[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 135 (Tuesday, July 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41858-41859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17346]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34367]


Portland & Western Railroad, Inc. and Willamette & Pacific 
Railroad, Inc.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad 
Company

    Union Pacific Railway Company (UP) has agreed to grant trackage 
rights to Portland & Western Railroad, Inc. (PNWR) and Willamette & 
Pacific Railroad, Inc. (WPRR) over 0.29 miles of rail line between UP's 
Albany Yard (milepost 691.24) and the point of connection with the 
former Oregon Electric Line \1\ currently being leased by PNWR in 
Albany, OR (milepost 691.53), and approximately 0.20 miles of rail

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line constituting the north leg of the wye track connecting the Toledo 
Branch and the UP Main Line near milepost 691.35, in Oregon.
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    \1\ PNWR's lease of the connecting portion of the Oregon 
Electric Line from The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway 
Company (BNSF) was authorized by the Board in Portland and Western 
Railroad, Inc.--Lease and Operation Exemption--The Burlington 
Northern Santa Fe Railway Company, STB Finance Docket No. 34255 (STB 
served Jan. 3, 2003).
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or after July 2, 
2003.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow improved access to 
the Oregon Electric Line that PNWR is leasing from BNSF, and to provide 
for more fluid yard and interchange operations among WPRR, PNWR, and 
other carriers.
    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. 34367 must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, 1925 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, one 
copy of each pleading must be served on Eric M. Hocky, Four Penn Center 
Plaza, 1600 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103-
2808.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
``http://www.stb.dot.gov.''

    Dated: Decided: July 2, 2003.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-17346 Filed 7-14-03; 8:45 am]
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