[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 111 (Friday, June 10, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33938-33939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-11497]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34705]


Soo Line Railroad Company D/B/A Canadian Pacific Railway--
Temporary Trackage Rights Exemption--BNSF Railway Company

    BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has agreed to grant temporary overhead

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trackage rights to Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a Canadian Pacific 
Railway (CPR) over BNSF's rail line between Ardoch, ND, and Erskine, 
MN, as follows: (1) From Ardoch at BNSF milepost 24.5 to Grand Forks, 
ND, at BNSF milepost 0.0, (2) from Grand Forks at BNSF milepost 109.9 
to Crookston Junction, MN, at BNSF milepost 80.9, and (3) from 
Crookston Junction at BNSF milepost 0.0 to Erskine at BNSF milepost 
31.5, a total distance of approximately 84.6 miles.\1\
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on June 1, 2005, 
and the temporary trackage rights will expire on or about July 31, 
2005. The purpose of the temporary trackage rights is to permit CPR to 
bridge its train service while the main lines of its affiliated 
shortline railroad are out of service due to certain programmed track, 
roadbed and structural maintenance.
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    \1\ By amendment filed on June 2, 2005, CPR acknowledges that a 
.4-mile difference exists between the total mileage and the 
aggregate of the distances between the mileposts, but attributes 
that difference to inexact measurements between the mileposts.
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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 employees 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. 34705, 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 Thanh G. Bui, 150 South Fifth 
Street, Suite 2300, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: June 6, 2005.
    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-11497 Filed 6-9-05; 8:45 am]
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