[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 50552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24179]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33798]


Canadian National Railway Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--New 
York Central Lines LLC

    New York Central Lines LLC (NYC) has agreed to grant limited, non-
exclusive overhead trackage rights to Canadian National Railway Company 
(CN) over a segment of NYC's lines between CP 437 on Belt Line Branch 
and the NYC/South Buffalo Railroad (SBRR) connection at the west end of 
NYC's Seneca Yard near Chicago Line milepost 5.0, both in the vicinity 
of Buffalo, NY, via: (i)(a) Chicago Line between CP 437 and CP 2, or 
(b) Compromise Branch between CP 437 and CP 2; and (ii) NYC's 
designated Seneca Yard trackage between CP 2 and CP 5, a total distance 
of approximately 7-8 miles, depending upon route, including NYC Seneca 
Yard trackage that CN requires to reasonably conduct interchange with 
SBRR.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or shortly after 
September 10, 1999.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is generally to improve service 
and transit times for CN's traffic moving through the Buffalo area, and 
to facilitate CN's interchange with SBRR.
    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. 33798, 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 Robert P. vom Eigen, Esq., Hopkins & Sutter, 888 16th 
Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.

    Decided: September 10, 1999.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-24179 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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