[Federal Register: April 6, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 65)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board
[STB Finance Docket No. 33720]

 
Union Pacific Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption--Blue 
Rapids Railway Company

    Blue Rapids Railway Company (BRRC) has agreed to grant local 
trackage rights to Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) over its line of 
railroad, known as the Bestwall Branch, extending from a UP junction at 
milepost 0.12 at Marysville to milepost 10.12 at Bestwall, a distance 
of 10 miles in Marshall County, KS.
    The purpose of the trackage rights is to allow continued service on 
the line when the incumbent tenant withdraws.\1\ The transaction is 
scheduled to be consummated upon receipt of authority in the related 
proceeding, STB Finance Docket No. 33652.
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    \1\ There is one shipper on the line located at Bestwall. The 
line is currently operated by Northeast Kansas & Missouri Division 
of Mid-Michigan Railroad, Inc. (NEKM), under a local trackage rights 
agreement, which is to be assigned to UP pursuant to this exemption. 
In a related proceeding, Union Pacific Railroad Company--Acquisition 
and Operation Exemption--Mid Michigan Railroad, Inc., STB Finance 
Docket No. 33652. UP seeks to acquire and operate the main line 
extending from St. Joseph, MO, to Upland KS, near Maryville. That 
petition will be addressed by the Board in a separate decision.
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    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. 33720, 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 Joseph D. Anthofer, Esq., 1416 Dodge Street, #830, Omaha, NE 
68179.
    Board decisions and notices are available on our website at 
``WWW.STB.DOT.GOV.''

    Decided: March 30, 1999.

    By the Board, David M. Konschnik, Director, Office of 
Proceedings.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-8325 Filed 4-5-99; 8:45 am]
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