[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 133 (Wednesday, July 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 39396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-10829]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34864 (Sub-No. 1)]


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

    The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR), pursuant to a 
written trackage rights agreement entered into between KCSR and BNSF 
Railway Company (BNSF), has agreed to provide BNSF with non-exclusive, 
overhead, temporary trackage rights, to expire on July 15, 2006, over 
KCSR's trackage between Jefferson, TX, and Metro, TX, a total distance 
of 200.9 miles. The original trackage rights granted in BNSF Railway 
Company--Temporary Trackage Rights Exemption--The Kansas City Southern 
Railroad Company, STB Finance Docket No. 34864 (STB served on May 4, 
2006), covered the same line, but were due to expire on June 22, 2006. 
The purpose of this transaction is to modify the temporary overhead 
trackage rights exempted in STB Finance Docket No. 34864 to extend the 
expiration date from June 22, 2006, to July 15, 2006.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on the effective 
date of this notice. The modified temporary overhead trackage rights 
will allow BNSF to continue to bridge its train service while BNSF'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. 34864 (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., Sidney Strickland and Associates, PLLC, 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: July 5, 2006.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-10829 Filed 7-11-06; 8:45 am]
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