[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 216 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60312-60313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29492]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33497]


The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company--Trackage 
Rights Exemption--Union Pacific Railroad Company

    Union Pacific Railroad Company has agreed to grant overhead 
trackage rights to The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company 
(BNSF) from Hobart, CA, near milepost 3.1, to Thenard, CA, near 
milepost 21.7, a distance of approximately 18.6 miles.
    The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on November 1, 
1997. Because the exemption was filed on October 27, 1997, the 
transaction could be consummated no sooner than November 3, 1997.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to improve the operating 
efficiencies of the BNSF.

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    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. 33497 must be filed with the Surface Transportation 
Board, Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be 
served on Michael E. Roper, Esq., The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 
Railway Company, P. O. Box 961039, Fort Worth, TX 76161-0039.

    Decided: October 31, 1997.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-29492 Filed 11-6-97; 8:45 am]
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