[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 36231]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-12193]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34712]


The Kansas City Southern Railway Company--Temporary Trackage 
Rights Exemption--BNSF Railway Company

    BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) has agreed to grant non-exclusive, 
temporary overhead trackage rights to The Kansas City Southern Railway 
Company (KCS) over BNSF's line of railroad between milepost 307.5, in 
Neosho, MO, and milepost 3.5X, at Murray Yard, in Kansas City, MO, a 
distance of approximately 229.1 miles.
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on June 14, 2005, 
and the temporary rights will expire on July 21, 2005. The purpose of 
the temporary rights is to allow KCS to bridge its train service while 
KCS's main lines are out of service due to certain programmed track, 
roadbed and structural maintenance.
    As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the 
acquisition of the temporary 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. 34712, 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 William A. Mullins, Baker and 
Miller, PLLC, 2401 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 
20037.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
``www.stb.dot.gov.''

    Decided: June 15, 2005.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-12193 Filed 6-21-05; 8:45 am]
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