[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 8 (Friday, January 11, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1535-1536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-414]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34143]


Keokuk Junction Railway Co.--Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption--West End of the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway 
Corporation

    Keokuk Junction Railway Co. (KJRY), a Class III rail carrier, has 
filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to acquire and operate 
approximately 12.1 miles of rail line owned by Toledo, Peoria and 
Western Railway Corporation (TP&W), plus 15.5 miles of incidental 
trackage rights over The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway 
Company (BNSF) between Lomax, IL, and Fort Madison, IA.\1\ The

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line to be acquired extends from milepost 194.5 near La Harpe, IL, to 
milepost 206.6 near Lomax, IL. The incidental trackage rights extend 
over BNSF's line between milepost 218.5 near Lomax and milepost 234.0 
near Fort Madison, and tracks numbered 66, 37, 65, 125, 84, 81, 70, 38, 
233, 185, 251, 181, 182, 259, 90, 91, 151, 366, 260, 261, and 344 or 
portions thereof in BNSF's Fort Madison Yard (formerly Atchison Topeka 
and Santa Fe Railway Yard), plus North and South main line tracks 
between milepost 234.0 and milepost 236.5. KJRY states that it has 
entered into an agreement to buy certain assets, rights and obligations 
of TP&W referenced in this proceeding. KJRY certifies that its 
projected annual revenues as a result of this transaction will not 
result in the creation of a Class I or Class II rail carrier.
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    \1\ The County of McDonough, City of Macomb, and Joseph C. Szabo 
filed a petition on December 18, 2001, to stay the effectiveness of 
this exemption and to stay the operation of the exemptions in SF&L 
Railway, Inc.--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--Toledo, Peoria 
and Western Railway Corporation Between La Harpe and Peoria, IL, STB 
Finance Docket No. 33995, and Kern W. Schumacher and Morris H. 
Kulmer--Continuance in Control Exemption--SF&L Railway, Inc., STB 
Finance Docket No. 33996. The petition to stay was denied in Keokuk 
Junction Railway Company--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--West 
End of Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway Corporation, STB Finance 
Docket No. 34143, SF&L Railway, Inc.--Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption--Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway Corporation Between La 
Harpe And Peoria, IL, STB Finance Docket No. 33995, and Kern W. 
Schumacher and Morris H. Kulmer--Continuance in Control Exemption--
SF&L Railway, Inc., STB Finance Docket No. 33996 (STB served Dec. 
26, 2001).
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or after 
December 19, 2001, the effective date of the exemption.
    If the notice 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. 34143, 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 William A. Mullins, 401 Ninth Street, N.W., Suite 1000, 
Washington, DC 20004.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.

    Decided: January 2, 2002.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-414 Filed 1-10-02; 8:45 am]
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