[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 27 (Thursday, February 10, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7141-7142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2490]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34648]


Minnesota Commercial Railway Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--
BNSF Railway Company \1\
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    \1\ Effective January 20, 2005, The Burlington Northern and 
Santa Fe Railway Company changed its name to BNSF Railway Company.
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    BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has agreed to a modified trackage 
rights agreement governing Minnesota Commercial Railway Company's 
(MNNR) overhead trackage rights over a BNSF line of railroad between 
MNNR's connecting trackage at Union Yard, Minneapolis, MN, and trackage 
located east of 15th Avenue SE., in Minneapolis, MN, comprising the 
Southeast Minneapolis Switching District (SEMSD), a total of distance 
of approximately 777 feet. The modified agreement will change the 
maintenance obligations to promote operating and maintenance 
efficiencies and better align the parties' maintenance obligations 
relative to usage.\2\
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    \2\ The trackage rights were originally granted as incidental 
trackage rights, as part of MNNR's acquisition of approximately 5 
miles of rail line located in Minneapolis, MN, known as the SEMSD. 
See Minnesota Commercial Railway Company-Acquisition and Operation 
Exemption-Certain Lines of The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 
Railway Company, STB Finance Docket No. 33606 (STB served June 19, 
1998).
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    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on January 28, 
2005.
    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).

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    This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). 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 
automatically stay the transaction.
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 34648, 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: February 1, 2005.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-2490 Filed 2-9-05; 8:45 am]
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