[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28355-28356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-9683]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34697]


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

    BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has agreed to grant temporary overhead 
trackage rights to the Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) over BNSF's 
rail line between BNSF milepost 2.1, near St. Louis, MO (Grand Ave.), 
and BNSF milepost 34.1, near Pacific, MO, a distance of approximately 
32.0 miles.
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on May 8, 2005, and 
the temporary trackage rights will expire on or about July 14, 2005. 
The purpose of the temporary trackage rights is to facilitate 
maintenance work on UP lines.
    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 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. 34697, must be filed with

[[Page 28356]]

the Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on 
Robert T. Opal, General Commerce Counsel, 1400 Douglas Street, STOP 
1580, Omaha, NE 68179.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: May 9, 2005.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-9683 Filed 5-13-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-01-P