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5/12/2003
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STB doles out numerous decisions at open-voting conference
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At an open-voting conference held May 9, Surface Transportation Board issued 21 decisions, including:
• approval of Riverview Trenton Railroad Co.'s plan to operate an intermodal terminal and line in Wayne County, Mich.;
• rejection of Norfolk Southern Railway's request to admit updated traffic-data as evidence in a rate case filed against the railroad by Carolina Power & Light Co.;
• a determination that Maine Central Railroad Co., Springfield
Terminal Railway Co. and Guilford Transportation Industries Inc. failed to provide service over a line as requested by shipper Pejepscot Industrial Park Inc.;
• a ruling that CSX Transportation did not act unlawfully by failing to repair a damaged bridge on a line near Memphis;
• a determination that the board's approval is not required for Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co. to acquire and operate a line owned by Pennsylvania Lines L.L.C., and leased and operated by NS;
• approval of Southwest Gulf Railroad Co.'s plan to construct and operate a seven-mile line in Medina County, Texas; and
• approval of Gulf & Ohio Railways Holding Co. Inc.'s request to continue to control Chattahoochee & Gulf Railroad (CGR) and various other roads once CGR acquires and begins to operate a 24.2-mile line owned by Central of Georgia Railroad Co.
• approval of Riverview Trenton Railroad Co.'s plan to operate an intermodal terminal and line in Wayne County, Mich.;
• rejection of Norfolk Southern Railway's request to admit updated traffic-data as evidence in a rate case filed against the railroad by Carolina Power & Light Co.;
• a determination that Maine Central Railroad Co., Springfield
Terminal Railway Co. and Guilford Transportation Industries Inc. failed to provide service over a line as requested by shipper Pejepscot Industrial Park Inc.;
• a ruling that CSX Transportation did not act unlawfully by failing to repair a damaged bridge on a line near Memphis;
• a determination that the board's approval is not required for Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co. to acquire and operate a line owned by Pennsylvania Lines L.L.C., and leased and operated by NS;
• approval of Southwest Gulf Railroad Co.'s plan to construct and operate a seven-mile line in Medina County, Texas; and
• approval of Gulf & Ohio Railways Holding Co. Inc.'s request to continue to control Chattahoochee & Gulf Railroad (CGR) and various other roads once CGR acquires and begins to operate a 24.2-mile line owned by Central of Georgia Railroad Co.
