[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 50 (Thursday, March 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 11548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6022]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34174]


Grand Trunk Western Railroad Incorporated--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--Pennsylvania Lines LLC and Norfolk Southern Railway Company

    Pennsylvania Lines LLC (PRR), as owner, and Norfolk Southern 
Railway Company (NS), as operator, pursuant to a written trackage 
rights agreement entered into among Grand Trunk Western Railroad 
Incorporated, PRR and NS, have agreed to grant nonexclusive overhead 
trackage rights to GTW \1\ between milepost UW-2.4 of the former 
Chicago Junction Railway Company to a point approximately 250 feet 
south of 43rd Street via Tracks #237 and #222, and between 43rd Street 
and a point approximately 100 feet south of 43rd Street, via Track 
#224, all in Chicago, IL, a total distance of approximately 0.7 miles.
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    \1\ GTW is a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian National 
Railway Company.
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or after March 
7, 2002, the effective date of the exemption.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow GTW to connect with 
Track #224.
    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. 34174, 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 J. Barron, Jr., 455 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, 
Chicago, IL 60611-5317.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.

    Decided: March 7, 2002.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-6022 Filed 3-13-02; 8:45 am]
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