[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 2671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1079]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33833]


The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company--Trackage 
Rights Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to grant overhead 
trackage rights to The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company 
(BNSF) over UP's rail line between Stockton, CA, in the vicinity of 
UP's milepost 82.3 (Fresno Subdivision), and Fresno, CA, in the 
vicinity of UP's milepost 207.0 (Fresno Subdivision). BNSF will operate 
its own trains with its own crews over UP's line under the trackage 
rights agreement.\1\
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    \1\ On December 29, 1999, BNSF and UP filed a petition for 
exemption in STB Finance Docket No. 33833 (Sub-No. 1), The 
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company, wherein BNSF and UP 
request that the Board permit the proposed overhead trackage rights 
arrangement described in the present proceeding to expire on 
February 7, 2000. That petition will be addressed by the Board in a 
separate decision.
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    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or shortly after 
January 15, 2000.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow BNSF to operate over 
an alternate line while BNSF's lines are undergoing maintenance and 
repair.
    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. 33833, 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 Yolanda Grimes Brown, Esq., The Burlington Northern and 
Santa Fe Railway Company, P.O. Box 961039, Fort Worth, TX 76161-0039.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: January 11, 2000.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-1079 Filed 1-14-00; 8:45 am]
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