--------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Simultaneously with this filing, in STB Finance Docket No. 34613, Permian filed a verified notice of exemption to acquire control of West Texas and Lubbock Railroad Company, Inc., a Class III short line railroad.

Permian Basin Railways, Inc. (Permian),\2\ a

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Surface Transportation Board

--------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Simultaneously with this filing, in STB Finance Docket No. 34614, Permian filed a verified notice of exemption to acquire control of Arizona Eastern Railway Company, Inc., a Class III short line railroad.

Permian Basin Railways, Inc. (Permian),\2\ a noncarrier and

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Surface Transportation Board