[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 51 (Thursday, March 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13069-13070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-5210]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34669]


BNSF Railway Company--Temporary Trackage Rights Exemption--Union 
Pacific Railroad Company

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to grant temporary 
overhead trackage rights to BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) for eastbound 
trains on: (1) UP's Dallas Subdivision from Tower 55 at Fort Worth, TX 
(milepost 245.3), to Longview, TX (milepost 89.6); (2) UP's Little Rock 
Subdivision from Longview (milepost 89.6) to North Little Rock, AR 
(milepost 343.6); (3) UP's Hoxie Subdivision from North Little Rock 
(milepost 343.6) to Bald Knob, AR (milepost 287.9); and (4) UP's 
Memphis Subdivision between Bald Knob (milepost 287.9) to Kentucky 
Street, Memphis, TN (milepost 378.1), a distance of approximately 542.2 
miles. UP has also agreed to grant limited temporary overhead trackage 
rights to BNSF for westbound trains on: (1) UP's Memphis Subdivision 
from Kentucky Street in Memphis (milepost 378.1) to Briark, AR 
(milepost 375.3); (2) UP's Brinkley Subdivision (milepost 4.1) to 
Brinkley, AR (milepost 70.6); (3) UP's Jonesboro Subdivision (milepost 
200.5) to Pine Bluff, AR (milepost 264.2); (4) UP's Pine Bluff 
Subdivision from Pine Bluff (milepost 264.2) to Big Sandy, TX (milepost 
525.1); and (5) UP's Dallas Subdivision (milepost 114.5) to Tower 55 at 
Fort Worth (milepost 245.3), a distance of approximately 526.3 miles.
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on March 6, 2005, 
and the temporary trackage rights will expire on May 4, 2005. The 
purpose of the temporary trackage rights is to allow BNSF to bridge its 
trains while its main lines are out of service due to programmed track, 
roadbed, and structural maintenance.
    As a condition to this exemption, any employee affected by the 
acquisition of the temporary trackage rights will be protected by the 
conditions imposed in

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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), and any employee affected by the discontinuance 
of those trackage rights will be protected by the conditions set out in 
Oregon Short Line R. Co.--Abandonment--Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91 (1979).
    This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8). 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. 34669, 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: March 9, 2005.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-5210 Filed 3-16-05; 8:45 am]
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