[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 217 (Thursday, November 9, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65879-65880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18883]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 34946]


Portland & Western Railroad, Inc.--Temporary Trackage Rights 
Exemption--Portland Terminal Railroad Company

    Pursuant to a written trackage rights agreement, Portland Terminal 
Railroad Company (PTRR) has agreed to grant temporary overhead trackage 
rights to Portland & Western Railroad, Inc. (PNWR), extending between 
milepost 0.91 on BNSF Railway Company's (BNSF) Fallbridge Subdivision 
and milepost 0.0 on Union Pacific Railroad Company's (UP) Portland 
Subdivision, all located near Union Station in Portland, OR, a distance 
of approximately 1.5 miles.
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or after October 
30, 2006, and the temporary trackage rights are scheduled to expire on 
December 30, 2006.
    This transaction is related to two concurrently filed notices of 
exemption in STB Finance Docket No. 34944, Portland & Western Railroad, 
Inc.--Temporary Trackage Rights Exemption--BNSF Railway Company, and 
STB Finance Docket No. 34945, Portland & Western Railroad, Inc.--
Temporary Trackage Rights Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company. In 
STB Finance Docket No. 34944, BNSF has agreed to grant temporary 
overhead trackage rights to PNWR over a 3.6-mile line of railroad 
extending from the facilities of the Portland Terminal Railroad Company 
at Portland, OR, to Willbridge, OR, on (a) BNSF main track 1 
between milepost 0.69 and milepost 4.32 and (b) BNSF

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main track 2 between milepost 0.91 and milepost 4.25 
(including use of the crossover). In STB Finance Docket No. 34945, UP 
has agreed to grant temporary overhead trackage rights to PNWR over a 
50-mile line of railroad extending between UP milepost 0.0 on the 
Portland Subdivision at Portland, OR, and milepost 720.9 on UP's 
Brooklyn Subdivision at Labish, OR. The trackage rights in these 
proceedings will connect to make a continuous detour route between 
Willbridge and Labish, OR, that will allow PNWR to continue to handle 
traffic while its line is undergoing rehabilitation and reconstruction.
    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. 34946, 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 Eric M. Hocky, Gollatz, Griffin 
& Ewing, P.C., Four Penn Center Plaza, Suite 200, 1600 John F. Kennedy 
Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19103-2808.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: November 1, 2006.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-18883 Filed 11-8-06; 8:45 am]
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