[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 145 (Friday, July 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 43945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-15008]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34705 (Sub-No. 1)]


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 
trackage rights to expire on August 31, 2005, 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.
    The original temporary trackage rights granted in Soo Line Railroad 
Company D/B/A Canadian Pacific Railway--Temporary Trackage Rights 
Exemption--BNSF Railway Company, STB Finance Docket No. 34705 (STB 
served June 10, 2005), covered the same line, but are due to expire on 
July 31, 2005. The purpose of this transaction is to modify the 
temporary trackage rights exempted in STB Finance Docket No. 34705 to 
extend the expiration date from July 31, 2005, to August 31, 2005, 
because of delayed start-up of the maintenance project due to high 
water conditions.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on July 31, 2005. 
The modified temporary trackage rights will permit CPR to continue 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.
    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 (Sub-No. 1), 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: July 25, 2005.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-15008 Filed 7-28-05; 8:45 am]
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