[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 63 (Friday, March 31, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 17341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8016]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33865]


Illinois & Midland Railroad, Inc.--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Union Pacific Railroad Company

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to grant 
nonexclusive bridge trackage rights to Illinois & Midland Railroad, 
Inc. (I&M) approximately from milepost 8.9, at the Illinois River 
Bridge, to milepost 51.0, at Barr, IL, a distance of approximately 42.1 
miles.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or after March 
20, 2000.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to promote operating 
efficiencies by providing I&M with an alternate route between 
Springfield, IL, and UP's Illinois River Bridge.
    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. 33865, 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 Rose-Michele Weinryb, Esq., Weiner, Brodsky, Sidman & 
Kider, P.C., 1350 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, DC 
20005-4797.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: March 27, 2000.
    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-8016 Filed 3-30-00; 8:45 am]
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