94-11208. Wisconsin Central Ltd.; Trackage Rights Exemption; Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Co.

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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 31960 (Sub-No. 1)]

 

Wisconsin Central Ltd.; Trackage Rights Exemption; Indiana Harbor 
Belt Railroad Co.

    Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company (IHB) has agreed to grant 
overhead trackage rights to Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WCL) over 3.86-
miles of rail line between IHB's connection with the Belt Railway 
Company (BRC) in Bedford Park, IL, to its connection with the Norfolk 
Southern Railway Company at Chicago Ridge, IL. These trackage rights 
are in addition to trackage rights previously granted in a 1991 
Agreement between the parties,1 which allowed overhead trackage 
rights between Norpaul Yard and BRC and Consolidated Rail Corporation 
at Elsdon, Chicago, IL. The trackage rights granted to WCL by IHB in 
this and the previous matter total 17.39 miles. The trackage rights 
were to become effective on April 28, 1994.
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    \1\ The existing trackage rights were acquired by WCL under a 
notice of exemption in Wisconsin Central Ltd.--Trackage Rights 
Exemption--Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad Company, Finance Docket No. 
31960 (ICC served Nov. 4, 1991).
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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: Janet H. Gilbert, 6250 North River Road, suite 900, Rosemont, IL 
60018.
    As a condition to the use of this exemption, any employees 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: May 3, 1994.

    By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Sidney L. Strickland, Jr.,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-11208 Filed 5-9-94; 8:45 am]
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