[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36420-36421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16897]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33774]


Chicago SouthShore & South Bend Railroad--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--CSX Transportation, Inc.

    CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) has agreed to grant overhead 
trackage rights to Chicago SouthShore & South Bend Railroad (CSS) over 
CSXT's Barr Subdivision between the connection with CSS at milepost 
BI241.4, at Miller, IN, and CSXT's connection with Baltimore and Ohio 
Chicago Terminal Railroad Company (B&OCT) at milepost BI248.8, at Pine 
Junction, IN, a distance of approximately 7.4 miles.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or shortly after 
June 30, 1999.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to permit CSS to interchange 
certain traffic with B&OCT at Barr Yard, thereby promoting operating 
efficiencies.
    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. 33774, 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 (1) Rose-Michele Weinryb, Esq., Chicago SouthShore & South 
Bend Railroad, 1350 New York Ave., NW., Suite 800, Washington, DC 
20005-4797, and (2) Charles M. Rosenberger, CSX Transportation, Inc., 
500 Water Street, Jacksonville, FL 32202.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''


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    Decided: June 28, 1999.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-16897 Filed 7-2-99; 8:45 am]
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