[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 147 (Friday, July 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 40949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20389]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33636]
Bad Water Line--Trackage Rights Exemption--The Burlington
Northern and Santa Fe Railroad Co.
The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad Company (BNSF) has
agreed to grant overhead trackage rights to Bad Water Line (BWL)
between milepost 303.06 and milepost 306.0 a distance of 2.4 miles in
the state of WY.
The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on July 16, 1998,
the effective date of the exemption.
The purpose of this transaction is to permit BWL to move trains,
locomotive, cabooses and cars with its own officers, agents, employees
and contractors and equipment in its account, over the joint trackage
between points on its existing line and interchange with BNSF near
Shoshoni, WY.
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. 33636, 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 Clifford Root, 642 South Federal Blvd., Riverton, WY 82501.
Board decisions and notices are available on our website at
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-20389 Filed 7-30-98; 8:45 am]
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