[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 10, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-11207]
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[Federal Register: May 10, 1994]
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32491]
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Incorporated, Successor to Grand
Trunk Western Railroad Company; Trackage Rights Exemption; Indiana
Harbor Belt Railroad Co.
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company (IHB) and Grand Trunk Western
Railroad Incorporated (GTW), successor to Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Company, have agreed to amend their existing trackage rights
agreement.1 The agreement granted GTW overhead trackage rights
between Riverdale and Franklin Park, IL as follows: (1) Between IHB's
connection with the Union Pacific Railroad at Dolton Tower and IHB's
connection with the Chicago and Northwestern Transportation Company's
(CNW) at Proviso yard, and (2) between IHB's connection with GTW and
GTW's tower at Blue Island, IL, and IHB's connection with CNW at
Proviso yard. The amended agreement will allow GTW to operate over an
additional 2.8 miles between IHB's connection with GTW at Blue-Island,
IL and IHB's connection with the Wisconsin Central Railway Ltd. at
Norpaul in Franklin Park, IL. The trackage rights became effective on
April 26, 1994.
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\1\ The existing trackage rights were acquired by GTW under a
Notice of Exemption in Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company--
Trackage Rights Exemption--Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company,
Finance Docket No. 31611 (ICC served Mar. 23, 1990).
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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 stay
the transaction. Pleadings must be filed with the Commission and served
on: Kevin M. Stanko, Attorney, Grand Trunk Western Railroad
Incorporated, 1333 Brewery Park Blvd., Detroit, MI 48207-2699, and
Joseph A. Markase, Counsel, Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company,
Office of the General Manager, 2721 161st St., Hammond, IN 47623.
As a condition to use of this exemption, any employees adversely
affected by the trackage rights will be protected pursuant to 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: May 3, 1994.
By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Sidney L. Strickland, Jr.,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-11207 Filed 5-9-94; 8:45 am]
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