[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65499-65500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25054]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34600]


Progressive Rail, Incorporated--Lease and Operation Exemption--
Rail Lines of Wisconsin Central, Ltd.

    Progressive Rail, Incorporated (PGR), a Class III rail carrier, has 
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to lease from 
Wisconsin Central, Ltd. and operate 23.97 miles of rail line consisting 
of (1) the Almena-Cameron Branch that extends between milepost 80.88 at 
or near Almena and milepost 97.80 at or near Cameron, a distance of 
16.92 miles in Barron County, WI, and (2) the Rice Lake-Cameron Branch 
that extends between milepost 49.0 at or near Cameron and milepost 
56.05 at or near Rice Lake, a

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distance of 7.05 miles in Barron County.\1\
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    \1\ The rail line in the instant transaction was the subject of 
a notice of exemption originally filed by Wisconsin Northern 
Railroad Company, LLC (WNRC), a subsidiary of PGR, and voluntarily 
withdrawn by WNRC. See Wisconsin Northern Railroad Company, LLC--
Lease and Operation Exemption--Rail Lines of Wisconsin Central Ltd. 
STB Finance Docket No. 34596 (STB served Oct. 22, 2004). The rail 
line in the instant transaction also connects in Barron County, WI, 
to another PGR rail line recently acquired in Progressive Rail, 
Incorporated--Lease and Operation Exemption--Rail Line of Union 
Pacific Railroad Company, STB Finance Docket No. 34597 (STB served 
Oct. 29, 2004).
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    PGR certifies that its projected revenues as a result of this 
transaction will not result in the creation of a Class II or Class I 
rail carrier. The transaction was scheduled to be consummated no sooner 
than October 27, 2004, the effective date of the exemption (7 days 
after the exemption was filed).
    If the verified 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. 34600, 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: Thomas F. McFarland, P.C., 208 
South LaSalle St., Suite 1890, Chicago, IL 60604-1112.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: November 3, 2004.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 04-25054 Filed 11-10-04; 8:45 am]
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