[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13170-13171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5945]



-----------------------------------------------------------------------


INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
[Finance Docket No. 32562]


Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a CP Rail System--Acquisition of 
Trackage Rights Exemption<SUP>1--Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad 
Company, Inc., Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Company and Wisconsin 
River Transit Commission d/b/a Wisconsin River Rail Transit Commission

    \1\Notices of Exemption were concurrently filed in Soo Line 
Railroad Company d/b/a CP Rail System--Acquisition of Trackage 
Rights Exemption--Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad Company, Inc., and 
Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Company, Finance Docket No. 32562 
(Sub-No. 1), and Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a CP Rail System--
Acquisition of Trackage Rights Exemption--Wisconsin and Calumet 
Railroad Company, Inc., Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Company and 
Wisconsin River Transit Commission d/b/a Wisconsin River Rail 
Transit Commission, Finance Docket No. 32562 (Sub-No. 2).
    Under the Commission's rules of practice at 49 CFR 
1180.4(g)(2)(ii), this notice and the notices in Finance Docket No. 
32562 (Sub-No. 1) and Finance Docket No. 32562 (Sub-No. 2), should 
have been published in the Federal Register within 20 days of 
filings. It was recently discovered that, through oversight, the 
notices had not been published.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Wisconsin and Calumet Railroad Company, Inc. (WICT), Wisconsin & 
Southern Railroad Company (WSOR) and Wisconsin River Transit 
[[Page 13171]] Commission d/b/a Wisconsin River Rail Transit Commission 
(WRRTC) have agreed to grant non-exclusive overhead trackage rights and 
certain industry access to Soo Line Railroad Company d/b/a CP Rail 
System (CPRS), over and upon WRRTC's line of railroad (owned in 
conjunction with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and leased 
and operated by WICT and WSOR). The trackage is located between 
Madison, WI, milepost 138.58 +/- and a connection with the Chicago and 
North Western Transportation Company (CNW)<SUP>2 at milepost 48.80 +/- 
in Janesville, WI. The trackage rights will (1) allow CPRS access to 
WRRTC's lines and WICT's and WSOR's leased trackage between Madison and 
a connection with the CNW in Janesville, and (2) offer CPRS an 
alternative and additional route for handling traffic between Madison 
and Janesville. The trackage rights were to become effective on or 
after August 29, 1994.

    \2\Effective May 6, 1994, the Chicago and North Western 
Transportation Company changed its name to the ``Chicago and North 
Western Railway Company''.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    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. 10505(d) may 
be filed at any time.<SUP>3 The filing of a petition to revoke will not 
automatically stay the transaction. Pleadings must be filed with the 
Commission and served on: Wayne C. Serkland, 1000 Soo Line Bldg., 105 
South 5th St., Minneapolis, MN 55402.

    \3\The United Transportation Union filed a petition to revoke on 
September 1, 1994. That petition is currently pending.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    As a condition to the use of this exemption, any employees 
adversely affected by the trackage rights will be protected under 
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).

    Decided: March 6, 1995.

    By the Commission, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-5945 Filed 3-9-95; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7035-01-P