[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 51 (Friday, March 16, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 12673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-4770]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 35004]


The Kansas City Southern Railway Company--Temporary Trackage 
Rights Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company

    Pursuant to a written trackage rights agreement dated February 28, 
2007, Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to grant temporary 
overhead trackage rights to The Kansas City Southern Railway Company 
(KCSR): (1) On UP's Little Rock Subdivision, extending between milepost 
51.0 at Jefferson, TX, and milepost 344.3 at North Little Rock, AR; and 
(2) on UP's Van Buren and Wagoner Subdivisions, extending between 
milepost 344.3 at North Little Rock, AR, and milepost 526.7 at 
Sallisaw, OK, a distance of approximately 379.3 miles.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on April 5, 2007, 
the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the exemption was 
filed). The temporary trackage rights are scheduled to expire on July 
1, 2007.
    The sole purpose of the temporary trackage rights is to facilitate 
the bridging of KCSR's train service while KCSR's lines on its 
Shreveport and Heavener Subdivisions are out of service due to 
maintenance operations over those Subdivisions.
    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 effectiveness of the exemption. Stay petitions must be filed 
by March 29, 2007 (at least 7 days before the exemption becomes 
effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 35004, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-1001. In addition, a 
copy of each pleading must be served on William A. Mullins, 2401 
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: March 9, 2007.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-4770 Filed 3-15-07; 8:45 am]
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