[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2810-2811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1112]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34456]


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

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to grant temporary 
overhead trackage rights to The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 
Railway Company (BNSF) over UP's Dallas Subdivision lines between UP 
milepost 245.3 at Fort Worth, TX (East Tower 55), and UP milepost 214.6 
at Dallas, TX (Terminal Junction), a distance of approximately 30.7 
miles.
    The transaction was scheduled to become effective on January 13, 
2004, and the trackage rights are scheduled to expire on January 22, 
2004. The purpose of the temporary trackage rights is to allow BNSF to 
bridge its train service while its main lines are out of service due to 
certain programmed track, roadbed, and structural maintenance.
    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

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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. 34456, 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 Sarah W. Bailiff, 2500 Lou Menk 
Drive, P.O. Box 961039, Fort Worth, TX 76161-0039.

    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
http://www.stb.dot.gov.
    Decided: January 13, 2004.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-1112 Filed 1-16-04; 8:45 am]
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