The Federal Register http://thefederalregister.com/b.p/agency/Surface_Transportation_Board/2008-12-23/ Daily Publications of Meetings and Rules Changes for the Federal Government Mon, May 20 2013 11:00:00 GMT Mon, May 20 2013 11:00:00 GMT info@thefederalregister.com <![CDATA[ Norfolk Southern Railway Company--Abandonment Exemption--in Fulton County, GA]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2008-12-23-E8-30146

Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR) has filed a verified notice of exemption \1\ under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart FExempt Abandonments to abandon a 4.30mile line of railroad between milepost DF 633.10 and milepost DF 637.40, in Atlanta, Fulton County, GA. The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Codes 30303, 30306, 30307, 30308, 30309, 30312, 30324, 30337, 30340, and 30354.\2\
\1\ NSR concurrently filed a petition seeking an exemption from the offer of financial assistance (OFA) and the public use provisions at 49 U.S.C. 10904 and 49 U.S.C. 10905, respectively. The merits of the petition will be addressed in a separate decision. \2\ NSR states that the property underlying the line proposed for abandonment between milepost DF 633.10 and the crossing at grade of DeKalb Avenue/Decatur Street at approximately milepost DF 636.56 was conveyed to a local developer in 2004, and that the developer subsequently conveyed the property to NE Corridor Partners, LLC, which intends to develop ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2008-12-23-E8-30146 Tue, Dec 23 2008 11:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Kansas City Southern, The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, and The Texas Mexican Railway Company--Exemption for]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2008-12-23-E8-30381

Kansas City Southern (KCS), The Kansas City Southern Railway Company (KCSR), and The Texas Mexican Railway Company (Tex Mex), have filed a verified notice of exemption for a transaction within a corporate family. The transaction involves: (1) KCSR's acquisition by lease and operation of Tex Mex's rightofway and rail line extending between milepost 2.5 (near Rosenberg, TX) and milepost 87.0 (near Victoria, TX); and (2) the assignment to KCSR of Tex Mex's overhead trackage rights over certain rail lines of Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) (a) between mileposts 0.0 and 2.5 (near Rosenberg), and (b) between mileposts 87.0 and 90.8 (near Victoria), along with Tex Mex's rights to interchange with BNSF Railway Company at Rosenberg.\1\ \1\ The rail line segment between mileposts 2.5 and 87.0 is owned by Tex Mex, and the segments between mileposts 0.0 and 2.5 and mileposts 87.0 and 90.8 are owned by UP.

KCS is a privately held noncarrier holding company, with both rail and nonrail assets. ]]> http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2008-12-23-E8-30381 Tue, Dec 23 2008 11:00:00 GMT