[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 203 (Friday, October 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 62042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17597]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 29653 (Sub-No. 9)]


Providence and Worcester Railroad Company--Pooling of Car Service 
Regarding Multilevel Cars

AGENCY: Surface Transportation Board, DOT.

ACTION: Notice of filing of application.

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SUMMARY: Providence and Worcester Railroad Company (P&W) has filed an 
application for its participation in an existing railroad agreement for 
the pooling of services related to multilevel cars used to transport 
motor vehicles and boxcars used to transport automobile parts. P&W is a 
common carrier engaged in the transportation of property by railroad in 
Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York. Its 
participation in the pooling agreement will be with respect to the 
movement of multilevel railcars between an automobile staging facility 
located at Davisville, RI, and its connections with various railroads.

DATES: Any comments on the application must be filed by November 20, 
2006.

ADDRESSES: Send an original plus 10 copies of any comments, referring 
to STB Finance Docket No. 29653 (Sub-No. 9), to the Surface 
Transportation Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In 
addition, send one copy of any comments to: (1) The U.S. Department of 
Justice, Antitrust Division, 10th Street & Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20530; and (2) Edward D. Greenberg, Galland, Kharash, 
Greenberg, Fellman & Swirsky, P.C., 1054 Thirty-First Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20007-4492.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melissa Ziembicki, (202) 565-1604. 
[Assistance for the hearing impaired is available through the Federal 
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339.]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 49 U.S.C. 11322, the Board may approve 
pooling agreements that are voluntarily entered into by carriers, 
provided that the pooling or division of traffic, services, or earnings 
will be in the interest of better service to the public or of economy 
of operation and will not unreasonably restrain competition. The 
pooling agreement that P&W seeks to join was originally approved by the 
Board's predecessor, the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), in The 
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, et al.--Pooling of Car Service 
Regarding Multilevel Cars, Finance Docket No. 29653 (ICC served Aug. 
29, 1981). That agreement applied only to multilevel cars. 
Subsequently, the ICC approved amendments to the agreement authorizing 
the pooling of railroad services in auto-parts boxcars in The Baltimore 
and Ohio Railroad Company, et al.--Pooling of Car Services Regarding 
Multilevel Cars, Finance Docket No. 29653 (Sub-No. 3) (ICC served Apr. 
18, 1986). The agreement was amended in The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 
Company, et al.--Pooling of Car Service Regarding Multilevel Cars, 
Finance Docket No. 29653 (Sub-No. 6) (ICC served June 30, 1995) to 
enable railroads and shippers to obtain and use information that they 
otherwise would not have, thereby allowing pool members to increase the 
efficiency of distribution of the multilevel car fleet and minimize 
unnecessary investment. Other modifications included adding additional 
carriers to the pool, such as Canadian Pacific Limited in The Baltimore 
and Ohio Railroad Company, et al.--Pooling of Car Services Regarding 
Multilevel Cars, Finance Docket No. 29653 (Sub-No. 1) (ICC Served Apr. 
12, 1983), Canadian National Railway Company in The Baltimore and Ohio 
Railroad Company, et al.--Pooling of Car Services Regarding Multilevel 
Cars, Finance Docket No. 29653 (Sub-No. 2) (ICC served May 12, 1983); 
Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana--Pooling of Car Service Regarding 
Multilevel Cars, STB Finance Docket No. 29653 (Sub-No. 7) (STB served 
Sept. 28, 1999); and Ferrocarril Mexicano, S.A. de C.V. in Ferrocarril 
Mexicano, S.A. de C.V.-Pooling of Car Service Regarding Multilevel 
Cars, STB Finance Docket No. 29653 (Sub-No. 8) (STB served Oct. 19, 
2000).


    Decided: October 16, 2006.
    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-17597 Filed 10-19-06; 8:45 am]
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