Week of 17 Jan 2000

Decisions served

1. 21 Jan 2000 ISM 35007
   DENIED THE REQUEST FOR SUSPENSION AND INVESTIGATION.

   Entire Board · PROTEST OF NCC ACTION TAKEN NOVEMBER 8 1999 · decision 30784
2. 21 Jan 2000 AB 531-X
   GRANTED PVRR'S REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO EXERCISE THE ABANDONMENT AUTHORITY, AND THE AUTHORITY TO ABANDON MUST BE EXERCISED ON OR BEFORE APRIL 21, 2000.

   Director Of Proceedings · PIONEER VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY, INC.--ABANDONMENT EXEMPTION--IN HAMPEN COUNTY, MA · decision 30781
3. 21 Jan 2000 MCF 20960
   APPROVED STAGECOACH AND COACH AN APPLICATION UNDER 49 U.S.C. 14303 TO ACQUIRE CONTROL OF ACL, A MOTOR PASSENGER CARRIER.

   Entire Board · STAGECOACH HOLDINGS PLC AND COACH USA, INC., ET AL.--CONTROL--AMERICAN COACH LINES, INC. · decision 30752
4. 19 Jan 2000 FD 33824
   NOTICE THAT GSLS HAS FILED AN APPLICATION UNDER 49 U.S.C. 10901(A) FOR AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE ONE OF THE TWO FOLLOWING PROJECTS: (1) A RAIL LINE APPROXIMATELY 32 MILES IN LENGTH BETWEEN LOW, UT AND A FACILITY TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE SKULL VALLEY, UT, FOR THE INTERIM STORAGE OF SPENT NUCLEAR; OR (2) A RUN-AROUND TRACK AND SIDINGS AT A POINT APPROXIMATELY 1.8 MILES WEST OF TIMPIE, UT, WHERE APPLICANT WOULD LOCATE AN INTERMODAL TRANSFER POINT FOR THE TRANSFER OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL SHIPPING CASKS FROM RAILCARS ONTO TRUCKS FOR HIGHWAY MOVEMENT TO THE STORAGE FACILITY.

   Director Of Proceedings · GREAT SALT LAKE AND SOUTHERN RAILROAD, L.L.C.--CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION--IN TOOELE COUNTY, UT · decision 30761
5. 18 Jan 2000 FD 33820
   EXTENDED THE DUE DATE FOR LHRR TO FILE IT'S REPLY TO FEBRUARY 10, 2000.

   Secretary · CENTRAL OF TENNESSEE RAILWAY & NAVIGATION COMPANY INCORPORATED DBA THE LONGHORN RAILWAY COMPANY -- PETITION FOR DECLARATORY ORDER · decision 30779
6. 18 Jan 2000 SUB 801-H
   (1) APPROVED THE REVISED LIFE AND SALVAGE ESTIMATES AND DEPRECIATION RATES FOR ROAD PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING PROPERTY OF THE FORMER MILWAUKEE ROAD; (2) REPLACED THE DEPRECIATION RATES IN THIS SUB-ORDER PRESCRIBED IN PREVIOUS SUB-ORDERS FOR ROAD PROPERTY OF THE ABOVE FORMERN ROADS.

   Accounting Board · THE MATTER OF PRESCRIBING DEPRECIATION RATES FOR USE IN COMPUTING DEPRECTIATION CHARGES FOR THE SOO LINE RAILROAD COMPANY · decision 30751
7. 18 Jan 2000 FD 33833
   NOTICE THAT UP HAS AGREED TO GRANT OVERHEAD TRACKAGE RIGHTS TO THE BNSF OVER UP'S RAIL LINE BETWEEN STOCKTON, CA, IN THE VICINITY OF UP'S MILEPOST 82.3 AND FRESNO, CA, IN THE VICINITY OF UP'S MILEPOST 207.0.

   Director Of Proceedings · THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY--TRACKAGE RIGHTS EXEMPTION--UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY · decision 30743
8. 18 Jan 2000 FD 33841
   NOTICE THAT RJCM HAS FILED A VERIFIED NOTICE OF EXEMPTION UNDER 49 CFR 1150.31 TO OPERATE AN ABANDONED RAIL LINE EXTENDING FROM FORMER MILEPOST LF-182.50, AT ZINC, TN, TO FORMER MILEPOST LF-199.08, AT CUMBERLAND CITY, TN, A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 16.58 MILES IN MONTGOMERY AND STEWART COUNTIES, TN.

   Director Of Proceedings · R. J. CORMAN RAILROAD COMPANY/MEMPHIS LINE--OPERATING EXEMPTION--LINE IN MONTGOMERY AND STEWART COUNTIES, TN · decision 30733
9. 18 Jan 2000 AB 425
   (1) REOPENED THIS PROCEEDING AND (2) VACATED THE CITU WITH RESPECT TO THE LINE SEGMENT BETWEEN MILEPOST 15 AND MILEPOST 111.27, AND LONE STAR MAY FULLY ABANDON THIS LINE SEGMENT; AND REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE 7-MILE PORTION OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY BETWEEN MILEPOST 8 AND MILEPOST 15, WITH THE NORTH TEXAS RURAL RAIL TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT AS THE TRAIL USER.

   Director Of Proceedings · LONE STAR RAILROAD, INC. · decision 30728