[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58834-58835]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23695]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34247]


AN Railway, L.L.C.--Lease and Operation Exemption--Apalachicola 
Northern Railroad Company

    AN Railway, L.L.C. (ANLLC), a noncarrier, has filed a verified 
notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to lease and operate 
approximately 96 miles of rail line presently owned by the Apalachicola 
Northern Railroad Company (ANRR) \1\ between milepost 0 at Port St. 
Joe, FL, and milepost 96 at Chattahoochee, FL. The line to be

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acquired in this transaction has 12 stations that are located in 
Florida at: Port St. Joe (milepost 0); Apalachicola (milepost 20); 
Borrow Pit (milepost 28); Beverly (milepost 29); Sumatra (milepost 40); 
Wilma (milepost 50); Vilas (milepost 57); Telogia (milepost 67); 
Hosford (milepost 70); Greensboro (milepost 84); Hardaway (milepost 
88); and Chattachoochee (milepost 96). ANLLC will operate two round-
trip road trains per week between Port St. Joe and Chattahoochee, with 
extra trains and switching service available as needed to meet 
shippers' requirements; will serve Gulf transloading facilities at Port 
St. Joe; and will interchange traffic with CSX Transportation, Inc., at 
Chattachochee, as ANRR does today. Also, to facilitate operations, 
ANLLC will purchase from ANRR 6 locomotives, 148 railroad cars, and 
various vehicles, articles of communication and rail maintenance 
equipment and supplies, and other transportation-related personalty. 
The items purchased comprise substantially all of ANRR's equipment and 
rolling stock.
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    \1\ ANLLC has reached an operating agreement with ANRR on terms 
to govern the lease of the Port St. Joe-Chattahoochee line. After 
consummation of the exemption, ANLLC will be the operator of the 
line.
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    ANLLC certifies that its projected revenues as a result of this 
transaction will not exceed those that would qualify it as a Class III 
rail carrier.
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or after August 
30, 2002, the effective date of the exemption (7 days after the 
exemption was filed).
    This transaction is related to STB Finance Docket No. 34246, K. 
Earl Dudren, Rail Management Corporation, and Rail Partners, L.P.--
Continuance in Control Exemption--AN Railway, L.L.C., wherein K. Earl 
Durden, Rail Management Corporation, and Rail Partners, L.P., have 
concurrently filed a verified notice to continue in control of ANLLC 
upon its becoming a Class III rail carrier.
    If the verified 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 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. 34247, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a 
copy of each pleading must be served on Kelvin J. Dowd, Slover & 
Loftus, 1224 Seventeenth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: September 11, 2002.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-23695 Filed 9-17-02; 8:45 am]
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