2718 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 11 / Friday, January 16, 1998 / Notices

1UP states that it filed this notice of exemption

to extend the trackage rights it received from SP in

STB Finance Docket No. 33128 (STB served Oct. 8,

1996), which included, among others, the

Bakersfield Line between Dike (MP 481.0) and West

Colton (MP 494.2).

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. 33533, 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 (1) Anne E.

Keating, Esq., Illinois Central Railroad

Company, 455 North Cityfront Plaza

Drive, Chicago, IL 60611–5504, and (2)

A. J. Waechter, Esq., Jones, Walker,

Waechter, Portevent, Carrere and

Denegre, 202 St. Charles Avenue, 50th

Floor, New Orleans, LA 70170–5100.

Decided: January 9, 1998.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–1118 Filed 1–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33535]

Maumee & Western Railroad

Corporation—Operation Exemption—

Maumee & Western, L.L.C.

Maumee & Western Railroad

Corporation, a noncarrier, has filed a

verified notice of exemption under 49

CFR 1150.31 to acquire operating rights

over a line of railroad owned by

Maumee & Western, L.L.C., from Liberty

Center, OH (milepost TN–28.0), to

Woodburn, IN (milepost 79.0), a

distance of approximately 51 route

miles.

The transaction was scheduled to be

consummated on or after December 31,

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. 33535, 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 16602.

Decided: January 7, 1998.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–1067 Filed 1–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33449]

Union Pacific Railroad Company—

Trackage Rights Exemption—Southern

Pacific Transportation Company

Southern Pacific Transportation

Company (SP) has agreed to grant

overhead trackage rights to Union

Pacific Transportation Company (UP)

over SP’s tracks known as the

Bakersfield Line from milepost 479.1

near Keenbrook to milepost 481.0 near

Dike, a distance of 1.9 miles, in the

vicinity of Los Angeles, CA. 1

The transaction was expected to be

consummated on or as soon as possible

after January 7, 1998, the effective date

of the exemption.

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 the notice 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. 33449, 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: Joseph D.

Anthofer, General Attorney, 1416 Dodge

Street, #830, Omaha, NE 19381–0796.

Decided: January 7, 1998.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–1069 Filed 1–15–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[STB Finance Docket No. 33536]

Wabash Central Railroad

Corporation—Operation Exemption—

Wabash Central, L.L.C.

Wabash Central Railroad Corporation,

a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice

of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to

acquire operating rights over a line of

railroad owned by Wabash Central,

L.L.C., from Craigsville, IN (milepost

117.8), to Van Buren, IN (milepost

108.6), a distance of approximately 26.4

miles of rail line and incidental trackage

rights.

The transaction was scheduled to be

consummated on or after December 31,

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. 33536, 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 16602.

Decided: January 7, 1998.

By the Board, David M. Konschnik,

Director, Office of Proceedings.

Vernon A. Williams,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–1068 Filed 1–15–98; 8:45 am]

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