[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 15989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6025]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34668]


Keokuk Junction Railway Co.--Temporary Trackage Rights 
Exemption--BNSF Railway Company

    BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has agreed to grant temporary overhead 
trackage rights to Keokuk Junction Railway Co. (KJRY) over BNSF's lines 
between Blair Junction, IL (Beardstown Subdivision milepost 157.1), and 
Bushnell, IL (Brookfield Subdivision milepost 191.5), a distance of 
approximately 3.5 miles.
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on March 18, 2005, 
and the temporary trackage rights will expire on or before March 17, 
2006. The purpose of the temporary trackage rights is to allow KJRY to 
bridge its trains between Blair Junction and a point just to the east 
of Bushnell until the diamond crossings at Bushnell are restored.\1\
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    \1\ The Board ordered the restoration of the diamond crossings 
in Keokuk Junction Railway Company--Feeder Line Acquisition--Line of 
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway Corporation Between La Harpe and 
Hollis, IL, STB Finance Docket No. 34335 (STB served Feb. 7, 2005).
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    As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the 
acquisition of the temporary 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), 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. 34668, 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 Daniel A. LaKemper, Keokuk 
Junction Railway Co., 1318 S. Johanson Road, Peoria, IL 61607.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: March 22, 2005.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-6025 Filed 3-28-05; 8:45 am]
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