[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 204 (Monday, October 24, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-26266]
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[Federal Register: October 24, 1994]
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32579 (Sub-No. 5)]
Soo Line Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--Burlington
Northern Railroad Company
Burlington Northern Railroad Company (BN) has agreed to grant non-
exclusive local trackage rights to Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a CP
Rail System (Soo) between Davenport, IA and Albany, IL, and between the
DRI Junction in East Moline, IL and Silvis, IL.1 The trackage is
between: (1) approximately DRI milepost 36.65 at East Wye Switch in
Davenport and the end of track at CP milepost 26.60 at Albany, a
distance of approximately 34 miles (the Davenport-Albany Line); and (2)
DRI milepost 45.06 at the DRI Junction in East Moline and BN milepost
244.42 at Silvis, a distance of approximately 1.3 miles (the East
Moline-Silvis Line).2
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\1\ These trackage rights are part of a series of related
transactions among Soo, BN, and their affiliate the Davenport, Rock
Island and North Western Railway Company (DRI). These transactions
include the elimination of DRI as a separate switching carrier and
transfer of its functions to its parent companies Soo and BN. A
related consolidated application has been filed in Canadian Pacific
Limited, Canadian Pacific (U.S.) Holdings Inc., Soo Line Corporation
and Soo Line Railroad Company--Control--Davenport, Rock Island and
North Western Railway Company, Finance Docket No. 32579, Burlington
Northern Railroad Company--Acquisition--Certain Lines of Davenport,
Rock Island and North Western Railway Company, Finance Docket No.
32579 (Sub-No. 1), Burlington Northern Railroad Company--
Acquisition--Certain Lines of Soo Line Railroad Company, Finance
Docket No. 32579 (Sub-No. 2), and Soo Line Railroad Company--
Acquisition--Certain Lines of Burlington Northern Railroad Company,
Finance Docket No. 32579 (Sub-No. 3). Also, two related notices of
exemption have been filed in Burlington Northern Railroad Company--
Trackage Rights Exemption--Soo Line Railroad Company, Finance Docket
No. 32579 (Sub-No. 4), and Soo Line Railroad Company--Merger
Exemption--Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway Company,
Finance Docket No. 32579 (Sub-No. 6).
\2\ Portions of the Davenport-Albany Line between Davenport and
Rock Island and at East Moline, including the Crescent Drawbridge
over the Mississippi River, are currently owned by DRI. The segment
of the Line between CP milepost 52.00 (DRI milepost 45.55) at East
Moline and milepost 26.60 at Albany is currently owned by Soo.
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Although this exemption will become effective prior to the
Commission's approval of the related application, consummation of this
transaction and all simultaneously filed transactions will occur upon
the effective date of the Commission's decision in Finance Docket No.
32579 and (Sub-Nos. 1, 2, and 3).
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. 10505(d) may
be filed at any time. The filing of a petition to revoke will not
automatically stay the transaction. Pleadings must be filed with the
Commission and served on: William C. Sippel, Two Prudential Plaza, 45th
Floor, 180 North Stetson Ave., Chicago, IL 60601.
As a condition to the use of this exemption, any employees
adversely affected by the trackage rights will be protected under
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).
Decided: October 13, 1994.
By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-26266 Filed 10-21-94; 8:45 am]
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