[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47380-47381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20284]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34383]


Fremont Northwestern Railroad Company--Lease and Operation 
Exemption--Rail Line of the Eastern Nebraska Chapter National Railway 
Historical Society

    Fremont Northwestern Railroad Company (FNW), a noncarrier, has 
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to lease and 
operate a 9.5-mile rail line owned by the Eastern Nebraska Chapter 
National Railway Historical Society (ENC) extending from milepost 0.69, 
a point of connection with a rail line of Union Pacific Railroad 
Company in Freemont, to milepost 10.01, a point 2 miles north of 
Nickerson, in Dodge County, NE. FNW certifies that its projected annual 
revenues will not exceed those that would qualify it as a Class III 
rail carrier and will not exceed $5 million.
    FNW states that an agreement with ENC was reached on July 15, 2003, 
wherein FNW was given exclusive rights to provide freight service on 
the line. The line is currently being used only for tourist passenger 
train service that is operated by the Fremont & Elkhorn Valley Railroad 
(FEVR),\1\ a tourist/museum carrier. FEVR will have no freight rights 
or freight responsibilities on the line.
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    \1\ FEVR is a wholly owned subsidiary of ENC.
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    The transaction was due to be consummated on or after July 29, 
2003, the effective date of the exemption (7 days after the exemption 
was filed).
    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. 34383, 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 Lee Wilmart, President, Fremont 
Northwestern Railroad Company, P.O. Box 185, Fremont, NE 68026-0185.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: August 1, 2003.


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    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-20284 Filed 8-7-03; 8:45 am]
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