[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69990-69991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29611]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33958]


The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company--Trackage 
Rights Exemption--Illinois Central Railroad Company and Grand Trunk 
Western Railroad Company

    Illinois Central Railroad Company (IC) and Grand Trunk Western 
Railroad Company (GTW) have agreed to grant limited overhead trackage 
rights to The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) 
between: (1) A point near GTW's milepost 8.6 near 49th Street and 
Central Park in Chicago, IL, where GTW and BNSF connect, and a point 
near GTW's milepost 23.2 near 154th Street and Lathrop in Harvey, IL, 
to a point near IC's milepost 22 near IC's Harvey Yard, a distance of 
approximately 16.6 miles; (2) a point near IC's milepost 8.3 (Belt 
Crossing), where IC and the Belt Railway Company of Chicago connect in 
Chicago, IL, and a point near IC's milepost 22 at IC's Harvey Yard, a 
distance of approximately 27.3 miles; and (3) a point near IC's 
milepost 2.3, where IC and BNSF connect on the West end of the St. 
Charles Airline Bridge and milepost 22 at IC's Harvey Yard, a distance 
of approximately 21 miles. The total amount of trackage involved is 
approximately 64.9 miles.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on November 15, 
2000.\1\
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    \1\ Pursuant to 49 CFR 1180.4(g), a railroad must file a 
verified notice with the Board at least 7 days before the trackage 
rights are to be consummated. In its verified notice, BNSF indicated 
that it proposed to consummate the transaction on or about November 
14, 2000. Because the verified notice was filed on November 8, 2000, 
consummation could not take place until November 15, 2000, at the 
earliest. BNSF's representative has been contacted and has confirmed 
that the consummation could not take place before November 15, 2000.

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    The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow BNSF to deliver or 
receive RoadRailer equipment in interchange to and from IC, GTW and 
Canadian National Railway Company, and to make available RoadRailer 
equipment available for BNSF customers at IC's Harvey Yard.
    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. 33958 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, one copy of each pleading must 
be served on Michael E. Roper, The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe 
Railway Company, 2500 Lou Menk Drive, P.O. Box 961039, Fort Worth, TX 
76161-0039.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.

    Decided: November 14, 2000.
    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-29611 Filed 11-20-00; 8:45 am]
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