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1 GTRA states that it intends to continue to 

interchange traffic (1) at Columbus, Miss., with 

Alabama & Gulf Coast Railway, LLC, BNSF Railway 

Company, Columbus and Greenville Railway 

Company, and KCS, and (2) at Triangle Jct., with 

Norfolk Southern Railway Company. 

1TOE states that it intends to interchange traffic 

(1) at the Arkansas-Oklahoma state border with its 

affiliate DeQueen and Eastern Railroad, LLC, and 

(2) at Valliant with BNSF Railway Company, 

Kiamichi Railroad Company, and Union Pacific 

Railroad Company. 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35428] 

Golden Triangle Railroad, LLC— 

Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Golden Triangle Railroad 

Company 

Golden Triangle Railroad, LLC 

(GTRA), a noncarrier, has filed a 

verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR 1150.31 to: (1) Acquire from 

Golden Triangle Railroad Company (Old 

GTRA) and to operate approximately 8.6 

miles of rail line between milepost 8.6 

(Trinity, Miss.) and milepost 0.0 

(Triangle Jct., Miss.), including the side 

track at Bell Avenue in Lowndes 

County, Miss.; and (2) acquire by 

assignment from Old GTRA 10.1 miles 

of incidental trackage rights over the 

Kansas City Southern Railway Company 

(KCS) between mileposts 5.0 and 15.1 in 

Columbus, Mo.1

This transaction is related to a 

transaction in which Patriot Rail, LLC 

and its subsidiaries entered into an asset 

purchase agreement on July 21, 2010, to 

acquire from Weyerhaeuser NR 

Company certain rail assets and the rail 

assets of five of its subsidiaries. 

This transaction is also related to six 

other transactions for which notices of 

exemption have been concurrently filed: 

Docket No. FD 35425, Tennessee 

Southern Railroad Company, Patriot 

Rail, LLC, Patriot Rail Holdings, LLC, 

and Patriot Rail Corp.—Continuance in 

Control Exemption—Columbia & 

Cowlitz Railway, LLC, DeQueen and 

Eastern Railroad, LLC, Golden Triangle 

Railroad, LLC, Mississippi & Skuna 

Valley Railroad, LLC, Patriot Woods 

Railroad, LLC, and Texas, Oklahoma & 

Eastern Railroad, LLC, in which Patriot 

Rail, LLC and its subsidiaries seek to 

continue in control of GTRA in this 

proceeding and five other newly created 

noncarrier subsidiaries, upon the latter 

becoming Class III rail carriers in the 

following proceedings: (1) Docket No. 

FD 35426, Columbia & Cowlitz Railway, 

LLC—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Columbia & Cowlitz 

Railway Company; (2) Docket No. FD 

35427, DeQueen and Eastern Railroad, 

LLC—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—DeQueen and Eastern 

Railroad Company; (3) Docket No. FD 

35429, Mississippi & Skuna Valley 

Railroad, LLC—Acquisition and 

Operation Exemption—Mississippi & 

Skuna Valley Railroad Company, (4) 

Docket No. FD 35430, Texas, Oklahoma 

& Eastern Railroad, LLC—Acquisition 

and Operation Exemption—Texas, 

Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad 

Company; and (5) Docket No. FD 35431, 

Patriot Woods Railroad, LLC— 

Acquisition and Operation Exemption— 

Weyerhaeuser NR Company, 

Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad 

Operating Division. 

The parties intend to consummate the 

transaction on or after December 21, 

2010. 

GTRA certifies that its projected 

annual revenues as a result of this 

transaction will not exceed those that 

would qualify it as a Class III rail carrier 

and will not exceed $5 million. 

If the verified 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 effectiveness of 

the exemption. Petitions to stay must be 

filed no later than November 12, 2010 

(at least 7 days before the exemption 

becomes effective). 

An original and 10 copies of all 

pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 

35428, must be filed with the Surface 

Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., 

Washington, DC 20423–0001. In 

addition, a copy of each pleading must 

be served on Louis E. Gitomer, 600 

Baltimore Ave., Suite 301, Towson, MD 

21204. 

Board decisions and notices are 

available on our Web site at http:// 

www.stb.dot.gov. 

Decided: November 1, 2010. 

By the Board, Rachel D. Campbell, 

Director, Office of Proceedings. 

Andrea Pope-Matheson, 

Clearance Clerk. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27967 Filed 11–4–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Surface Transportation Board 

[Docket No. FD 35430] 

Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad, 

LLC—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Texas, Oklahoma & 

Eastern Railroad Company 

Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad, 

LLC (TOE), a noncarrier, has filed a 

verified notice of exemption under 49 

CFR 1150.31 to acquire from Texas, 

Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad Company 

and to operate approximately 40 miles 

of rail line between milepost 40.0 (the 

Oklahoma-Arkansas state border) and 

milepost 0.0 (Valliant, Okla.), including 

auxiliary, storage, and spur tracks, in 

McCurtain County, Okla.1

This transaction is related to a 

transaction in which Patriot Rail, LLC 

and its subsidiaries entered into an asset 

purchase agreement on July 21, 2010, to 

acquire from Weyerhaeuser NR 

Company certain rail assets and the rail 

assets of five of its subsidiaries. 

This transaction is also related to six 

other transactions for which notices of 

exemption have been concurrently filed: 

Docket No. FD 35425, Tennessee 

Southern Railroad Company, Patriot 

Rail, LLC, Patriot Rail Holdings LLC, 

and Patriot Rail Corp.—Continuance in 

Control Exemption—Columbia & 

Cowlitz Railway, LLC, DeQueen and 

Eastern Railroad, LLC, Golden Triangle 

Railroad, LLC, Mississippi & Skuna 

Valley Railroad, LLC, Patriot Woods 

Railroad, LLC, and Texas, Oklahoma & 

Eastern Railroad, LLC, in which Patriot 

Rail, LLC and its subsidiaries seek to 

continue in control of TOE in this 

proceeding and five other newly created 

noncarrier subsidiaries, upon the latter 

becoming Class III rail carriers in the 

following proceedings: (1) Docket No. 

FD 35426, Columbia & Cowlitz Railway, 

LLC—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—Columbia & Cowlitz 

Railway Company; (2) Docket No. FD 

35427, DeQueen and Eastern Railroad, 

LLC—Acquisition and Operation 

Exemption—DeQueen and Eastern 

Railroad Company; (3) Docket No. FD 

35428, Golden Triangle Railroad LLC— 

Acquisition and Operation Exemption— 

Golden Triangle Railroad Company; (4) 

Docket No. FD 35429, Mississippi & 

Skuna Valley Railroad, LLC— 

Acquisition and Operation Exemption— 

Mississippi & Skuna Valley Railroad 

Company; and (5) Docket No. FD 35431, 

Patriot Woods Railroad, LLC— 

Acquisition and Operation Exemption— 

Weyerhaeuser NR Company, 

Weyerhaeuser Woods Railroad 

Operating Division. 

The parties intend to consummate the 

transaction on or after December 21, 

2010. 

TOE certifies that its projected annual 

revenues as a result of this transaction 

will not exceed those that would qualify 

it as a Class III rail carrier. Because 

TOE’s projected annual revenues will 

exceed $5 million, TOE certified to the 

Board on October 20, 2010, that it had 

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