[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 123 (Monday, June 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34696-34697]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16397]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33758]


CSX Transportation, Inc.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Grand Trunk 
Western Railroad Incorporated

    Grand Trunk Western Railroad Incorporated, a wholly owned 
subsidiary of Canadian National Railway Company (CN), has agreed to 
grant overhead trackage rights to CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) 
between CN's connection with Norfolk Southern Railway Company at Ecorse 
Junction, MI, at or near milepost 47.0, and CN's connection with CSXT 
at Toledo, OH, at or near milepost 0.6, on CN's Shoreline Subdivision, 
a total distance of approximately 46.4 miles. CSXT shall also have the 
right to enter and exit this trackage at the proposed connection 
between CN and Consolidated Rail Corporation at Denby, MI, at or near 
CN's milepost 34.1, or at any connection to be mutually agreed upon by 
CN and CSXT.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or after June 24, 
1999.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to improve service to 
customers by reducing congestion and delay in the West Detroit, Delray, 
and Ecorse Junction, MI, areas.
    As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the 
trackage

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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. 33758, 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, one copy of each pleading must 
be served on Charles M. Rosenberger, Esq., CSX Transportation, Inc., 
500 Water Street, (J150), Jacksonville, FL 32202.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: June 21, 1999.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-16397 Filed 6-25-99; 8:45 am]
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