[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3735-3736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1745]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
[STB Finance Docket No. 33333]
The Youngstown Belt Railroad Company--Lease and Operation
Exemption--The Warren & Trumbull Railroad Company
The Youngstown Belt Railroad Company (YBRR), a noncarrier, has
filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31: (1) to lease
and operate approximately 12.9 miles of rail line, together with
incidental trackage rights, owned by The Warren and Trumbull Railroad
Company (WTRC); and (2) to acquire and operate 2.4 miles of connected
rail line owned by CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) via simultaneous
assignment of WTRC's rights under a Track Lease/Operating
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Agreement with CSXT, a total of 15.3 miles of rail line, exclusive of
the incidental trackage rights, located in Mahoning and Trumbull
Counties, OH. YBRR will become a Classs III rail carrier.1 The
proposed transaction was to have been consummated shortly after
December 31, 1996, the effective date of the exemption.
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\1\ This proceeding is related to STB Finance Docket No. 33332,
wherein Summit View Incorporated, a noncarrier, has filed a notice
of exemption to continue in control of YBRR upon YBRR's becoming a
Class III rail carrier.
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The lines involved in the lease and operation, together with
incidental trackage rights, are described as follows: between milepost
15.5 and milepost 17.3 in Warren; between milepost 17.3 in Warren and
milepost 20.0 in North Warren; between milepost 57.0 and milepost 58.5
at Niles; between milepost 62.1 at Niles and milepost 66.4 at
Youngstown; between milepost 0.0 at Brier Hill and milepost 0.7 at
Leadville; and between milepost 4.1 at Ohio Works Junction and milepost
6.0 at Girard (the Lordstown Cluster Lines).
The lines involved in WTRC's assignment of trackage rights are over
a segment of track between milepost 79.6 and milepost 82.0 at Girard
(the Girard Line).2
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\2\ In addition to the Lordstown Cluster Lines and Girard Lines,
WTRC also presently operates over a total of 9.28 miles of rail line
between Deforest Junction and North Warren, in Warren and Holland
Townships, OH. These lines are not affected by the subject
transaction.
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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 transaction.
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to STB
Finance Docket No. 33333, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423 and served on: Kelvin J. Dowd,
Slover & Loftus, 1224 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036.
Decided: January 16, 1997.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-1745 Filed 1-23-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4915-00-P
