[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 209 (Friday, October 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 64475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-27561]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33949]


Albany & Eastern Railroad Company--Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company

    Albany & Eastern Railroad Company (AERC), a Class III carrier, has 
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire by 
lease from Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) and operate the Mill 
City Branch extending from milepost 689.64, at Page, and milepost 
725.71, at Mill City, a distance of 48.57 miles in Marion and Linn 
Counties, OR (line).\1\ AERC will replace the Willamette Valley Railway 
Company (WVRY) as the lessee and operator of the line.\2\
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    \1\ The line serves the intermediate stations of Lebanon, 
Crabtree, and Lyons, OR. The verified notice indicates that a 
milepost equation near Tallman, OR, 684.87=697.37, makes the line 
12.50 miles longer than would appear from the terminal mileposts.
    \2\ WVRY was authorized to lease and operate the line pursuant 
to Willamette Valley Railway Company--Acquisition, Lease and 
Operation Exemption--Southern Pacific Transportation Company, 
Finance Docket No. 32249 (ICC served Mar. 5, 1993).
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    The transaction is expected to be consummated on or after October 
20, 2000.
    If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, 
the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the proceeding 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. 33949, 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, a copy of each pleading must be 
served on Fritz R. Kahn, Esq., Fritz R. Kahn, P.C., 1920 N Street, 
N.W., 8th Floor, Washington, DC 20036.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: October 19, 2000.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-27561 Filed 10-26-00; 8:45 am]
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