[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 207 (Thursday, October 24, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 55183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27260]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or
Modification of a Railroad Signal System or Relief From the
Requirements of Title 49 CFR Part 236
Pursuant to Title 49 CFR Part 235 and 49 U.S.C. App. 26, the
following railroads have petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration
(FRA) seeking approval for the discontinuance or modification of the
signal system or relief from the requirements of Title 49 CFR Part 236
as detailed below.
Block Signal Application (BS-AP)-No. 3405
Applicant: Union Pacific Railroad Company, Mr. P. M. Abaray, Chief
Engineer-Signals/Quality, 1416 Dodge Street, Room 1000, Omaha, Nebraska
68179-0001
The Union Pacific Railroad Company seeks approval of the proposed
modification of the traffic control signal system, on the two main
tracks, at Stockton, California, milepost 91.8, on the Canyon
Subdivision, consisting of the discontinuance and removal of controlled
signals ``L'' and ``R''.
The reason given for the proposed changes is that train operations
in the area no longer require signals at this location.
BS-AP-No. 3408
Applicant: R. J. Corman Railroad Company, Mr. J.D. Boles, Supervisor of
Signals, P.O. Box 337, Guthrie, Kentucky 42234
The R.J. Corman Railroad Company seeks approval of the proposed
discontinuance and removal of the North and South absolute signals, on
the single main track, governing movements over the Cumberland River
Bridge, milepost 178.0, near Clarksville, Tennessee, Memphis Line,
Clarksville Subdivision, associated with the installation of mast
mounted stop signs.
The reason given for the proposed changes is that the signal
appliances are in very poor, nonmaintainable, and broken condition due
to extensive vandalism and age of the devices, and the amount of
business performed on this area of trackage does not warrant the
extensive repairs to maintain the absolute signals.
BS-AP-No. 3409
Applicant: Northern Vermont Railway Company, Mr. Robert T. Schmidt,
President and CEO, Northern Main Junction Park, RR2 Box 45, Bangor,
Maine 04401-9602
The Northern Vermont Railway Company seeks approval of the proposed
discontinuance and removal of the train signal system, on the single
main track, between Newport, Vermont, milepost 1.8 and Wells River,
Vermont, milepost 63.7, on the Lyndonville Subdivision; and between
milepost 58.3 and milepost 55.3, near Newport, Vermont, on the Newport
Subdivision, a total distance of approximately 65 miles.
The reasons given for the proposed changes are that freight train
service has altered the operations in the application area, there have
been no train meets for several years on the Lyndonville Subdivision,
and the maintenance and repair of the signal system is very expensive.
Any interested party desiring to protest the granting of an
application shall set forth specifically the grounds upon which the
protest is made, and contain a concise statement of the interest of the
protestant in the proceeding. The original and two copies of the
protest shall be filed with the Associate Administrator for Safety,
FRA, 400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590 within 45
calendar days of the date of issuance of this notice. Additionally, one
copy of the protest shall be furnished to the applicant at the address
listed above.
FRA expects to be able to determine these matters without oral
hearing. However, if a specific request for an oral hearing is
accompanied by a showing that the party is unable to adequately present
his or her position by written statements, an application may be set
for public hearing.
Issued in Washington, D.C. on October 16, 1996.
Phil Olekszyk,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety Compliance and Program
Implementation.
[FR Doc. 96-27260 Filed 10-23-96; 8:45 am]
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