[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 5, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 38209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10447]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34850 (Sub-No. 1)]


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

    Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP), pursuant to an amended written 
trackage rights agreement entered into between UP and BNSF Railway 
Company (BNSF), has agreed to grant limited temporary overhead trackage 
rights to BNSF eastbound trains on: (1) UP's Dallas Subdivision from 
Tower 55 at Ft. 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 (milepost 343.6) to Bald Knob, AR (milepost 
287.9); and (4) UP's Memphis Subdivision from Bald Knob (milepost 
287.9) to Kentucky Street, Memphis, TN (UP milepost 378.1), a distance 
of 542.2 miles. UP has also agreed to grant limited 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 
Subdivision (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 at Ft. Worth (milepost 245.3), a distance of 526.3 miles.
    The original trackage rights granted in BNSF Railway Company--
Temporary Trackage Rights Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company, 
STB Finance Docket No. 34850 (STB served Apr. 7, 2006) covered the same 
lines. The purpose of this transaction is to extend the expiration date 
of the trackage rights to July 15, 2006.
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on July 3, 2006. 
The temporary trackage rights will facilitate a programmed maintenance 
outage.
    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. 34850 (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 Sidney L. 
Strickland, Jr. 3050 K Street, NW., Suite 101, Washington, DC 20007.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: June 29, 2006.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-10447 Filed 7-3-06; 8:45 am]
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