[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 31975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14468]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34049]


The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company--Trackage 
Rights Exemption--The Kansas City Southern Railway Company

    The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCS) has agreed to grant 
limited overhead trackage rights to The Burlington Northern and Santa 
Fe Railway Company (BNSF) over KCS's rail line (1) between KCS milepost 
220.28 in Tennison, TX, and KCS milepost 201.89 in Wylie, TX, and (2) 
between KCS Engineering Station HB 43+59' in Wylie and KCS Engineering 
Station 1097+80' in Wylie, a total distance of approximately 21.14 
miles.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or after June 5, 
2001, the effective date of the exemption.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow BNSF to move Norfolk 
Southern Railway Company haulage trains over the subject trackage to 
and from KCS's Wylie Yard.
    Any employees affected by the subject transaction will be protected 
by the labor conditions prescribed 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. 34049 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 Michael E. Roper, 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: June 4, 2001.
    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-14468 Filed 6-12-01; 8:45 am]
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