[Federal Register: May 14, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 93)]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33745]

 
Delaware and Hudson Railway Company d/b/a Canadian Pacific 
Railway--Trackage Rights Exemption--Norfolk Southern Railway Company

    Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) has agreed to grant overhead 
trackage rights to Delaware and Hudson Railway d/b/a Canadian Pacific 
Railway (D&H) over NS's trackage described as: (1) the Harrisburg Line, 
between the connection with the Pittsburgh Line at CP Harris, at or 
near milepost 112.9, in Harrisburg, PA, and CP Walnut, at or near 
milepost 58.6, in Reading, PA, a distance of approximately 54.3 miles; 
(2) the Reading Line, between the connection with the Harrisburg Line 
at CP Wyomissing Jct., at or near milepost 9.4, and the connection with 
the Reading Belt Branch at CP Valley, Jct., at or near milepost 8.7, 
all in Reading, a distance of approximately 0.7 miles; and (3) the 
Reading Belt Branch, between CP Cumru, at or near milepost 11.0, in 
Reading, and CP Bird, at or near milepost 18.5, in Birdsboro, PA, a 
distance of approximately 7.5 miles.
    The transaction is scheduled to be consummated on May 31, 1999.
    The trackage rights will permit D&H to connect its current trackage 
rights at Harrisburg to its current trackage rights at Reading to 
permit fluid through movements between CP Kase, PA, and the 
Philadelphia, PA area.
    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. 33745, 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 Diane P. Gerth, Esq., Leonard, Street and Deinard, 150 South 
Fifth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55402.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: May 6, 1999.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-12263 Filed 5-13-99; 8:45 am]
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