[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 210 (Thursday, October 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 61864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27236]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34414]


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

    The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) has 
agreed to grant temporary overhead trackage rights to Union Pacific 
Railroad Company (UP) between BNSF milepost 6.1 near Fort Worth, TX, 
and BNSF milepost 218.1 near Temple TX, a distance of approximately 
129.2 miles.\1\
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    \1\ UP states that, because the trackage rights involve BNSF 
subdivisions with non-contiguous mileposts, total mileage does not 
correspond to the milepost designations of the endpoints.
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    The transaction is scheduled to become effective on November 1, 
2003, and the authorization is scheduled to expire on or about December 
23, 2003. The purpose of the temporary trackage rights is to facilitate 
maintenance work on UP lines.
    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 by Mendocino Coast Ry., Inc.--Lease and Operate, 360 I.C.C. 
653 (1980), aff'd sub nom. Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n v. United 
States, 675 F.2d 1248 (D.C. Cir. 1982).
    This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8). 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 stay 
the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 34414, 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 
Street, Room 830, Omaha, NE 68179.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: October 22, 2003.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-27236 Filed 10-29-03; 8:45 am]
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