \2\ See Cen-Tex Rail Link, Ltd.--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Texas Central Railroad Company, Finance Docket No. 32521 (ICC served 
Aug. 18, 1994) and Cen-Tex Rail Link, Ltd.--Lease and Operation 
Exemption--Texas Central Railroad Company, Finance Docket No. 32596 
(ICC served June 18, 1995).
    \3\ See Cen-Tex Rail Link, Ltd.--Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption--Certain Lines of The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 
Railway Company, Finance Docket No. 32507 (ICC served June 10, 
1994), Centex Rural Rail Transportation District--Acquisition 
Exemption--Certain Assets of Cen-Tex Rail Link, Ltd., Finance Docket 
No. 32496 (ICC served Aug. 1, 1994), and Fort Worth and Western 
Railroad Company--Acquisition Exemption--Line of The Atchison, 
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, STB Finance Docket No. 33001 
(STB served Aug. 13, 1996).
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    Finally, FWWR will acquire overhead trackage rights on BNSF's 
former BN Wichita Falls Subdivision between approximately milepost 0.0 
near Tower 55 in Fort Worth and approximately milepost 5.1 near Tower 
60 in Fort Worth (including BNSF's Race Track from approximately 
milepost 2.2 on the preceding segment to the end of track at the 
connection point with the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, a further 
distance of approximately 0.2 miles) and on BNSF's line between 
approximately milepost 1.29 on the former ATSF Dublin Subdivision and 
approximately milepost 349.97 on the former ATSF Fort Worth Subdivision 
near Tower 60 in Fort Worth.4
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    \4\ See Fort Worth & Western Railroad Company--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, 
Finance Docket No. 32524 (ICC served June 24, 1994), and Cen-Tex 
Rail Link, Ltd.--Trackage Rights Exemption-- Burlington Northern 
Railroad Company and The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 
Company, Finance Docket No. 32715 (ICC served June 22 , 1995).
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    The earliest the transaction could be consummated was November 13, 
1998, the effective date of the exemption (7 days after the exemption 
was filed).
    If the verified 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. 33681, 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, one copy of each pleading must 
be served on Kevin M. Sheys, 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: November 20, 1998.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-31644 Filed 11-27-98; 8:45 am]
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