[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 197 (Thursday, October 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53199-53200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25280]
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32743]
Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway Company, Inc., Modified
Certificate
On July 6, 1995, Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway Company, Inc.,
(TSBY) filed a notice for a modified certificate of public convenience
and necessity under 49 CFR Part 1150, Subpart C, to operate 127.11
miles of rail line as follows: (1) A 58.5-mile portion of United States
Railroad Administration (USRA) Line No. 1300, extending between
milepost 47.5 at Ann Arbor, MI, and milepost 106 at Owosso, MI; (2) the
41.5-mile USRA Line No. 1301 extending between milepost 106 at Owosso,
MI and milepost 147.5 at Alma, MI; and (3) a 27.11-mile portion of USRA
Line No. 455a extending between milepost 64.19 at Owosso, Mi and
milepost 91.30 at Swan Creek, MI.
These rail lines, except as noted below, are owned by the State of
Michigan (Michigan). They were not included in the final system plan at
the time the Consolidated Rail Corporation was formed, and as such,
were authorized to be abandoned without further Commission approval
pursuant to the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of
1976.
These lines are part of northern segment of the former Ann Arbor
line extending from Ann Arbor to Frankfort, MI. Michigan Interstate
Railway Company operated the lines as Michigan's Designated Operator
until 1982. See Certificate of Designated Operator Michigan Interstate
Railway Company, D-OP 20, (USRA Line Nos. 1300, 1301, 1302, and 1303-
AA) (ICC served Sept. 30, 1977) and Certificate of Designated Operator
Michigan Interstate Railway Company, D-OP 49, (USRA Line Nos. 1300,
1301, 1302, and 1303-AA) (ICC served July 28, 1982). In 1982, Michigan
terminated its Designated Operator agreement with Michigan Interstate
Railway Company and designated TSBY to operate the portion of the Ann
Arbor line extending from Ann Arbor, to Alma. See Certificate of
Designated Operator Tuscola and Saginaw Bay Railway Company, D-OP 51
(USRA Line Nos. 445A, 1300, and 1301-AA (ICC served Nov. 2, 1982).
Pursuant to that Designated Operator certificate, TSBY also assumed
operation of about 20 miles of the former New York Central Railway line
extending from a connection with the Ann Arbor at Owosso to West
Charles (Swan Creek), MI, which is southwest of Saginaw, MI.
Because the 13.71-mile line segment of USRA Line 1300 extending
between milepost 95.69 at Durand, MI, and milepost 109.4 at Owosso, is
owned by the Central Michigan Railway Company, it is not eligible for
inclusion in this modified certificate of public convenience and
necessity.
The Commission will serve a copy of this notice on the Association
of American Railroads (Car Service Division), as agent for all
railroads subscribing to the car-service and car-hire agreement, and on
the American Short Line Railroad Association.
Decided: October 3, 1995.
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By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-25280 Filed 10-11-95; 8:45 am]
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