59028 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 211 / Friday, October 31, 1997 / Notices

1R. Franklin Unger, Trustee of the Indiana Hi Rail

Corporation currently leases and operates the Line.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33492]

State of Oklahoma by and Through the

Oklahoma Department of

Transportation and Blackwell

Industrial Authority—Acquisition

Exemption—Central Kansas Railway,

L.L.C.

The State of Oklahoma, a noncarrier,

by and through the Oklahoma

Department of Transportation (ODOT),

and Blackwell Industrial Authority

(BIA), also a noncarrier, have filed a

notice of exemption under 49 CFR

1150.31 to acquire separate segments of

approximately 35.3 miles of rail line

(lines) from the Central Kansas Railway,

L.L.C. ODOT will acquire the segment of

the line between milepost 34.3, at

Blackwell, OK, and milepost 18.0+

1712.9 feet, at the Oklahoma/Kansas

state line near Hun Newell, KS. BIA will

acquire the segments of the line (1)

between milepost 35.0+ 1848 feet, west

of Blackwell, OK, and milepost 34.3, at

Blackwell, OK, and (2) between

milepost 18+ 1712.9 feet, at the

Oklahoma/Kansas state line near Hun

Newell, KS, and milepost 0+ 466.3 feet,

at Wellington, KS.

South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad,

Inc., a Class III rail carrier, has filed a

notice of exemption under 49 CFR

1150.41 in STB Finance Docket No.

33494, South Kansas and Oklahoma

Railroad, Inc.—Operation Exemption—

Oklahoma Department of

Transportation and Blackwell Industrial

Authority to operate the lines.

The transaction was expected to be

consummated on or after October 16,

1997.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the

proceeding 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. 33492, 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 Eric M.

Hocky, Esq., Gollatz, Griffin & Ewing,

P.C., 213 W. Miner Street, P. O. Box 796,

West Chester, PA 19381–0796.

Decided: October 22, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28817 Filed 10–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33494]

South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad,

Inc.—Operation Exemption—Oklahoma

Department of Transportation and

Blackwell Industrial Authority

South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad,

Inc., a Class III rail carrier, has filed a

verified notice of exemption under 49

CFR 1150.41 to operate approximately

35.3 miles of rail line owned by the

State of Oklahoma by and through the

Oklahoma Department of Transportation

and Blackwell Industrial Authority (1)

between milepost 34.3, at Blackwell,

OK, and milepost 18.0+ 1712.9 feet, at

the Oklahoma/Kansas state line near

Hun Newell, KS, (2) between milepost

35.0+ 1848 feet, west of Blackwell, OK,

and milepost 34.3, at Blackwell, OK,

and (3) between milepost 18+ 1712.9

feet, at the Oklahoma/Kansas state line

near Hun Newell, KS, and milepost 0+

466.3 feet, at Wellington, KS.

The transaction was expected to be

consummated on or after October 16,

1997.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the

proceeding 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. 33494, 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 Karl

Morrell, Esq., Ball Janik LLP, Suite 225,

1455 F Street, NW., Washington, DC

20005.

Decided: October 22, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28792 Filed 10–30–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33479]

Wabash Central, L.L.C.—Acquisition

and Operation Exemption—Norfolk

and Western Railway Company

Wabash Central, L.L.C. (WBCR), a

noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of

exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to

acquire from the Norfolk and Western

Railway Company (NW) and to operate

the Bluffton Line (Line) 1 from (1)

milepost T.S. 117.8 to milepost T.S.

123.0, in Craigsville, IN, and (2) from

milepost 123.8 in Craigsville, IN, to

milepost T.S. 144.2 in Van Buren, IN, a

distance of approximately 25.6 route

miles. In addition, WBCR will acquire

overhead trackage rights to operate over

NW’s main tracks between milepost T.S.

123.0=C.F. 163.0 and milepost T.S.

123.8=C.F. 162.2, a distance of

approximately .8 route miles.

The transaction was scheduled to be

consummated on or after the October

15, 1997 effective date of the exemption.

The transaction is related to the Hi Rail

Trustee’s filing of an Amended Plan of

Reorganization with the Board in STB

Finance Docket No. 33491 on October 3,

1997.

If the verified notice contains false or

misleading information, the exemption

is void ab initio. Petitions to reopen the

proceeding 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. 33479, 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 Richard R.

Wilson, Esq., 1126 Eighth Avenue, Suite

403, Altoona, PA 16002.

Decided: October 21, 1997.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28789 Filed 10–30–97; 8:45 am]

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