[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 44571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18047]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33900]


Norfolk Southern Railway Co.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Ohio 
Southern Railroad, Incorporated in Perry County, OH

    Ohio Southern Railroad, Incorporated (OSRR) has agreed to grant 
overhead trackage rights to Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) over 
OSRR's mainline of railroad between the division of control/ownership 
between OSRR and the Pennsylvania Lines LLC (PRR) line of railroad 
operated by NS, (1) between milepost RQ-36.0 at Wilbren, and the south 
wye connection, milepost RQ-38.1, at New Lexington, OH, known as the 
Rosevillle Industrial Track, and (2) the above-mentioned milepost RQ-
38.1 and milepost RR-47.3 of PRR's line knows as the West Virginia 
Secondary, a total distance of approximately 2.3 miles.
    NS states that the transaction is related to and will be effective 
on the consummation of OSRR's acquisition of the line pursuant to its 
notice of exemption filed June 30, 2000, in STB Finance Docket No. 
33895, Ohio Southern Railroad, Incorporated--Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption--Pennsylvania Lines LLC and Norfolk Southern Railway Company.
    The purpose of this trackage rights is to permit NS to continue 
operations over the line recently subleased by NS and PRR to OSRR and 
to facilitate the development of a more efficient routing for both OSRR 
and NS. See STB Finance Docket No. 33895.
    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. 33900, 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 John V. Edwards, Norfolk Southern Railway Corporation, 
Three Commercial Place, Norfolk, VA 23510-2191.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: July 11, 2000.

    By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-18047 Filed 7-17-00; 8:45 am]
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