[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 224 (Tuesday, November 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 70659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-22989]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34778]


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

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP), has agreed to grant limited 
temporary overhead trackage rights to BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) for 
eastbound trains on: (1) UP's Dallas Subdivision from Tower 55 at Fort 
Worth, TX (milepost 245.3), to Longview, TX (milepost 89.6); (2) UP's 
Little Rock Subdivision from Longview (milepost 89.6), to North Little 
Rock, AR (milepost 343.6); (3) UP's Hoxie Subdivision from North Little 
Rock, AR (milepost 343.6), to Bald Knob, AR (milepost 287.9); and (4) 
UP's Memphis Subdivision between Bald Knob (milepost 287.9) to Kentucky 
Street, Memphis, TN (milepost 378.1), a distance of approximately 542.2 
miles. UP has also agreed to grant limited temporary overhead trackage 
rights to BNSF for westbound trains on: (1) UP's Memphis Subdivision 
from Kentucky Street to Briark, AR (milepost 375.3); (2) UP's Brinkley 
Sub (milepost 4.1) to Brinkley, AR (milepost 70.6); (3) UP's Jonesboro 
Subdivision (milepost 200.5) to Pine Bluff, AR (milepost 264.2); (4) 
UP's Pine Bluff Subdivision (milepost 264.2) to Big Sandy, TX (milepost 
525.1); and (5) UP's Dallas Subdivision (milepost 114.5) to Tower 55, 
TX (milepost 245.3), a distance of approximately 526.3 miles.
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on November 10, 
2005, and the temporary trackage rights will expire on December 23, 
2005. The purpose of the temporary trackage rights is to allow BNSF to 
bridge its trains while its main lines are out of service due to 
programmed track, roadbed, and structural maintenance.
    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. 34778, 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 Michael E. Roper, Senior 
General Attorney, BNSF Railway Company, P.O. Box 961039, Fort Worth, TX 
76161-0039.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: November 15, 2005.
    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 05-22989 Filed 11-21-05; 8:45 am]
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