[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2592-2593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-693]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 35341]


Pioneer Industrial Railway Co.--Trackage Rights Exemption--
Central Illinois Railroad Company

    Pursuant to a written trackage rights agreement, Central Illinois 
Railroad Company (CIRY) has agreed to grant non-exclusive local 
trackage rights to Pioneer Industrial Railway Co. (PIRY) over 
approximately 4.81 miles of rail line in the City of Peoria, Peoria 
County, IL, as follows: (1) The southern segment of the Kellar Branch, 
between mileposts 1.71 and 2.78, (2) the northern segment of the Kellar 
Branch, between mileposts 8.50 and 10.0, and (3) the western 
connection, between milepost 71.5 to the end of track (a short distance 
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of University Avenue), and including 1,800 feet of connecting track 
linking the end of the western connection with the northern segment.
    This transaction is related to a concurrently filed petition for 
exemption wherein PIRY seeks to discontinue service over 8.29 miles of 
rail line on the Kellar Branch and CIRY seeks to discontinue service 
over 5.72 miles of rail line on the Kellar Branch. See STB Docket No. 
AB-1056X, Pioneer Industrial Railway Co.--Discontinuance of Service 
Exemption--Line in Peoria County, IL, and STB Docket No. AB-1066 (Sub-
No. 1X), Central Illinois Railroad Company--Discontinuance of Service 
Exemption--Line in Peoria County, IL.
    The transaction may be consummated on or after January 28, 2010, 
the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the exemption was 
filed).
    The purpose of the transaction is to: (1) Facilitate the possible 
conversion of the middle segment of the Kellar Branch to a recreational 
trail, (2) restructure the relationships among PIRY, CIRY, and the City 
of Peoria (City), so that PIRY and the City will no longer have a 
direct landlord-tenant relationship pursuant to a lease agreement, and 
(3) permit PIRY to continue to provide common carrier service, via 
local trackage rights, to shippers located on, or that may in the 
future locate on, the southern and northern segments of the Kellar 
Branch and on the western connection.
    As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the 
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).
    This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). If the notice 
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 January 21, 2010 (at least 7 days before the exemption 
becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 35341, must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a 
copy of each pleading must be served on William A. Mullins, 2401 
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20037.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: January 12, 2010.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Jeffrey Herzig,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2010-693 Filed 1-14-10; 8:45 am]
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