[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 48 (Friday, March 11, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 13024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05539]


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SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

[Docket No. FD 35961]


Chicago Central & Pacific Railroad Company, Grand Trunk Western 
Railroad Company, Illinois Central Railroad Company, and Wisconsin 
Central Ltd.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Norfolk Southern Railway 
Company

    Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR), pursuant to a trackage 
rights agreement dated February 11, 2016, has agreed to grant Chicago 
Central & Pacific Railroad Company, Grand Trunk Western Railroad 
Company, Illinois Central Railroad Company, and Wisconsin Central Ltd. 
(collectively, CN Roads) overhead trackage rights in Chicago, Cook 
County, Ill., as follows: (1) Over NSR's portion of rail line known as 
the CREATE Western Avenue Corridor, between milepost UW 0.0 (CP 518) 
and milepost UW 5.3 (Ogden Junction), a distance of approximately 5.3 
miles; and (2) over a portion of NSR's CREATE project WA7 track (when 
constructed), between Brighton Park and 21st Street, including that 
portion of track that connects to BNSF Railway Company's Chillicothe 
Subdivision.\1\
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    \1\ CN Roads are indirect subsidiaries of Canadian National 
Railway Company (CNR). CNR's U.S. rail subsidiaries, including CN 
Roads, are held directly or indirectly by Grand Trunk Corporation, a 
wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of CNR.
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    CN Roads may consummate the transaction on or after March 25, 2016, 
the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the verified notice 
of exemption was filed).
    According to CN Roads, the proposed trackage rights are intended to 
facilitate CREATE-related track projects (and transfers), and CN Roads 
will be granted the subject trackage rights as part of a series of 
transactions designed to promote railroad traffic fluidity in Chicago.
    As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the 
trackage rights will be protected by the conditions imposed in Norfolk 
& Western Railway--Trackage Rights--Burlington Northern, Inc., 354 
I.C.C. 605 (1978), as modified in Mendocino Coast Railway--Lease & 
Operate--California Western Railroad, 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. Petitions for 
stay must be filed by March 18, 2016 (at least seven days before the 
exemption becomes effective).
    An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. 
FD 35961, 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 Robert A. Wimbish, Fletcher & Sippel LLC, 29 
North Wacker Drive, Suite 920, Chicago, IL 60606.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at 
www.stb.dot.gov.

    Decided: March 8, 2016.

    By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Brendetta S. Jones,
Clearance Clerk.
[FR Doc. 2016-05539 Filed 3-10-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4915-01-P