[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 43 (Thursday, March 5, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10965-10966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5718]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33548]
A T & L Railroad Company, Inc.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Union
Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to grant overhead
trackage rights to A T & L Railroad Company, Inc. (ATL) over 31.65
miles of rail line in the State of Oklahoma between Oklahoma City,
milepost 483.35, and El Reno, milepost 515.0 (line).\1\ The trackage
rights include the right to interchange freight with all existing and
future railroads at Oklahoma City and El Reno, and industry access at
Oklahoma City through reciprocal switching on the same basis as
available to UP and other railroads.
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\1\ The line is owned by the State of Oklahoma and is leased and
operated by UP.
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The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or after
February 26, 1998.
The purpose of the trackage rights is to extend ATL's existing
service and to give ATL access to additional carriers and shippers.
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. 33548, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, N.W.,
Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be
served on Eric M. Hockey, Esq., Gollatz, Griffin & Ewing,
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P.C., 213 West Miner Street, P.O. Box 796, West Chester, PA 19381-0796.
Decided: February 25, 1998.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-5718 Filed 3-4-98; 8:45 am]
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