[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 79 (Friday, April 23, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 22117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9250]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34488]


Union Pacific Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--Soo 
Line Railroad Company d/b/a Canadian Pacific Railway

    The Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) 
has agreed to renew local trackage rights to Union Pacific Railroad 
Company (UP). The trackage rights extend from UP milepost 306.5 near 
Comus, MN, and UP milepost 333.5, near Rosemount, MN, a distance of 
approximately 27 miles.
    These trackage rights represent a renewal of trackage rights 
originally granted to UP by a CPR predecessor in an agreement dated 
November 23, 1901. The original term of the 1901 Agreement has expired, 
but UP and CPR have agreed to an extension of the 1901 Agreement until 
June 30, 2004.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on May 1, 2004.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to renew UP's local trackage 
rights over the joint line by replacing the 1901 Agreement with a 
trackage rights agreement dated April 7, 2004.
    Any employees affected by the subject transaction will be protected 
by the labor conditions prescribed 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. 34488, 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 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: April 19, 2004.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-9250 Filed 4-22-04; 8:45 am]
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