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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 34812]
BNSF Railway Company—Temporary
Trackage Rights Exemption —Union
Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP)
has agreed to grant temporary overhead
trackage rights to BNSF Railway
Company (BNSF) over UP’s Chester
Subdivision between milepost 131.3,
Rockview Junction, MO, and milepost
0.0, Valley Junction, IL, a distance of
approximately 132 miles.
The transaction was scheduled to be
consummated on December 28, 2005,
the effective date of this notice, and the
temporary rights will expire on March
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21, 2006. The purpose of the temporary
rights is for bridging BNSF’s train
service while BNSF’s main lines are out
of service due to certain programmed
track, roadbed and structural
maintenance.
As a condition to this exemption, any
employee affected by the acquisition of
the temporary 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), and
any employee affected by the
discontinuance of those trackage rights
will be protected by the conditions set
out in Oregon Short Line R. Co.—
Abandonment—Goshen, 360 I.C.C. 91
(1979).
This notice is filed under 49 CFR
1180.2(d)(8). 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. 34812, must be filed with
the Surface Transportation Board, 1925
K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423–
0001. In addition, a copy of each
pleading must be served on Sidney L.
Strickland, Jr., Sidney Strickland and
Associates, PLLC, 3050 K Street, NW.,
Suite 101, Washington, DC 20007.
Board decisions and notices are
available on our Web site at ‘‘https://
www.stb.dot.gov.’’
Decided: December 28, 2005.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik,
Director, Office of Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 34812]
BNSF Railway Company--Temporary Trackage Rights Exemption --Union
Pacific Railroad Company
Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to grant temporary
overhead trackage rights to BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) over UP's
Chester Subdivision between milepost 131.3, Rockview Junction, MO, and
milepost 0.0, Valley Junction, IL, a distance of approximately 132
miles.
The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on December 28,
2005, the effective date of this notice, and the temporary rights will
expire on March 21, 2006. The purpose of the temporary rights is for
bridging BNSF's train service while BNSF's main lines are out of
service due to certain programmed track, roadbed and structural
maintenance.
As a condition to this exemption, any employee affected by the
acquisition of the temporary 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), and any employee affected by the
discontinuance of those trackage rights will be protected by the
conditions set out in Oregon Short Line R. Co.--Abandonment--Goshen,
360 I.C.C. 91 (1979).
This notice is filed under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(8). 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. 34812, must be filed with the Surface Transportation
Board, 1925 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a
copy of each pleading must be served on Sidney L. Strickland, Jr.,
Sidney Strickland and Associates, PLLC, 3050 K Street, NW., Suite 101,
Washington, DC 20007.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at
``https://www.stb.dot.gov.''
Decided: December 28, 2005.
By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 06-15 Filed 1-5-06; 8:45 am]
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