[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 102 (Friday, May 27, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-13046]
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[Federal Register: May 27, 1994]
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INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32500]
Lone Star Railroad, Inc. and Southern Switching Company--
Acquisition and Operation Exemption--Line of Burlington Northern
Railroad Company
Lone Star Railroad, Inc. (Lone Star) and Southern Switching Company
(Southern), both noncarriers, have filed a notice of exemption for Lone
Star to acquire and Southern to operate 143.3 miles of rail line owned
by Burlington Northern Railroad Company (BN), between milepost 8.0 near
Howard, and milepost 151.3 at Abilene, in Archer, Baylor, Knox,
Haskell, Jones and Taylor Counties, TX. The transaction includes 8
miles and 331 feet of incidental trackage rights for Southern over BN
between milepost 8.0 in the vicinity of Howard, and milepost 0.0 at
Valley Jct., and from Valley Jct. east for 331 feet to point of switch
in Sunshine Yard in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, TX. The parties
intend to consummate on or after May 18, 1994.
This proceeding is related to Gregory B. Cundiff--Continuance in
Control Exemption--Lone Star Railroad, Inc. and Southern Switching
Company, Finance Docket No. 32501, wherein Gregory B. Cundiff has
concurrently filed a notice of exemption to continue in control of Lone
Star and Southern when they become class III rail carriers upon
consummation of the transaction described in this notice.\1\
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\1\Cundiff also controls three class III rail carriers: Railroad
Switching Service of Missouri, Inc. (operating approximately 4 miles
of rail line in St. Louis, MO); Texas Railroad Switching, Inc.
(operating 55 miles of rail line between Gardendale and Carrizo
Springs, TX); and Rio Valley Railroad, Inc. (operating 49.12 miles
of rail line between Harlingen and Mission, TX and between Mission
and Hidalgo, TX).
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Any comments must be filed with the Commission and served on:
Thomas F. McFarland, Jr., Belnap, Spencer, McFarland & Herman, 20 North
Wacker Dr., Suite 3118, Chicago, IL 60606-3101.
This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1150.31. 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 automatically
stay the transaction.
Decided: May 23, 1994.
By the Commission, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Sidney L. Strickland, Jr.,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 94-13046 Filed 5-26-94; 8:45 am]
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