[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 117 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 33442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16318]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33604 (Sub-No. 1)]
Southern Switching Company--Operation Exemption--Lone Star
Railroad, Inc.
Southern Switching Company (SSC), a Class III rail carrier, has
filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.41 to operate over
approximately 8.24 miles of railroad leased by Lone Star Railroad, Inc.
(LSRI). The involved trackage is as follows: all Abilene, TX yard
tracks south of the Abilene wye track and south of the east-west main
line, including the A&S Industrial Lead from milepost 0.0 to milepost
4.30, at Abilene, Taylor County, TX.
The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or shortly after
May 26, 1998.
This proceeding is related to STB Finance Docket No. 33604, Lone
Star Railroad, Inc.--Acquisition Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad
Company, wherein LSRI has concurrently filed a notice of exemption to
acquire through lease the Abilene line from Union Pacific Railroad
Company.1
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\1\ LSRI and SSC are commonly controlled by Gregory B. Cundiff.
See Gregory B. Cundiff--Continuance in Control Exemption--Lone Star
Railroad, Inc. and Southern Switching Company, Finance Docket No.
32501 (ICC served May 27, 1994).
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If the notice 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. 33604 (Sub-No. 1), must be filed with the Surface
Transportation Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925
K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each
pleading must be served on Thomas F. McFarland, Jr., 20 North Wacker
Drive, Suite 1330, Chicago, IL 60606-2902.
Decided: June 12, 1998.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-16318 Filed 6-17-98; 8:45 am]
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