CURRENT YEAR - 2010

CURRENT YEAR RAILROAD ABANDONMENTS - FIRST TIME NOTICES

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If you have any questions about the abandonment page (I'd like to know who uses the page). 'REFRESH' this page to be sure you have the latest version. Also remember that often there are many follow-ups to an initial abandonment notice so if you have any interest in the proposed abandonments, use the Docket Numbers to keep up with the proceedings on the Surface Transportation Board's webpage. If you're interested in finding out how to purchase abandoned track or how to buy or bid on an abandoned line for salvage, or for other purposes, go the the Surface Transportation Board's Public Inquiry page here: http://www.stb.dot.gov/stb/public/inquiries_public.html
   I am no expert on railroad abandonment procedures nor do I know everything about the abandonment process or how to obtain the rights of salvage or any more details of a particular abandonment notice, other that what is on the Surface Transportation Board's site. This is a hobby of mine since I like trains and railroad history, so I've kept up with the abandonment notices on either the STB site or Federal Register. This site is for information purposes only and I can't guarantee that I'll find every single  first-time notice that's published, but I'll try. (KZ)

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PROPOSED RAILROAD ABANDONMENTS - 2009 Notices at link above - LATEST NOTICE BOTTOM OF LIST

2010

(Page updated March 5, 2010 - last first-time abandonment notices served March 5, 2010)

I will try to update once a week or more. I do not guarantee getting every first-time abandonment notice, but I will try to. The latest abandonment proposal will be last on the list in most cases. The Docket numbers for each listing are posted. Only NEW requests for abandonments will be listed...no updates to previous filings. Also, it may be months or years before track is actually taken up on some of these proposals - these rulings only give the railroad the right to abandon..

The address of the Surface Transportation Board is: Office of the Secretary, Case Control Unit, 1925 K Street, Washington DC 20423. The STB phone number for abandonment procedures (Office of Public Services) is: 202-565-1592. If you contact them, it would be handy to use the Docket Numbers. Their Web address is: http://www.stb.dot.gov if you'd like the complete listings.

These abandonment proposals have been printed in the Federal Register OR have come directly from the Surface Transportation Board. They will go in effect unless one of the following occurs: 1) an offer of financial assistance is received; 2) a request for public use of the land is received (for instance, rails-to-trails); 3) petitions to reopen the case is filed. Railroads, before they can file these "notices of exemption under CFR 1152 Subpart F," must certify that 1) no local traffic has moved over the line for at least 2 years; 2) any overhead traffic can be routed over other lines; 3) no formal complaint filed by a user is pending and; 4) environmental reports, historic reports, transmittal letter, newspaper publication, and notice to governmental agencies have been met.

LATEST NOTICE ON BOTTOM OF DOCUMENT (Click 2009 for 2009 notices)

MARYLAND - Norfolk Southern Railway Company - To abandon its rail freight operating rights and freight service operations over a 13.26-mile dead-end segment (``Line'') of a line of railroad commonly known in recent years as the Cockeysville Industrial Track (``CIT''). The Line is located between railroad milepost UU-1.00 (located just north of Wyman Park Drive, formerly Cedar Avenue) and the end of the CIT line south of the bridge at railroad milepost UU-15.44 in the City of Baltimore and in Baltimore County, MD. A final decision will be issued by April 5, 2010. (STB Docket No. AB-290 (Sub-No. 311X, decided December 24, 2009, served January 5, 2010)

INDIANA - CSX Transportation, Inc - To discontinue service over a 62.3-mile line of railroad on its Northern Region, Louisville Division, Hoosier Subdivision, between milepost 00Q 251.7, near Bedford, and milepost 00Q 314.0, near New Albany, in Clark, Floyd, Lawrence, Orange, and Washington Counties, IN.\1\ The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Codes 47150, 47172, 47106, 47143, 47165, 47167, 47108, 47452, 47446, and 47421, and includes the stations of Orleans, Leipsic, Campbellsburg, Salem, Pekin, and Borden. A final decision will be issued by April 7, 2010. (STB Docket No. AB-55 (Sub-No. 698X, decided December 31, 2009, served January 7, 2010)

ILLINOIS - Pioneer Industrial Railway Co - To discontinue service over 8.29 miles of rail line known as the Kellar Branch, between mileposts 1.71 and 10.0, owned by and located in the City of Peoria and the Village of Peoria Heights, IL. CIRY seeks to discontinue service over a 5.72-mile portion of the Kellar Branch, between mileposts 2.78 and 8.50.\2\ The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Codes 61603, 61604, 61614, 61615 and 61616, and includes the stations of Peoria P&PU Switch, Averyville, Peoria Heights, Keller, and Pioneer Park. A final decision is scheduled to be issued by April 16, 2010. (STB Docket No. AB-1056X; STB Docket No. AB-1066 (Sub-No. 1X, decided January 12, 2010, served January 15, 2010)

CALIFORNIA - Almanor Railroad Company - To abandon a 12.3-mile line of railroad between milepost 0.0 in Chester, and milepost 12.3 near Clear Creek, in Plumas and Lassen Counties, CA. Effective on March 11, 2010. (STB Docket No. AB-1052X, decided February 4, served February 9, 2010)

OHIO - CSX Transportation, Inc, - To abandon approximately 4.15 miles of rail line on its Northern Region, Chicago Division, Toledo Terminal Subdivision, between Temperance (milepost CTT 5.0) and Vulcan (milepost CTT 9.15), in Lucas County, OH. Effective on March 13, 2010. (STB Docket No. AB-55 (Sub-No. 696X, decided February 5, served February 17, 2010)

IOWA - Union Pacific Railroad Company - T abandon a portion of its line of railroad known as the Bondurant Industrial Lead, extending from milepost 225.56 near Berwick to milepost 232.80 near Bondurant, a distance of 7.24 miles, in Polk County, IA. Effective on March 20, 2010, (STB Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 248X, decided February 12, served February 18, 2010)

IOWA - Union Pacific Railroad Company - To abandon .20 miles of a line of railroad on the Ankeny Industrial Lead from milepost 10.50 in Ankeny to milepost 10.70 in Ankeny, in Polk County, IA. Effective on March 20, 2010, (STB Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 279X, decided February 12, served February 18, 2010)

ILLINOIS - The City of Chicago, Illinois - Adverse abandonment of two railroad lines in the City owned by the Chicago Terminal Railroad (CTR), totaling 1.625 miles: (1) a portion of the Kingsbury Branch from its southern terminus at the intersection of Kingsbury, Division, and Halstead Streets, to, but not including, the point at which the Goose Island Branch diverges from the Kingsbury Branch at or near Willow Street, a distance of approximately 6 city blocks (.75 mile) (the Kingsbury Segment); and (2) a portion of the Lakewood Avenue Line between the southwest right-of-way line of Clybourn Avenue and the Line's northern terminus at Diversey Parkway, a distance of approximately 7 city blocks (.875 mile) (the Lakewood Segment). (STB Docket No. AB-1036, decided February 17, served February 23, 2010)

INDIANA - The Indiana Rail Road Company--Abandonment Exemption--in Martin and Lawrence Counties, IN; CSX Transportation, Inc. - The Indiana Rail Road Company, requesting permission to abandon a 21.15-mile line of railroad extending from milepost 241.35 east of Crane, IN, to milepost 262.50 in Bedford, IN (Crane-Bedford Line), and a track extending from the Crane-Bedford Line at approximately milepost 262.40 and proceeding in an open counter-clockwise loop for approximately 1.65 miles (Bedford Industrial Track). (STB Docket No. AB-295 (Sub-No. 7X); STB Docket No. AB-55 (Sub-No. 698X, decided February 18, served February 24, 2010)

OKLAHOMA - Montoff Transportation Company, LLC - T acquire from BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) its right to reactivate rail service on a 42.80-mile rail-banked line (Line) between milepost 73.60 near
Fairmont and milepost 116.40 near Guthrie, in Garfield and Logan Counties, OK. Montoff, ODOT, and BNSF have now reached an agreement that would return the Line to active rail service. (STB Finance Docket No. 35354, decided March 2, served March 5, 2010)