[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 145 (Friday, July 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 39180]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-18912]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board 1
[STB Finance Docket No. 32997]
Soo Line Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--Wisconsin
Central Ltd.
Wisconsin Central Ltd. (WCL), a Class II railroad, will agree to
grant overhead trackage rights to Soo Line Railroad Company (Soo), a
Class I railroad, over its trackage between milepost 10.9+/- at Forest
Park to milepost 16.78+/- at Franklin Park, Cook County, IL, a total of
approximately 5.88+/- miles of rail line.
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\1\ The ICC Termination Act of 1995, Pub. L. No. 104-88, 109
Stat. 803, which was enacted on December 29, 1995, and took effect
on January 1, 1996, abolished the Interstate Commerce Commission and
transferred certain functions to the Surface Transportation Board
(Board). This notice relates to functions that are subject to Board
jurisdiction pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 11323-24.
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The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on July 19, 1996.
The trackage rights will enable Soo to operate its trains between
Forest Park and Franklin Park, IL.
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. 32997, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Branch, 1201 Constitution
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20423. In addition, a copy of each
pleading must be served on Larry D. Starns, Esq., 1000 Soo Line
Building, P.O. Box 530, 105 South Fifth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
Decided: July 18, 1996.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-18912 Filed 7-25-96; 8:45 am]
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