The railroad abandonment proposals are also published
each month in the printed ARKANSAS RAILROADER, which I edit.
It is the monthly publication of the Arkansas Railroad Club, Little
Rock Chapter NRHS, and contains other rail news plus stories from
railroading's past. Our address is: PO Box 9151, North Little Rock AR
72119. Chapter dues are $20 a year and includes the monthly
newsletters. Email me 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.
PROPOSED RAILROAD ABANDONMENTS - LATEST NOTICE BOTTOM OF LIST
2007
(Page updated December 30, 2007- last
first-time abandonment notices
served December 18, 2007 - no new notices up to December 30)
I will try to update once a week or more. I do not quarantee
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 2006for 2006 notices)
TEXAS – UNION PACIFIC - ALAMO GULF
COAST RAILROAD COMPANY - UP seeks to abandon and AGCR seeks to
discontinue service over a line of railroad extending between milepost
253.26 and milepost 256.0 on UP’s Kerrville Subdivision, a distance of
2.74 miles in Bexar County, TX. A final decision will be issued by
April 4, 2007. ([STB Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 236X, and STB Docket No.
AB-576 (Sub-No. 2X), decided December 28, 2006, served January 4, 2007)
MINNESOTA – BNSF – To abandon a
5.29-mile line of railroad between milepost 90.87 and milepost 95.15,
including the 1.01-mile depot spur between milepost 94.78 and milepost
93.77, near Bemidji in Beltrami County, MN. Effective on February 14,
2007. (STB Docket No. AB-6 (Sub-No. 446X, decided January 4, served
January 12, 2007)
ALABAMA - GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN
RAILROAD, INC. – To abandon a 4.54-mile line of railroad
extending from milepost H-334.46, at Eufaula, to milepost H-339.00,
near Eufaula, in Barbour County, AL. A final decision will be issued by
April 25, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-1000X, decided January 17, served
January 25, 2007)
TENNESSEE - NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANY AND WESTERN TENNESSEE RAILROAD - For NSR to abandon, and
for WTNN to discontinue service and operating rights over a .25-mile
line of railroad lying between mileposts (old) C 471.00 and (old) C
471.25 in Jackson, Madison County, TN. The line traverses United
States Postal Service Zip Code 38301 and includes the station of
Jackson, TN. Effective on February 24, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-290
(Sub-No. 277X), decided January 17, served January 25, 2007)
NEW YORK - NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANY – To abandon a 1.64-mile line of railroad, extending
from milepost ZU 45.00 to milepost ZU 46.64 at Harriman, Orange County,
NY. The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Code
10926, and includes the former station at Harriman. A final decision
will be issued by May 2, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-290 (Sub-No. 283X),
decided January 24, served February 1, 2007)
MISSOURI - CHILLICOTHE-BRUNSWICK RAIL
MAINTENANCE AUTHORITY – To discontinue service over an
approximately 37.44-mile line of railroad between milepost 226.0, in
Chillicothe, and milepost 188.56, near Brunswick, in Livingston, Linn,
and Chariton Counties, MO. Effective on March 27, 2007. ([STB Docket
No. AB-1001X, decided February 16, served February 23, 2007)
MISSOURI - MOTIVE RAIL, INC. D/B/A
MISSOURI NORTH CENTRAL RAILROAD - To discontinue service over an
approximately 29.55-mile line of railroad between milepost 218.25, near
Norville, and milepost 188.7 near Kelly, in Livingston, Linn, and
Chariton Counties, MO. Effective on March 27, 2007. (STB Docket No.
AB-993X, decided February 16, served February 23, 2007)
MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON AND MAINE
CORPORATION – SPRINGFIELD TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY - For B&M
to abandon, and for ST to discontinue service over, a 9.69-mile portion
of the Wakefield Junction Industrial Track between milepost 9.38, and
milepost 19.07 in Essex and Middlesex Counties, MA. Effective on April
6, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-32 (Sub-No. 95X, decided February 23,
served March 7, 2007)
OHIO - NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
– To discontinue service over a 15.70-mile line of railroad between
milepost RZ 20.20 near North Jackson and milepost RZ 35.90 near
Sebring, in Mahoning County, OH. The line traverses United States
Postal Service Zip Codes 44451, 44609, and 44672, and includes the
stations of Ellsworth, Berlin Center, Berl, Snodes, Ring, and N.
Sebring. Effective on April 14, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-290 (Sub-No.
292X), decided February 28, served March 15, 2007)
WASHINGTON – BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY
- To abandon a 0.86-mile line of railroad that extends between
Engineering Station 476+09 and Engineering Station 521+42 near Olympia,
in Thurston County, WA. Effective on April 17, 2007. (STB Docket No.
AB-6 (Sub-No. 448X, decided March 8, served March 16, 2007)
NEW JERSEY - NEW YORK & GREENWOOD
LAKE RAILWAY - To abandon an approximately .7-mile line of
railroad between milepost 1.1, near the intersection of South and
Fourth Streets, and the end of the line at milepost 1.8, near the
intersection of Canal and Monroe Streets, in Passaic, Passaic County,
NJ. Effective on April 24, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-1006X, decided
March 16, served March 23, 2007)
RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS -
PROVIDENCE AND WORCESTER RAILROAD COMPANY - To abandon a portion
of the Slatersville Secondary Track located in Woonsocket, Providence
County, RI, extending from milepost 0.85 +/- at the north side of
Boyden Street and continuing to a point that is 1,480 +/- feet
northerly of the end of the track at milepost 0.0 in Blackstone,
Worcester County, MA, a total distance of approximately 1.1 miles.
Effective on April 25, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-254 (Sub-No. 9X,
decided March 16, served March 26, 2007)
FLORIDA - CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC
– To abandon a 0.66-mile line of railroad on its Southern Region,
Jacksonville Division, Palmetto Subdivision, from milepost SWC 871.0 to
the end of track at milepost 871.66, known as the west end of the
Parrish Spur, City of Palmetto, in Manatee County, FL. Effective on
April 28, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-55 (Sub-No. 672X, decided March 20,
served March 29, 2007)
TENNESSEE - THE CINCINNATI, NEW
ORLEANS AND TEXAS PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY - The Cincinnati, New
Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company (CNOTP), a wholly owned
subsidiary of Norfolk Southern Railway Company, to abandon a 12.44-mile
line of railroad between milepost NR 0.00 at New River and milepost NR
12.44 at Sterling, in Scott County, TN.[2] The line traverses
United States Postal Service Zip Code 37841, and includes the former
stations of Highway Jct., Pemberton, Hunter, Slick Rock, Brimstone, and
Sterling. Effective on May 2, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-290 (Sub-No.
279X, decided March 27, served April 2, 2007)
MINNESOTA – BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY
- To abandon a rail line between Engineering Stations 0 + 00 and 28 +
61, near Appleton, in Swift County, MN, a distance of 0.54 miles.
Effective on May 4, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-6 (Sub-No. 449X, decided
March 23, served April 4, 2007)
NORTH CAROLINA - CALDWELL COUNTY
RAILROAD COMPANY – To discontinue service over a 5.2-mile
segment of the rail line known as the HG Line, extending from milepost
107.5, near Lenoir, to the end of the line at milepost 112.7, near
Valmead, in Caldwell County, NC. A final decision will be issued by
July 9, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-999X, decided April 2, served April
10, 2007)
MICHIGAN - LAKE STATE RAILWAY COMPANY
– To permit the abandonment of 4.15 miles of rail line in Otsego
County, MI. The line includes the northernmost portion of the
carrier’s main line Mackinaw Subdivision extending from milepost MP
116.8 (where the line crosses East McCoy Road) to the end of the line
at milepost MP 120.95. A final decision will be issued by July 16,
2007. (STB Docket No. AB-534 (Sub-No. 3X, decided April 6, served 17,
2007)
ILLINOIS - BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY
– To abandon approximately 1.05 miles of rail line, extending between
milepost 13.97 and milepost 15.02, near Centralia, in Clinton and
Marion Counties, IL. Effective on May 22, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-6
(Sub-No. 452X, decided April 9, served April 20, 2007)
INDIANA - CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC
– To abandon a 1.78-mile line of railroad in its Northern Region,
Chicago Division, Saginaw Subdivision, extending from Valuation Station
9195+50 to Valuation Station 9289+36, known as the Old Mainline in
Atwood Yard, in the cities of Flint and Burton, in Genesee County, MI.
A final decision will be issued by July 25, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-55
(Sub-No. 633X, decided April 20, served April 26, 2007)
VIRGINIA - NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANY - To abandon a 5.00-mile line of railroad between
mileposts FD 90.20 and FD 95.20, in Lawrenceville, Brunswick County,
VA. The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Code
23868 and includes the former station of Lawrenceville. Effective on
June 1, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-290 (Sub-No. 287X, decided April 24,
served May 2, 2007)
MINNESOTA - BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY
– To abandon a 0.79-mile line of railroad between milepost 16.21 and
milepost 17.00, near Cold Spring, in Stearns County, MN. Effective on
June 6, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-6 (Sub-No. 455X), decided April 26,
served May 7, 2007)
INDIANA - CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OF
INDIANAPOLIS - To discontinue service over a 2.36-mile line of
railroad between milepost TS-154.65, near Marion, and milepost
TS-157.01, near West Marion Belt, in Grant County, IN. A final decision
will be issued by August 10, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-511 (Sub-No. 3X,
decided May 4, served May 11, 2007)
IDAHO - PALOUSE RIVER & COULEE
CITY RAILROAD, INC. - To abandon a 0.20-mile line of railroad
extending between milepost 85.91 and milepost 86.11 in Moscow, in Latah
County, ID. A final decision will be issued by August 17, 2007. (STB
Docket No. AB-570 (Sub-No. 2X), decided May 10, served May 18, 2007)
MONTANA - MISSION MOUNTAIN RAILROAD,
INC – To discontinue service over a 0.42-mile line of railroad
between Engineering Station 189+36 and Engineering Station 167+00, in
Flathead County, MT. Effective on June 20, 2007. (STB Docket No.
AB-1009X, decided May 11, served May 21, 2007)
WISCONSIN - WISCONSIN & SOUTHERN
RAILROAD CO. - To abandon an approximately 2.41-mile line
of railroad, extending from milepost 94.35, east of N. 24th Street, to
milepost 96.76, west of N. Richards Street, known as the Nut Line, in
the cities of Milwaukee and Glendale, in Milwaukee County, WI. A final
decision will be issued by August 24, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-383
(Sub-No. 5X, decided May 7, served May 21, 2007)
MICHIGAN - GRAND TRUNK WESTERN
RAILROAD INCORPORATED - To abandon a 0.7-mile portion of its
line of railroad known as the Cass City Subdivision from milepost 7.06
to milepost 6.36 in Orion Township, in Oakland County, MI. effective on
June 20, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-31 (Sub-No. 41X, decided May 11,
served May 21, 2007)
NEW YORK - FINGER LAKES RAILWAY CORP.
- To abandon a 4.95-mile line of railroad between milepost 41.35, in
the Village of Penn Yan, Township of Benton, and milepost 46.3, outside
the Township of Benton, located in Yates County, NY. The line
traverses United States Postal Service Zip Code 14527. The line
for which the abandonment exemption request was filed includes one
station, Bellona, located at milepost 46.3 – SPLC 183992. Effective on
June 23, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-1005X, decided May 18, served May 24,
2007)
NEBRASKA - NEBKOTA RAILWAY, INC.
- To abandon a 30.3-mile segment of its line of railroad between
milepost 404.3 near Chadron 69337 and the end of the line at milepost
374 at Rushville 69360, in Dawes and Sheridan Counties, NE. The
line traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip Codes 69337, 69347, and 69360,
and includes the stations of Chadron, Bordeaux, Hay Springs and
Rushville. A final decision will be issued by August 22, 2007. (STB
Docket No. AB-988 (Sub-No. 1X, decided May 15, served May 24, 2007)
ILLINOIS - CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.
- To abandon a 0.86-mile line of railroad on its Northern Region,
Louisville Division, Illinois Subdivision, from milepost BXO 74.14 to
milepost BXO 75.0, known as the Flora North Branch, City of Flora, in
Clay County, IL. Effective on June 27, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-55
(Sub-No. 678X, decided May 18, served May 25, 2007)
NEW JERSEY - NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANY – To abandon a 1.40-mile line of railroad between
milepost UQ 8.80 and milepost UQ 10.20, in Rutherford, Bergen County,
NJ.[1] The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Code
07070, and includes the former stations of Rutherford Jct. and Carlton
Hill. Effective on June 30, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-290 (Sub-No. 288X,
decided May 24, served May 31, 2007)
WASHINGTON - BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY
- To abandon a 0.20-mile line of railroad extending between Engineering
Station 73 + 58 and Engineering Station 84 + 26 in Seattle, King
County, WA. Effective on June 30, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-6 (Sub-No.
459X, decided May 24, served May 31, 2007)
NEW YORK – DELAWARE AND HUDSON RAILWAY
COMPANY, INC., D/B/A CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY - To
abandon 1.98 +/- miles of rail line between mileposts A 6.95 +/- (in
Colonie) and A 7.13 +/- and mileposts T 0.0 +/- and T 1.81 +/- (in
Green Island), in Albany County, NY. Effective on July 3, 2007. (STB
Docket No. AB-156 (Sub-No. 26X, decided May 23, served June 1, 2007)
MINNESOTA - NORTHERN LINES RAILWAY, LLC
- To discontinue service over a 0.77-mile line of railroad between
milepost 16.21 and milepost 16.98, near Cold Spring, in Stearns County,
MN. Effective on July 6, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-1011X, decided May
30, served June 6, 2007)
COLORADO - DENVER REGIONAL
TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT – To abandon a 5.7-mile line of railroad
between milepost 0.60 and milepost 6.3 in Denver and Jefferson
Counties, CO. Effective on July 7, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-1229X,
decided May 31, served June 7, 2007)
ILLINOIS – UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY – To abandon a 2.3-mile portion of its Barber Greene
Spur, from milepost 23.5 to milepost 25.8, in DeKalb County, IL.
Effective on July 18, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 243X,
decided June 8, served June 18, 2007)
WEST VIRGINIA - CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC
– To abandon a 13.6-mile line of railroad on its Southern Region,
Huntington Division—East, Rupert Subdivision extending from milepost
CAH 7.2 at Rupert Junction to the end of the track at milepost CAH 20.8
at Clearco in Greenbrier County, WV. The station, Raders Run, at
milepost CAH 11, FSAC 083117, OPSL 62455 is located on the line.
Effective on July 26, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-55 (Sub-No. 683X,
decided June 15, served June 26, 2007)
INDIANA - SHANNON TRANSPORT, INC.
– To abandon, and Buffalo & Pittsburgh Railroad, Inc. (BPRR), has
filed a notice of exemption under the same Subpart to discontinue
service and operating rights over, approximately 12.5 miles of rail
line,[2] extending between milepost 6.0 and milepost 4.0 in or near
Lawsonham, and the connecting line between milepost 0.0 near Lawsonham
and milepost 10.5 near Sligo, in Clarion County, PA. Effective on July
28, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-369 (Sub-No. 6X, decided June 18, served
June 28, 2007)
PENNSYLVANIA - PITTSBURG & SHAWMUT
RAILROAD, LLC – To abandon, and Buffalo & Pittsburgh
Railroad, Inc. (BPRR), has filed a notice of exemption under the same
Subpart to discontinue service and operating rights over, approximately
35.95 miles of rail line,[2] extending between milepost 6.0 in or near
Lawsonham, Clarion County, PA, and milepost 41.95 in Brookville,
Jefferson County, PA.[3] Pittsburg & Shawmut states that it
may retain the track between milepost 41.50 and milepost 41.95 to be
operated by BPRR as private side tracks or spurs, thereby reclassifying
this 0.45-mile portion of the line. Effective on July 28, 2007.
(STB Docket No. AB-976 (Sub-No. 2X, decided June 18, served June 28,
2007)
INDIANA - CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.
– To abandon a 1.4-mile line of railroad on its Northern Region, Great
Lakes Division, Indianapolis Line Subdivision, from milepost QIM 0.0 to
milepost QIM 1.4, known as the Muncie Belt, in Muncie, Delaware County,
IN. Effective on July 28, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-55 (Sub-No. 679X,
decided June 20, served June 28, 2007)
MISSISSIPPI - COLUMBUS AND GREENVILLE
RAILWAY COMPANY – To discontinue service over an out-of-service
line of railroad between milepost 21.2 in West Point, MS, and milepost
110.7 in Greenwood, MS, a distance of approximately 89.5 miles in Clay,
Oktibbeha, Webster, Montgomery, Carroll, and Leflore Counties, MS.
Effective on August 3, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-297 (Sub-No. 103X,
decided June 26, served July 3, 2007)
NEBRASKA - UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY – To abandon a 1.98-mile line of railroad known as the
Weeping Water Industrial Lead extending from milepost 461.74 to
milepost 463.72 near Weeping Water, in Cass County, NE. A final
decision will be issued by October 5, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-33
(Sub-No. 250X, decided June 27, served July 6, 2007)
MASSACHUSETTS - BOSTON AND MAINE
CORPORATION – Boston and Maine Corporation (B&M) and
Springfield Terminal Railway Company (ST) (collectively, applicants)
jointly have filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart
F–Exempt Abandonments and Discontinuances of Service for B&M to
abandon, and for ST to discontinue service over, approximately 1.47
miles of railroad known as the Georgetown Branch, extending from
milepost 4.66 to milepost 6.13 in Haverhill, Essex County, MA.
Effective on August 8, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-355 (Sub-No. 5X,
decided June 29, served July 9, 2007)
OREGON - BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY –
To abandon a 0.48-mile line of railroad between milepost 1.88 and
milepost 2.36, near Portland, in Multnomah County, OR (the line).
Effective on August 11, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-6 (Sub-No. 454X,
decided July 3, served July 12, 2007)
MISSISSIPPI - ILLINOIS CENTRAL
RAILROAD COMPANY - To abandon a 2.10-mile line of railroad
between milepost 70.20 and milepost 68.10, in Flowood, Rankin County,
MS. Effective on August 21, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-43 (Sub-No. 179X,
decided July 10, served July 20, 2007)
FLORIDA – CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.
- To abandon a 0.69-mile rail line on its Southern Region, Jacksonville
Division, Sanford Subdivision, from railroad milepost ST 815.88 to
railroad milepost ST 816.57, known as the “Mills & Nebraska Lead,”
in Orlando, Orange County, FL. Effective on August 28, 2007. (STB
Docket No. AB-55 (Sub-No. 681X, decided July 23, served July 27, 2007)
NEBRASKA – BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY
– To abandon an 8.41-mile line of railroad, extending from milepost
193.60 to milepost 202.01, near Red Cloud, in Webster County, NE. A
final decision will be issued by October 29, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-6
(Sub-No. 460X, decided July 25, served July 31, 2007)
VIRGINIA - NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANY – To abandon an approximately 15.34-mile line of
railroad, extending between milepost VB-0.12 in Norfolk, VA, and
milepost VB-15.46 in Virginia Beach, VA. The line traverses
United States Postal Service Zip Codes 23451, 23452, 23453, 23454,
23455, 23456, 23457, 23462, 23502, 23504, 23509, and 23510, and
includes the stations of Park Ave., Tidewater, Glenrock, Greenwich,
Euclid, Thalia, Rosemont, Lynnhaven, Oceana Wye, London Bridge, and
Oldfield. A final decision will be issued by November 6, 2007. (STB
Docket No. AB-290 (Sub-No. 293X, decided August 2, served August 8,
2007)
NORTH CAROLINA – NORFOLK SOUTHERN
RAILWAY COMPANY - Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR) and
North Carolina & Virginia Railway Company, Inc., The Chesapeake and
Albemarle Division (NCVA) (collectively, applicants) have jointly filed
a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt Abandonments
and Discontinuances of Service for NSR to abandon, and for NCVA to
discontinue service over, approximately 0.08 miles of railroad between
approximately milepost NS 73.50 and milepost NS 73.67 in Edenton,
Chowan County, NC. Effective on September 8, 2007. (STB Docket No.
AB-290 (Sub-No. 295X and STB Docket No. AB-866 (Sub-No. 1X, decided
August 1, served August 9, 2007)
CALIFORNIA - UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY - To: (1) discontinue service over 11.07 miles of
rail line in Plumas and Sierra Counties, CA, from milepost 0.55 near
Hawley to milepost 11.62 near Loyalton; and (2) abandon 0.72 miles of
rail line in Sierra County, CA, from milepost 11.62 to milepost 12.34
near Loyalton. The entire line is 11.79 miles and is referred to
as the Loyalton Industrial Lead (LIL). effective on September 11, 2007.
(STB Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 249X, decided August 2, served August
10, 2007)
MISSOURI - BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY
- To abandon a 1.06-mile line of railroad between milepost 199.07 and
milepost 200.13, in Kearney, in Clay County, MO (the line). Effective
on September 14, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-6 (Sub-No. 450X, decided
August 6, served August 15, 2007)
TEXAS - SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY,
INC - To permit the abandonment of an 85.3-mile rail line
extending from
milepost 0.10 at Shattuck, OK, to milepost 85.4 at Spearman, TX, in
Ellis County, OK, and Lipscomb, Ochiltree and Hansford Counties, TX. A
final decision will be issued by November 20, 2007. (STB Docket No.
AB-341 (Sub-No. 1X, decided August 13, served August 22, 2007)
VIRGINIA -CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC
- To abandon a 0.50-mile rail line on its Southern Region, Florence
Division, Portsmouth Subdivision, from railroad milepost SA 0.28 to
railroad milepost SA 0.78, in Portsmouth, Portsmouth County, VA.
Effective on September 26, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-55 (Sub-No. 680X,
decided August 20, served August 27, 2007)
TEXAS - UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
- DALLAS, GARLAND & NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY (DGNO) -
UP seeks to abandon and DGNO seeks to discontinue service over the
Trinity Industrial Lead, between milepost 0.0 near Terminal Junction
and milepost 4.1 near Mockingbird Lane, a distance of 4.1 miles in
Dallas County, TX. A final decision will be issued by November 23,
2007. (STB Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 256X, decided August 20, served
August 27, 2007)
CALIFORNIA - BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY
- To abandon approximately 0.50 miles of rail line, extending between
milepost ES 0 + 00 and milepost ES 26 + 35, in Riverside, Riverside
County, CA. Effective on September 28, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-6
(Sub-No. 456X, decided August 22, served August 29, 2007)
MINNESOTA - BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY
- to abandon a rail line between mileposts 86.00 and 86.65, in Morris,
Stevens County, MN, a distance of 0.65 miles. effective on October 5,
2007. (STB Docket No. AB-6 (Sub-No. 457X, decided August 24, served
September 5, 2007)
GEORGIA - GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN
RAILROAD, INC.- To abandon a 43-mile line of railroad between
milepost R-12.0 at
Florida Rock and milepost R-55.0 at Allie, in Harris and Meriwether
Counties, GA, and to discontinue overhead trackage rights over a line
owned by Central of Georgia Railroad Company (CGR) between milepost
R-2.0 north of Columbus and milepost R-12.0 at Florida Rock, in Harris
County, GA. A final decision will be issued by December 10, 2007. (STB
Docket No. AB-1000 (Sub-No. 1X, decided August 31, served September 11,
2007)
MISSISSIPPI - THE KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN
RAILWAY COMPANY - The Kansas City Southern Railway Company
(KCSR) and Vicksburg Southern
Railroad, Inc. (VSOR), jointly filed with the Surface Transportation
Board (Board) a petition under 49 U.S.C. 10502 for exemption from the
provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10903.[1] KCSR seeks to abandon and VSOR
seeks
to discontinue service over approximately 4.25 miles of rail line in
the City of Vicksburg, in Warren County, MS. The line is referred
to
alternatively as the Vicksburg Industrial Lead, South Redwood Branch,
or Redwood Branch, and extends from milepost 225.6 (south of the Line’s
crossing of Warrenton Road and the intersection with Kemp Bottom Road)
to milepost 229.85 (approximately 0.05 miles south of the Line’s
crossing of Glass Road, just beyond the city limits of
Vicksburg). The
line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Code 39180 and includes
the station of Cedars (milepost 227.2). A final decision will be issued
by December 12, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-103 (Sub-No. 21X, Decided
August 31,
served September 13, 2007)
MISSISSIPPI - ILLINOIS CENTRAL
RAILROAD COMPANY - To abandon approximately 0.46 miles of rail
line, between milepost 148.67 and milepost 148.21, in Natchez, Adams
County, MS. Effective on October 24, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-43
(Sub-No. 180, decided September 14, served September 24, 2007)
NEW YORK - CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.
- To abandon a 1.57-mile line of railroad known as the Erie Industrial
Track, on its Northern Region, Albany Division, Niagara Subdivision,
extending from milepost QCJ 13.43 to milepost QCJ 15.0, in North
Tonawanda, Niagara County, NY. Effective on October 26, 2007. (STB
Docket No. AB-55 (Sub-No. 649X, decided September 18, served September
26, 2007)
TENNESSEE - CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC
- To abandon a 13.34-mile rail line on CSXT’s Southern Region,
Nashville
Division, Memphis Terminal Subdivision, between milepost ONI 210.66
near Cordova and milepost ONI 224 in Memphis, known as the Cordova
Branch, in Shelby County, TN. Effective on October 27, 2007. (STB
Docket No. AB-55 (Sub-No. 684X, decided September 19, served September
27, 2008)
CALIFORNIA - UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY - To abandon a 0.31-mile line of railroad known as the
Riverside
Industrial Lead, extending from milepost 545.83 near Third Street to
milepost 546.14 near Sixth Street, in Riverside County, CA. Effective
on October 27, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 254X, decided
September 19, served September 27, 2007)
COLORADO - BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY
- To abandon approximately 0.44 miles of rail line, extending between
milepost 229.66 and milepost 230.10, near Sterling, Logan County, CO.
Effective on October 31, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-6 (Sub-No. 458X,
decided September 25, served October 1, 2007)
UTAH - UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
- To discontinue service over a line of railroad known as the Elberta
Line (Line). The Line consists of four end-to-end line segments
consisting of the Tintic Industrial Lead from milepost 5.52 to milepost
26.00, the West Tintic Industrial Lead from milepost 26.00 to milepost
27.23, the Goshen Valley Branch from milepost 0.0 to milepost 3.80
(equation milepost 2.89 = milepost 2.98), and the Iron King Branch from
milepost 0.0 to milepost 2.15, extending for a total distance of 27.57
miles in Utah County, Utah. The Line traverses U.S. Postal
Service Zip
Codes 84626, 84633, and 84651, and includes a station at Elberta. Any
interested person may file with the Board written comments
concerning the proposed discontinuance or protests (including the
protestant’s entire opposition case) by October 29, 2007. Because
this
is a discontinuance proceeding, and not an abandonment, trail use/rail
banking and public use requests are not appropriate. Also, only
offers
of financial assistance (OFA) under 49 U.S.C. 10904 to subsidize (not
purchase) the line will be entertained. (STB Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No.
209, decided September 27, served October 4, 2007)
PENNSYLVANIA - BESSEMER AND LAKE ERIE
RAILROAD COMPANY - To abandon a 3.67-mile line of railroad,
between milepost 0.00 and
milepost 3.67, in Branchton, Butler County, PA. The line
traverses
United States Postal Service Zip Codes 16020 and 16021, and includes
the stations of Branchton Yard (milepost 0.00), Bovard (milepost 0.98),
Nelsons (milepost 2.78) and Osbornes (milepost 3.62). A final decision
will be issued by January 7, 2008. (STB Docket No. AB-88 (Sub-No. 12X,
decided October 3, served October 10, 2007)
MISSOURI - KAW RIVER RAILROAD, INC
- To discontinue service over a 0.27-mile line of railroad between
milepost 199.86 and milepost 200.13, in Kearney, Clay County, MO.
Effective on November 14, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-1013X, decided
October 5, served October 15, 2007)
OREGON - UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
– To abandon a 9.4-mile line of railroad known as the Homedale
Industrial Lead, extending from milepost 2.0 near Nyssa to milepost
11.4 near Adrian, in Malheur County, OR. Effective on November 16,
2007. (STB Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 247X, decided October 10, served
October 17, 2007)
NORTH DAKOTA - MOHALL CENTRAL
RAILROAD, INC. - To abandon a 44.44-mile rail line (the
Line),[1] extending from milepost 3.75, approximately 3.75 miles north
of Lakota, to milepost 48.19, approximately 4.0 miles south of Munich,
in Nelson, Ramsey, and Cavalier Counties, ND. Effective on November 28,
2007. (STB Docket No. AB-1003X, decided October 23, served October 29,
2007)
INDIANA - NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANY - To permit abandonment of 3.66 miles of rail line
between mileposts TS 153.35 and TS 157.01 at Marion, in Grant County,
IN (the line).[1] The line traverses U.S. Postal Service Zip
Codes 46952 and 46953, and includes the stations of Kiley and
Marion. NS states that service to Marion will continue via other
NS lines. A final decision will be issued by January 28, 2008. (STB
Docket No. AB-290 (Sub-No. 291X, decided October 22, served October 30,
2007)
NORTH CAROLINA - CAPE FEAR RAILWAYS,
INC. - To abandon a 4.9-mile rail line, referred to as the
Skibo-Fort Bragg
line, from Skibo to the southern border of the Fort Bragg line, also
known as the Skibo A&R line, in Cumberland County, NC. Effective on
December 6, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-204 (Sub-No. 2X, decided October
29, served November 6, 2007)
PENNSYLVANIA - NORFOLK SOUTHERN
RAILWAY COMPANY - To discontinue service over a 7.70 mile line
of railroad between
milepost PX 3.10 and milepost PX 10.80 in Phoenixville, Chester County,
PA. The line traverses United States Postal Service Zip Codes
19453
and 19460, and includes the stations of Phoenixville, Pickering, and
Devault. Effective on December 7, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-290 (Sub-No.
297X, decided October 30, served November 7, 2007)
PENNSYLVANIA - EVERETT RAILROAD COMPANY
- To discontinue service over a 1.5-mile line of railroad between
milepost 22.5 (at approximately 0.5 miles south of the line’s crossing
of Cross Cove Road) and milepost 24.0 (at the current end of track
immediately east of the line’s at-grade crossing of Pennsylvania State
Highway 866), in Blair County, PA. Effective on December 18, 2007. (STB
Docket No. AB-721X, decided November 9, served November 16, 2007)
OREGON - WILLAMETTE VALLEY RAILWAY
COMPANY - To discontinue service over an approximately
48.77-mile line of
railroad known as the Mill City Branch owned by Union Pacific Railroad
Company (UP) extending from: (1) milepost 689.64 at or near Page,
OR,
to a mileage equation at milepost 697.37, equivalent to milepost
684.67, thence to milepost 690.97 at or near Lebanon, OR; and (2)
milepost 690.97 at or near Lebanon to the end of the track at milepost
725.71 at or near Mill City, OR, in Linn County, OR. Effective on
December 18, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-435 (Sub-No. 2X, decided November
13, served November 16, 2007)
MAINE - PORTLAND TERMINAL COMPANY -
SPRINGFIELD TERMINAL RAILWAY CO. - Portland Terminal Company
(PT) and Springfield Terminal Railway Company
(ST) (collectively, applicants) have jointly filed a notice of
exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F—Exempt Abandonments and
Discontinuances of Service for PT to abandon, and for ST to discontinue
service over, approximately 1.3 miles of railroad known as the Mountain
Branch in Westbrook, ME, extending from milepost 6.0 to milepost 7.3 in
Cumberland County, ME. Effective on December 18, 2007. (STB Docket No.
AB-268 (Sub-No. 16X, decided November 7, served November 16, 2007)
WISCONSIN - WISCONSIN CENTRAL LTD
- To abandon a 1.80-mile line of railroad between milepost 100.80 and
milepost 102.60, in Hayward, Sawyer County, WI. Effective on December
21, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-303 (Sub-No. 31X, dediced November 14,
served November 21, 2007)
NORTH CAROLINA - LAURINGURG &
SOUTHERN RAILROAD CO., INC. - To discontinue service over an
approximately 17.3-mile line of railroad
between milepost 8.9, in or near Laurinburg, Scotland County, NC, and
milepost 26.2, in or near Raeford, Hoke County, NC. The line
traverses
United States Postal Service Zip Codes 28352, 28353, 28376, 28396, and
27812, and includes the stations of Wagram and Raeford. Effective on
December 26, 2007. (STB Docket No. AB-591X, decided November 19, served
November 26, 2007)
MICHIGAN - MID-MICHIGAN RAILROAD, INC.
- To abandon a 3.35-mile line of railroad between milepost 191.40 and
milepost 194.75, at the end of the line, in Muskegon County, MI.
Effective on January 9, 2008. (STB Docket No. AB-364 (Sub-No. 13X,
dediced November 30, served December 10, 2007)
TEXAS - UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
- To abandon a 1.67-mile line of railroad known as the Huntsville
Industrial Lead, extending from milepost 5.0 to milepost 6.67 near
Huntsville, in Walker County, TX. Effective on January 15, 2008. (STB
Docket No. AB-33 (Sub-No. 246X, decided December 7, served December 14,
2007)
MICHIGAN - MID-MICHIGAN RAILROAD, INC
- To permit the abandonment of a 24.70‑mile rail line located between
milepost 103.20 in Lowell and milepost 78.50 in Greenville at the end
of the line, in Kent and Montcalm Counties, MI. The line
traverses
U.S. Postal Service Zip Codes 48809, 48838, 48887, and 49331, and
includes the stations of Lowell, Belding, and Greenville. A final
decision will be issued by March 14, 2008. (STB Docket No. AB-364
(Sub-No. 11X, decided December 11, served December 17, 2007)
NEW YORK - NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANY - To abandon a 4.50-mile line of railroad extending
between milepost UG
360.20 at Alexander and milepost UG 364.70 at Attica, in Wyoming and
Genesee Counties, NY. The line traverses United States Postal
Service
Zip Codes 14005 and 14011, and includes the stations of Alexander and
Attica. Effective on January 17, 2008. (STB Docket No. AB-290 (Sub-No.
271X, decided December 7, served December 18, 2007)
