[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35249-35250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16654]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33766]


The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company--Trackage 
Rights Exemption--Illinois Central Railroad Company

    Illinois Central Railroad Company (IC) has agreed to grant limited 
overhead trackage rights to The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 
Railway Company (BNSF) over IC's rail line

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between a point near milepost AO 37.5 near Joliet, IL, and a point near 
milepost AO 10.7 at Glenn Yard in Chicago, IL, a distance of 
approximately 26.8 miles.
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or soon after 
June 18, 1999.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to permit BNSF to interchange 
cars with IC and Canadian National Railway Company.
    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. 33766, 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 Michael E. Roper, 3017 Lou Menk Drive, P.O. Box 961039, Fort 
Worth, TX 76161-0039.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: June 23, 1999.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-16654 Filed 6-29-99; 8:45 am]
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