[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 55429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24385]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34407]


Union Pacific Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--The 
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company

    The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) has 
agreed to grant overhead trackage rights \1\ to Union Pacific Railroad 
Company (UP) over a line of railroad on BNSF's: (1) Dalhart Subdivision 
between BNSF milepost 417.5 in or near Dalhart, TX, and BNSF milepost 
452.9 in or near Texline, TX; and (2) Twin Peaks Subdivision between 
BNSF milepost 452.9 in or near Texline, TX, and BNSF milepost 210 in or 
near Trinidad, CO, a total distance of approximately 170.9 miles.\2\
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    \1\ UP has included a draft of the trackage rights agreement and 
states that a copy of the agreement will be provided to the Board 
after it is finalized and executed.
    \2\ The trackage rights involve BNSF subdivisions with non-
contiguous mileposts. Therefore, total mileage does not correspond 
to the milepost designations of the endpoints.
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on September 11, 
2003.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to permit UP and BNSF to 
implement directional running over lines between Pueblo, CO, and 
Amarillo, TX.
    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. 34407, 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 Robert T. Opal, 1416 Dodge St., 
Room 830, Omaha, NE 68179.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.

    Decided: September 17, 2003.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-24385 Filed 9-24-03; 8:45 am]
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