[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13041-13042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6593]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34175]


Canadian National Railway Company and Wisconsin Central Ltd.--
Trackage Rights Exemption--Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Company

    Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Company (WSOR), pursuant to a written 
trackage rights amendment agreement entered into between WSOR and 
Canadian National Railway Company (CN) (for CN and on behalf of 
Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation (WCTC) and WCTC's wholly 
owned subsidiary Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WCL)),\1\ has agreed to grant

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nonexclusive overhead trackage rights to WCL over WSOR's main line 
between milepost 115.9 at Slinger, WI, and milepost 93.2 \2\ at North 
Milwaukee, WI, including trackage rights connecting with FVW's main 
line at DBR Junction milepost 103.1, and connecting with WCL's Plymouth 
Sub at North Milwaukee (joint trackage), a distance of approximately 
22.7 miles.\3\
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    \1\ CN has been authorized to control WCTC and WCTC's 
subsidiaries, which include WCL and Fox Valley & Western Ltd. (FVW). 
See Canadian National Railway Company, Grand Truck Corporation, and 
WC Merger Sub, Inc.--Control--Wisconsin Central Transportation 
Corporation, Wisconsin Central Ltd., Fox Valley & Western Ltd., 
Sault Ste. Marie Bridge Company, and Wisconsin Chicago Link Ltd., 
STB Finance Docket No. 34000 (STB served Sept. 7, 2001).
    \2\ This is the point where WSOR ownership ends and Canadian 
Pacific Railway Company (Canadian Pacific) ownership begins.
    \3\ The trackage rights amend and expand rights already in place 
between milepost 112.6 at Rugby Junction and milepost 93.4 at North 
Milwaukee. See Wisconsin Central Ltd.--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Company, STB Finance Docket No. 33600 
(STB served June 2, 1998).
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or soon after 
March 7, 2002, the effective date of the exemption (7 days after the 
notice was filed).
    The proposed amendment to the trackage rights would grant CN and 
WCL the right to use the joint trackage for the operation of its 
freight trains, locomotives, cabooses and rail cars (including business 
cars) and roadway equipment in its account over the subject line with 
WSOR and other carriers that may be permitted to use all or any part of 
the subject line for, among other things, the purpose of interchanging 
cars between WCL and Canadian Pacific and Union Pacific Railroad 
Company, and between WCL and FVW, as well as connecting various WCL and 
FVW lines and trackage rights.
    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 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. 34175, 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, a copy of each pleading must be 
served on Michael J. Barron, Jr., 455 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, 
Chicago, IL 60211-5317.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: March 13, 2002.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-6593 Filed 3-19-02; 8:45 am]
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