[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11616-11617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-5628]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34313]


Eastern Shore Railroad, Inc.--Operation Exemption-Greater 
Shenandoah Valley Development Company d/b/a Shenandoah Valley Railroad 
Company

    Eastern Shore Railroad, Inc. (ESHR), a Class III rail carrier, has 
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to operate a 
20.2-mile line of railroad owned by Greater Shenandoah Valley 
Development Company d/b/a Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company (SVRR),\1\ 
between Pleasant Valley, VA (milepost 5.0) and Staunton, VA (milepost 
25.2), in Rockingham and Augusta Counties, VA.\2\ ESHR certifies

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that its projected revenues as a result of this transaction will not 
result in the creation of a Class II or Class I rail carrier.
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    \1\ ESHR and SVRR have reached a 3-year agreement for ESHR's 
services, with an effective date of March 1, 2003.
    \2\ The current operator of the line is Buckingham Branch 
Railroad (BBR). Upon consummation of the transaction, ESHR will 
assume operations over the line and BBR will cease its operations 
over the line.
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on March 1, 2003.
    If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, 
the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the proceeding 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. 34313, 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 Larry E. LeMond, 202 Mason 
Avenue, P.O. Box 312, Cape Charles, VA 23310.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: March 3, 2003.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-5628 Filed 3-10-03; 8:45 am]
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