[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 7152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-3020]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 35326]


CSX Transportation, Inc.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Grand Trunk 
Western Railroad Company

    Pursuant to a written trackage rights agreement, Grand Trunk 
Western Railroad Company (GTW) has agreed to grant limited overhead 
trackage rights to CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) \1\ over GTW's 
Elsdon Subdivision, between milepost 30.92 at Munster, IN, and milepost 
8.7 at Elsdon, IL, a distance of approximately 22.22 miles.\2\
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    \1\ GTW is a subsidiary of Grand Trunk Corporation, which in 
turn is a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway Company. CSXT is a 
subsidiary of CSX Corporation.
    \2\ A redacted draft version of the trackage rights agreement 
between GTW and CSXT was filed with the notice of exemption. The 
full draft version was concurrently filed under seal along with a 
motion for protective order, which will be addressed in a separate 
decision.
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    The transaction may be consummated on or after February 27, 2010, 
the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the exemption was 
filed).
    Under the agreement, the trackage rights will allow CSXT to handle 
trains between Thornton Junction and The Belt Railway Company of 
Chicago's Clearing Yard and CSX Intermodal's Bedford Park Intermodal 
Terminal over the Elsdon Subdivision. CSXT's initial plans are to 
reroute two sets of approximately 5,000 foot long high priority 
intermodal United Parcel Service (UPS) trains that originate or 
terminate at CSX Intermodal's Bedford Park Intermodal Terminal. The UPS 
trains handle freight to and from the southeastern region of the United 
States served by CSXT. The purpose of the transaction is to enable CSXT 
to reduce congestion on the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal's Blue 
Island Subdivision and enhance the efficiency of its operation in the 
Chicago area.
    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 February 19, 2010 (at least 7 days before the 
exemption becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB 
Finance Docket No. 35326, 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 Steven C. Armbrust, 500 Water 
Street, Suite J-150, Jacksonville, FL 32202, and Louis E. Gitomer, 600 
Baltimore Ave., Suite 301, Towson, MD 21204.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: February 5, 2010.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Andrea Pope-Matheson,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2010-3020 Filed 2-16-10; 8:45 am]
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