[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 193 (Thursday, October 6, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58504-58505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-20020]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34753]


Central Illinois Railroad Company--Operation Exemption--Rail Line 
of the City of Peoria, IL

    Central Illinois Railroad Company (CIRY), a Class III rail carrier, 
has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41, et seq., 
to operate a line of railroad owned by the City of Peoria, IL (the 
City), extending easterly approximately 1.9 miles from a point of 
connection with the Peoria Subdivision of the Union Pacific Railroad 
Company (UP) at approximately UP milepost 71.5 to a point a short 
distance west of

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University Avenue in Peoria, Peoria County, IL.\1\
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    \1\ The subject line is proposed to be connected to an 8.29-mile 
rail line known as the Kellar Branch, which is owned by the City. 
The City was granted an exemption to construct approximately 1,800 
feet of connecting track in Peoria in 2004. See City of Peoria, IL, 
D/B/A Peoria, Peoria Heights & Western Railroad--Construction of 
Connecting Track Exemption--In Peoria County, IL, STB Finance Docket 
No. 34395 (STB served Sept. 17, 2004). Also, CIRY received authority 
to operate the Kellar Branch in 2004. See Central Illinois Railroad 
Company--Operation Exemption--Rail Line of the City of Peoria and 
the Village of Peoria Heights in Peoria and Peoria Heights, Peoria 
County, IL, STB Finance Docket No. 34518 (STB served July 28, 2004).
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    Certification is made that CIRY's projected revenues as a result of 
the transaction will not result in the creation of a Class II or Class 
I rail carrier. The transaction was scheduled to be consummated no 
earlier than September 14, 2005 (7 days after the exemption was filed).
    If the verified notice 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. 34753, 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 Thomas F. McFarland, 208 South 
LaSalle Street, Suite 1890, Chicago, IL 60604-1112.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.

    Decided: September 29, 2005.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-20020 Filed 10-5-05; 8:45 am]
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