[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 131 (Friday, July 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42059-42060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-16859]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33884]


Wisconsin Central Ltd.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Illinois 
Central Railroad Company

    Illinois Central Railroad Company (IC) has agreed to amend the 
overhead trackage rights previously granted to Wisconsin Central Ltd. 
(WCL) over its line of railroad between IC's connection with Union 
Pacific near 16th Street in Chicago and IC's Markham Yard in Hazel 
Crest, IL, a distance of approximately 22 miles.\1\ Previously, WCL 
used those rights to interchange traffic with IC and Grand Trunk 
Western Railroad Incorporated at Markham Yard, and also to interchange 
traffic at a connection point with Norfolk and Western Railway Company 
near 95th Street in Chicago, IL.
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    \1\ See Wisconsin Central Ltd.--Trackage Rights Exemption--The 
Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad Company, Consolidated 
Rail Corporation, Illinois Central Railroad Company, and Chicago and 
North Western Transportation Company, Finance Docket No. 31659 (ICC 
served Oct. 31, 1990).
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    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on or shortly after 
July 5, 2000.
    The proposed amendment to the trackage rights would grant 
additional rights to WCL and will allow WCL to connect directly with 
lines of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (CSS) at 115th 
Street in Chicago, thus providing for a streamlined route for roofing 
granules

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and other goods originating on the WCL in Kremlin, WI, to reach CSS-
served customers and possibly to reach other carriers connecting with 
CSS.
    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. 33884, 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 J. Barron, Jr., Wisconsin Central Ltd., One O'Hare 
Centre, 6250 North River Road, Suite 9000, Rosemont, IL 60018.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: June 28, 2000.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-16859 Filed 7-6-00; 8:45 am]
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