[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 28 (Thursday, February 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6937-6938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3265]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33712]
Union Pacific Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--The
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company
The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) has
agreed to grant overhead trackage rights to Union Pacific Railroad
Company (UP) over BNSF's rail line from milepost 885.2 at Kern Junction
to milepost 1120.7 at Stockton Tower, a distance of 235.5 miles in the
State of California.1
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\1\ On February 1, 1999, UP filed a petition for exemption in
STB Finance Docket No. 33712 (Sub-No. 1), Union Pacific Railroad
Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--The Burlington Northern and
Santa Fe Railway Company, wherein UP requests that the Board permit
the proposed overhead trackage rights arrangement described in the
present proceeding to expire on March 31, 1999. That petition will
be addressed by the Board in a separate decision.
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The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or shortly after
February 8, 1999.
The purpose of the trackage rights is to permit UP to use the BNSF
trackage when UP's trackage is out of service for scheduled
maintenance.2
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\2\ UP and BNSF own and operate separate lines of railroad which
are essentially parallel between Kern Junction and Stockton Tower.
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As a condition to this exemption, any employees affected by the
trackage rights will be protected by the conditions imposed in 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).
This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(7). If it 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. 33712, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20423-
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0001. In addition, one copy of each pleading must be served on Joseph
D. Anthofer, Esq., 1416 Dodge Street, #830, Omaha, NE 68179.
Board decisions and notices are available on our website at
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''
Decided: February 4, 1999.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-3265 Filed 2-10-99; 8:45 am]
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