STB FD-33388 ID-181343 8-22-97 D

ORIGINAL

BEFORE THE

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

ISRR-2

STB FINANCH DOCKET NO 33388

CSX CORPOR ATION AND CSX TRANS PORT.ATION INC. NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION AND NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPAN'Y

-CONTROL AND OPERATING LEASES/AGREEME ^ TS-CONRAIL INC AND CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPGf J^TJON

DESCRIPTION Or ANTICIPATED RESPONSIVE APPLICATIONS

PETITION rOR CL.ARIFICATION OR WAIVER

Karl Mor.'ll Of Counsel Ball Janik LLP Suite 225 1455 F Street. N W Wac'.iinfeton, D C 20005 :20:'.) 466-6530

Attorney tor: INDl.ANA SOUTHERN RAiLRO AD, INC

Dated Augus' 22, '997

BEI ORE TFCE

SLRFACE TR.ANSPORTATION ROARD

STB FINANCE DOCi :T NO 33388

CSX CORPORATION AND CSX TR/ NSPORTATION INC. .OR^OLK SOUTHERN CORPOR.ATION AND

f '0'<FOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY -CONTROL AND OPERATING LEASES/AGREEMENTS-

CONRAIL II C AND CONSOLIDATED F AIL CORPORATION

DESCRIPTION OF ANI ICIPA l ED RESPONSIVE APPLICATIONI'

PETITION FOR L LARIFIC ATION OR WAIVER

Indiana So'itherr Railroad, Inc ( iSRR ), , ursuant to 49 USC § ! 1323-25, Decision

No 6 (served May 3C, 1997) and Decision No 12 (served July 23, 1997). hereby submits its

Desciiption of Anticipated Responsiv ° Applications and Petition for ClariTication or Waiver

DESCRIPTION OF L ' •NDITIONS

In accordance . ith the Surface Transportation Board's ("Board") Decision Nos 6 and 12,

ISRR describes below those conditions it anticipates seeking in this proceeding that require

responsive applications Conditions that do not require responsive applications are not described

As the term is used below, "local " trackage rights include; (1) the right to operate tra'ns

over the lines described, (2 > the right to interchange wiih all carriers (iacluding shortlines) at all

junctions on the lines described, and (3) the right 'o serve all shippers, sidings and team tracks

located on the lines described

1. Indianapolis

Overhead trackage rights betweer; MP 6 0 on ISRR's Petersburg Secondan in

Indianapolis, Indi-.na and indianapoiis Power & 1 .ight's Perry K facility in Indianapolis, Indiana

over the Consolidated Rail Corporation ("CRC") rail line to be acquired by CSX Transportation,

Inc ("CSXT")

2. Indianapolis

G crheud traokage rights between MP 6 0 on ISRR's Petersburg Secondary in

Indianapolis, Indiana and li.v'.ianapolis Power & Light s Stout facility located on the Indiana

Railroad ("INRD", over a segment of CRC raii line to bt acquired by CSXT utid a segment of

INRD's rail line

3. Indianapolis

Local trackage rights over CRC's Indianapolis Belt Lin? in Indianapolis, Indiana to

be acquired by CSXI

4. Indianapolis - Terre Haute

Local trackage rights oetween Indianapolis, Indi, a and Terre Haute, Indiana over

CRC's rail line to be acquired by CSXT

5. Indianapolis - Shelbyville

Local trackage ngrts between Indianapolis, Indi-' ' a and Shelbyville, Indiana over

CRC's rail line to be acquired by CSXT

6. Indianapolis - Crawfordsville

Local trackage rights between Indianapolis, Indiana and Crawfordsville, Indiana

over CRC's rail line to bc acquired by CSXT

7. Indianapolis - Frankfort

Local trackage rights between Indianapolis, Indiana and Frankfort, Indiana over

CRC's rail line to be acquired by CSXT.

8. Indianapolis - Muncie

Local trackage rights between Indianapolis, Indiana and Munci :, Indiana o ver

CRC's rai!' ne to be acquired by CSX'i

PETITION FOR CLARIFICATION OR WAIVER

ISRR is a class III rail carrier providing rail service o\er approximately 176 miles of track

between Evansv ille. Inaiana and Indimapolis, Indiana ISRR's antici »aied responsive application

merely ip.iudes irackage rights ever eight segments ofrail line, totalling appro' imately 300 miles

in length .Accordingly, ISRR requests tbat its application be considered a minor transaction or,

alternatively, that the Board waive certain regulatory provisions otherwise applicable to significant

transactions

The responsive application ISRR anticipates filing is clearly not a mejor transaction since it

does not involve thc conlrol or merger of two or more class I railroads. S^ 49 C F.R. § I '80.2

(a) Pursuant to the Board s rules, responsive applications which are not major transactions are

presumed to be significant transa ,i ons See 49 CFR § 1180 4 (d) (4) (ii) The limiied trackag-'

rights ISRR anticipates ' eekinu. hovvever do not fall within the Board's definition oi significant

transaction A significant transaction is one of regional or national tran, p rtation significance A

transaction is not significant if it "clearly will not have any anticompetitive effects" 49 C.F R.§

1180 2 (b) The conditions ISRR intends to seek merely involve approximat ely 300 miles of

trackage rights Moreover, the conditions clearly will have no anticompetitive effects Rather,

the conditions are procompetitive and are intended to eliminate certain anticompetitive etfects of

thf Primary Applicati.jn in this proceeding Accordingly, ISRR urges the Boarv' to consider its

anticipated responsive application as a mine transaction

Alternatively, ISRR requests the Board to waive the following filing rt-iuirements thst are

otherwise applicable to significant transactions:

49 C F R § 1180 6 (b) (3) Change in control

49CFR § 11806(b)(5) Issues

49 C F R § 1180 6 (b) (6) Corporate chart

^9 C F R il 1180 6 (b) (7) Noncarrier app'xant

49 C F R § 1180 6 (b) (8) Intercorporate relationsi;ios

49 C F < $ h M) 7 Ma. ket an.ilyses

49 CFR $ 1180 8 (a) Operationa! iat-i for major oi significant

iransactions

These filir.g requirements applicable to s gnificant transactions are totally irrelevant to the

limited condiiions ISllR anticipates seeking, would provide the Eoard with information that is

totally useless in assessing the merits of ISRR's responsive application, and would impose an

>.nerous and -ipnecessary burden on ISRR ISRP is aware of the Board'"> criteria fcr imposing

conditions on the Primary Application and that ISRR must meet those criteria to justify a grant of

its responsive application The filing requirements ISRK SCCKS to have waived would neither

diminish ISRR's ability to me its burden of proof nor impede the Board's ability fliliy to assess

the merits of ISRR's requested conditions

In sum:iidr\', ISR v respectfully urges the Board to clarify that ISRR's aiticipated

responsive appiic;. tion is -.i.liior or, alternatively, to grant the requested waiver of filing

requirements.

;SKR .ilso requests the following two specific clarifications or waivers:

1 iSK R seeks clarification or waiver of the definition of "applica.nt" ir 49 C.i R.

§ 1180 3 (a) to exclude RailTe.x, Inc ("RailTex") ISRR does not believe that RailTex, its

noncarrier parent, is properly characterized as "initiating [the proposed] transaction[s]" In a: y

event, requiring RailTex to file as an applicant would impose imnecessary burdens on ISRR

withaut enhancing th<- Board's ability to evaluate the competitive and financial impacts ofthe

conditions ISRR ariicipates seeking

" ISRR seeks clarification or waiver of the definition of "applicant carrier" in 49

C F R 5 1 !80 ? (b) lo exclude all of ISRR s affiliated carriers in the RailTex family RailTsx

currently c trols 2" class III railroads, including ISRR, operating in 22 states, as -v il as three

rail carriers that operate in Canada Those carriers are ooeratf d autonomously under separate

management, independentiy of ISRR. and would not be affected by the trackage liints ISRR

anticipates seeking in its responsive application Characterizing these affiliated carriers as

"applicant carriers" would impose significant burdens on ISRR, without materially enhancing the

Board's ability to ev.aluate the competitive and financial effects of the transactions to be proposed

by ISRR

Respectfully submitted,

rl r

f<oJl Karl Morell Of Counsel Ball Janik LLP Suite 225 1455 F Street, N W Washington, D C ^0005 (202) 466-6530

Attomeys for: INDIANA SOUTHEIUM RAILROAD, INC.

Dated August 22, 1997

CERTIFICATE OF SERVIC £

I hereby certify that on this 22nd day ofAugust, 199/, I caused a ;opy of the foregoing Descriptions of Anticipated Responsive Applications and Petition for Claiification or Waiver to be served by first class mail, postage prepaid, on Administrative Law Judge Jacob Leventhal and the following parties:

JAMFS C. BISHOP. JR. WILLIAM C. WOOLDRIDGE JAMESL. HOWE, III ROBERTJ. COONEY GEORGE A ASPATORE Ncrfolk Southem Corporation Three Commercial Place Norfolk. VA 23510-9241

MARK G. ARGON PETER J. SHUDTZ CSX Corporation One Ja-nes Center 902 East Cary Street Richmond, VA 23129

''ICHARD A. ALLEN JAMES A. C.\LDERWOOD ANDREW R. PLUMP JOHN V. EDWARDS Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasen^«erger, L.L.P 888 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20006-3939

P. MICHAEL GIFTOS PAUL R. HITCHCOCK CSX Transportation, Inc. 500 Water Street, Speed Code J-120 Jacksonville, FL 32202

JOHN M. NANNES SCOT B. HUTCHINS Skadden. Arps, Slate, Meahge- & Fiom LLP 1440 New York Avenue. N.W. Washington, D.'". 20005-2111

DENNIS G. LYONS RICHARD L. ROSEN PAULT. CcNlS Arnold & Porter 555 12th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 1202

SAMUEL M. SIPE. JR. TIMOTHY M. WALSH Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1330 Connecticut Avenue Washington. D.C. 20036-1795

TIMOTHY T. O'TOOLE CONSTANCE L. ABRAMS ''onsolidated Rail Corporation Two Commerce Square 2001 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103

PAUL A. CUNNINGHAM Harkings Cunningham 1300 Nineteenth Street. N.W., Suite 600 V.'asl.ington. D.C. 20036

Karl Morell

NECR-2A.82I

STB FD-33388 ID-181341 8-22-97

OPPII>'HEIME:I WOLFF & LX)NNELLY

Two ruidi-nti.ii ri.iz.i 4^th Fli»". 180 Noni \ Ste^Mm Aven ic Chicag.., l-.60oCl >.V'0

(3!2) t l6-18vV FAX (312)616-58..'

VC'illi.im C. Si; rci August 22,

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VIA HAND DELIVERY

Mr. Vernon A. Williams Secre t a r y Surfact Transportation Board 1925 K otreet, N.W., Room 7C0 Washington, DO 20423-0001

Bru>M'ls

Chicago

MinnopiiliN

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Saint Paul

Re: Finance Dccket no. 33388 " » c> ^ CSX Corpontion and CSZ Transportation, Inc. Norfolk Scuthern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company Controi and Operacj.ng Leases/Agreenents -- Conrail Inc.. ^ -f) and Consolidated Rail Corporation

Finance Docket No. 33388 (Sub-No. 61) Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Company Trac kage Rights -- Lines of CSX Tran.sportation, Inc. s.nu Pennsvlvania Lines, LLC

, D.c.

Dear Secretary Williamo:

Ei:closr;d f o r f i l i n g i n the above-captioned proceeding are an o r i g i n a l and twenty-five ropies of the Description of Anticipated Responsive Application c f Transtar, Inc. and Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Company (ItlE-S) and the P e t i t i o n f o r C l a i i f i c a t i o n or Waiver of Transtar, Inc. and Bes.'semer and Lake i^rici Railrosd Compa.*- ' (BLK-t), both dated August 22, 1997. A computer diskette containing the te x t cf these f i l i n g s i n WoruPerfect 5.1 format also i s enclosed.

In accordance w i t h the Board's recently-issued service l i s i t , copies of BLE-3 and bLE-4 have been served by f i r s t class mail, postage prepaid, on a i l designated p a r t i e s of record i n t h i s proceeding.

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OrPENHElMER WOLFF & DONNELLY

Mr. Vernon A. Willians August 22, 1997 Page 2

If you have any questions regarding this filing, please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your assistance on this matter.

Respectfully submitted.

William C. Sippe" Attorney for Transtar, and Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Company

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Enclosures

cc: Parties ou Certificate of Service

BEFORE THE SURFAIE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

Ann n:" W

FINANCE LK)CKET NO. 1 3388

csx CORPORATION AND CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., liOtCFCiLl ^^ SOUTHERN CORPORATION AND NORFOLK S0UTHF1?N RAILWAY COMPANY

— CONTROL AND OPERATING LEASES/AGREEMENTS — CONRAIL INC. AND CON.'l.OLIDATED RAIL CORPORATIO?'

FINANCE DOCKET NO. 33388 (SUB-NC. -31)

BESSEMER AND LAKE ERTE RAI JtO AD COMPANY — TRACKAGE RICHTS —

LINES OF CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. AND Pr.NNSYLVANIA LINES LLC

DESCRIPTION OF ANTICIPATED 1 'SPONSIVE APPLICATION OF TRANSTAR IMC. AND BESSEMER AID LAKE BRIE RAILROAD COMPANY

Robert N. Gentile Colette Ferris-Shotton

Transtar, Inc. 135 Jamison Lane P.O. Box 63 Monroeville, PA 15146 (412) 829-0890

William C. Sippel Kevin M. Sheys

Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly Two Prudential Plaza, 45th Floor 180 No^th Stetson Avenue Chicago, I l l i n o i s 6C60I (31?) 616-1800

ATTORNEYS FOR TRANSTAR, INC. AMD BESSEMER AMD LAKB ERIE RAILROAD COMPAKY

Dated: August 22, 1997

BLE-3 BEFORE THE


FINANCE DOCKET NO. 33388

CSX CORPORATION AND CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION AND NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

— CONTROL AND OPERATING LEASES/AGREEMENTS — CONRAIL IKC. AND CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION

FINANCE DOCKET NO. 33388 (SOB-NO. €1)

BESSEMER AND LAKE ERIE RAILROAD COMPANY — TRACKAGE RTGHTS -

LINES OF CSX TRANSPORTAUON, INC. AND PENNSYLVANIA LINES LLC

r>ESCKI.'>TIOM OF TJhITICIPATED RESt^OMSIVE APPLJCCATIOM OF 1ftA>i8TAR. IKO. AME BESSEMER AMD LAKE 1 RIE RAILROAD COMPANY

Pursuant to Decision Nos. 6 and 1.2 herein, served on

May 30, 1997 aid July 23, 1997, respfictivexy, Transtar, Inc.

("•rrrnstar") and the Bessemer find Lake Erie Railroad Company

("BLE") hereby submit this dei ;ription of the responsive

appliciition which they expect to f i l e in this proceeding on oi'

before October 21, 1997.

Transtar is» a non-carrier transportation holding

company which convrcls eight Board-regulated r a i l c a r r i e r

sul s i d i a r i e s : (1) BL>:; (2) Birminghau Southern Railroad oompany,

a Class I I I switching and terminal carrier in Birmingham, Ensley,

F a i r f i e l d and Bessemer, Alabama; (3) Elgin, J o l i e t and Eastern

Railway Company, a Clais I I carrier oper.nt.;.ng in and around

Chicago in the states of I l l i n o i s and Indiana; (4) Duluth,

Missabe and Iron Range Railway Compan^, a Class I I carr i e r

operating in northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin;

(5) The L Ice Terminal Raiiroaa Company, a Class I I I switching

carrier operating in Lorain, Ohio; (6) Union Railroad Con.pany, a

Class I I I carrier operating from North Bessemer so Clairton

J.inction, Pennsylvania, and thence to Clairton and Mifflin

Junction, Pennsylvania; (7) McKeesport Connecting Railroad

Company, a Class I I I switching operatior in Mcl'eesport,

Pennsylvania; and (8) The Pittsburgh & Conneaut Dock Compeny,

which operates a rail/water dock f a c i l i t y on Lake Erie at

Conneaut, Ohio.

BLE xs a Class I I carrier which owns and operates

approximately 150 route miles of r a i l line between North

Bessemer, Pennsy IvJinia and Conneaut, Ohio on Lake Erie. I t

prinarily handles bulk commodities, particularly coal, iron ore

and limestone.

Transtar and BLE believe that the proposed control of

Consolidated Rail Corporation ("Conrail") by CSX Corporation and

Norfolk Scuthern Corporat;.on and the proposed division of

Conrail's assets batween CSX Transportaticn, Inc. ("CSXT") and

Norfolk Southern Railway C mpany ("NSR") w i l l have serious

anticompetitive effects on the transportscion of coal in the

eastern United States, and particularly from origins on rhe

former Monongai.ela Railway Company ("MGA") in southwestern

Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia. Transtar and BLE oppose

the proposed transaction in the absence of conditions which w i l l

mitigate these anticompetitive effects and ensure the

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continuation of competitive traffic routings for coal, including

routings on BLE via the Conneaut Dock at Conneaut Ohio.

Transtar and BLE anticipate filing herein a responsive

application pursuant to 49 C.F.R. S 1180.4(d)(4) seeking, as a

condition on any Board coproval of the Prim-Ty Application,

overhead trackage rights ejtuer over the Pennsylvania Lines LLC

line (former Conrail) between Pittsburgh and Shira Oak s,

Pennsylvania or over CSXT's line between Pittsburgh and

Brownsville, Pennsyl/ania for the sole purpose of transporting

coal originatinc, at minei. on the former MGA destined to Conneaut

Dock at Conneaut, Ohio for movement beyond, together with haulage

righto via NSR ever the former MiJA lines between such mines and

Shire Oaks or Brownsville, as the case may be, on the same terms

and conditions as applicable to CSXT. The above condition shall

apply only in the evfint that NSR provides haulage services to

CSXT over former MGA lines.

In addition to the foregoing, Transtar and BLE also

anti* ipate that they will seek additional competitive conditions

pertaining to coal originating on the former MGA lines, not

requiring the filing of a responsive application, in their

comments and evidentiary submission r-'heduled to be filed on

October 21, 1997.

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WHEREFORE, Transtar and BLE r e s p e c t f u l l y submit t h i s

d e s c r i p t i o n of t h e i r anticipated responsive a p p l i c a t i o n i n t h i s

proceeding.


By: K'iiiifiHl ^- ^IMC/^1^


Robert N. Gentile Colette Ferris-Shotton

Transtar, Inc. 135 Jamison Street P.O. Box 68 Mon.roeville, PA 15146 (412) 829-6890

William C. Sippel Kevin M. Sheys

Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly Two Prudential Plaza, 45th Floor 180 North Stetson Avenue Chicago, I l l i n o i s 60601 (312) 616-1800

ATTORNEYS FOR TRANSTAR, IMC. AMD BESSEMER AMD LAKE ERIE RAI'ROAD COMPAMY

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CERTIFICATE OV SERVICE

I hereby c e r t i f y that on t h i s 22nd day of August, 1997,

a copy of the foregoing Description of Anticipated Responsive

Application of Transtar, Inc. and Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad

Company (BLE-3) was served by f i r s t class mail, postage prepaid,

up ;.n:

Dennis G. Lyons, Esq. Jirnold & Porter 555 12th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20004-1202

Richard A. Allen, Esq. Zuckert, Scoutt & Raienberger, L.L.P. 888 Seventeenth Street, N.W. Suite 600 Washington, DC 20006-3939

Paul A. Cunningham, Esq. Harkins Cunningham 13 00 Nineteenth Street, N.W. Suite 600 Washingt-on, DC 2 0036

Hon. Jacob Leventhal Administrative Law Judge Federal Energy Reguli _ory Commicsion 888 F i r s t Straet, N.E., Suite I I F Washington, DC ,'.0426

and upon a l l p a r t i e s of record appearing on the Surface

Transportation Beard's o f f i c i a l service l i s t i n t h i s proceeding,

served August 19. 1997.

William C. Sippel

STB FD-33388 ID-181340 8-22-97 D

ORIGINAL IOR\ 2

BEFORE THF

Sl'RFACE TRANSPORI ATION BOARD

STB FINANCE DOCKET NO 33388

CSX CORPORATION AND CSX TRA>:sPORTATION INC. NORFOLK SOIUHERN CORPORATION AND NORFOLK SOUTHEP.N R.\ILW/A COMPANY

-CONTROL AND OPERA TING L. ASES/.At.iR£EMENTS-CONRAiL INC AND CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION

DESCRIPTION OF ANTICtPATED RESPONSIVE AJ ' I^LIC.^TIONS

PET 1 riON FOR CLARIFICATlOiN OR WAIVER

Ei Pubic

Karl Morell Of Counsel Baii Janik LLP Suite 22? 1455 F Street, N VV Washington, D C. 20005 (202) 466-6530

Attorneys for INDIANA & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY

Dat d Auuu.st 22. 1997

BEFORE THE



CSX CORPORATION AND CSX TRANSPORTATION INC NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPOR.^TION AND NORFOLK SOUTHERN R.AILWAY COMPANY

- CONTROL AND OPERATiNG LEASES/AGREEMEHTS-CONRAI.. INC AND CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORAnON

DESCRIPTION OF ANTICIPATED RESPONSIVE APPLICATIONS


Indiana Ohio Railvvay Cornpany ('iORY"), pursuant to 49 USC § 11323-25, Decision

No 6 (ser\'ed May 30, 1997) a.id Decision No 12 (served Jul> 23. 1997), hereby submits its

Descriptio i of Anticipated Responsive Applications and Petition for Clar Ication or Waiver

DESCRIPTION OF CONDITIONS

In accordance wiih the Surface 1 • liisportation Board's ("Board") Decision Nos. 6 and 12,

lORY aescribes below tho.se conditions it anticipates seeking in this proceeding that require

responsive applications Conditio is that do n t require r^^oon- " . applications ar. not described.

As the term is used below, "local" trackage rights include (1) the right to operate trains

ov* r the lines described, (2) thc right to interchange with ali carriers (including shortlines) at all

junciions on the lines described, and (3) t'.ie I'yht to serve all shippers, sidings and team tracks

located on the lines descr bed

1. Riverfront Running 1 rack

Local tf ackage rights o er 'h- Rivr.ront Runring Track in Cincinnati, Ohio

owned by Nc.-folk Southern Railway Company ("NS")

2. Queen.sgr>e Yard

Overhead trackay,e rights through the Queensgat.' Yard in Cincinnati, Ohio owned

by CSX Transportation, Inc ( 'CSXT")

3. Columbus-C incinnati

Local trackage rights between East Noiwood, Ohio and the CSXT Parsons Yard

in Columbus. Ohio over the rail line owned 'cy ' 'SXT

4. Monroe-Middletovvn

Local trackage rights between Monroe, Ohio and Midd etown, Ohic over the rail

line owned by Consolidated Rail Corporation ( "CRC") and to be acquired by NS.

5. Columbus

Overhead trackage rights Netween CSXT's Parsons Yard in Columbus, Ohio and

NS's Watkins "''ard in Columbus, Ohio over the rail line owned by CSXT.

6. Sidney-Ouincy

uocal trackage rights between Sidney, Ohio and Quincy, Ohio over the rail line

owned bv RC and to be acquired by CSXT

7. Sharronville-Columbas

Local trackage rights between Sharronville, Ohio and Columbus, Ohio over the rail

line owned by CRC <;nd lo be acquired by NS

8. Quincy-New London

1 ocal trackage ri"hts between Quincy, Ohio and New London, Ohio over the rail

line owned by CRC and to be acqu./ed by CSXT

9. Delta-Toledo

Local trackage rights betwee.i Delta, Ohio and I oledo, Ohio over the rail line

owned by NS

IC Springfield-Columbus

LoCi.1 trackage rights Oetween Springfield, Ohio and Columbus, Ohio over the rail

line owned by CRC and to be acquired by NS

'. I Lima-Fort Wayne

Local trackage rights between Lima, Ohio and Fort Wayne, Indiana over the rail

line owned by c:iC and to be acquired by CSXT

12 Lima

Local trackage rights over CRC. Erie track ii\ Lima, Ohio.

1J. Ouincy-Maryville

Local irackage rights l etween Quincy, Ohio and Maryville, Ohio over the rail line

owned by CRC and to be acquired by CSXT


IORY is a class 111 rail carrier providing rail service over approximately 244 mi'es of track

between Cincinnati, Ohio and Diann. Michigan lORY's anticipated responsive application

merely includes trackage rights over thirteen segments cfrail line, totalling approximateiy 550

m-le-; in length Accordingly, IORY requests that its application be considered a minor

transaction - r, alternatively, that the Board waive certain egulatoiy provisions otherwise

ap,)licnble to s.gnificant transactions

The respup«! > e application IORY aiticipates filin/i is clearly not a major transaction since

it does nr* involve the co' ;rol o' merger of two cr r -re class I railroads Set 49 CFR § 1180.2

(a) Pursuant io the Boara's rules, responsive applications which are mt najor transactions are

presumed to be sicnificant transactions S_ee 49 C F R § 1180 4 (d) (4) (ii) The limited trackage

rights IORY anticipates seeking, however, do not fail within the Board's definition of significant

trLTi actiop A significant transaction is one of regional or nati<)nal transportation significance A

transaction is not significant if it "clearly will not have any anticompetitive eftects . ." ''9 C F R.§

1180 2 (b) The conditiors IORY intends to seek merely involve approximately 550 miles of

trackage rights Moreover, the conditions clearly will have no anticompetitive eftects Rather,

tht: conditions are projor.ipetitive anu are 'iitended to eliminate certain anticompetitive effects of

the Primary .Application in thi« proceeding Accordingly, IORY urges the Board to consider its

anticipaK d responsive application as a minor transaction.

Alternatively, IORY requests the Board to waive the following filing requirements that pre

otherwise applicable to significant transactions:

4 / CPP $ 1180 6 (b) (3) Change in control

49CFR § 1180 6(b)(fi) Issues

49C FR $ 118) 6 (b)(6) Corpoiale chart

49 C I R § 118 } 6 (b) ( ' ; Noncarrier applicant

49 C F R ^ 11. 0 6 (b) (8) Interc rporate relationships

49 C F R § 1180 7 Market analyses

49 CFR $ 1180 8 (a) Operational data for major or signihcant

transactions

These filing rcciuiremvnts applicable »o significar.t transactions are totally irrelevant to the

limiv'cd conditions IORY anticipates seek ng, would provide the Board with information that is

totally useless in assessing the .nerits of IOR r"s responsive application, and would impose an

onerous and unnecessarv- but den on IORY IORY is avvcre ofthe Board's criteria tbr imposing

conditions on the Primary Application and that IORY must meet those criteria to justify- a giant of

its responsive application ' he filing re uirements IORY seeks to have waived wou'J neither

diminish lORY 's ability to meet its burden by proof nor impede the Board's ability fiilly to assess

the merits of lORY's requested conditions

In summary, IORY respectfully urges the Board to clarify that lORY's anticipated

responsive application is ninor or, alternatively, to grunt the requested waiver of filing

requirements.

IORY also requests the following two specific clarifications or .vaivers:

1 IORY seeks claiification or waiver of the definition of "applicant" in 49 C F.R.

§ 1180 3 (a) tc exclude RailTex, lnc ("RailTcx") IORY Joes not believe that RailTex, its

noncarrier parent, is properlv characterized as initiating [the proposed] transaction[s]" In any

event, requiring RailTex to file as an applicant would impose unnecessary bui lens on IORY

without enhancing the Board's ability to evaluate the competitive and financial iinpacts of the

conditions IORY anticipates seeking

2 IORY seeks clarification or waiver of the definition of "applicant carriei" in 49

CT R 1180 3 (b) to exclude all of lORY s aftiliated carriers in the RailTex family. RailTex

currently controls 22 class III rail oads, including IORY, operating in 22 states, as well as three

rail carrieis that operate ir Canada. Those carriers are operated autonomously under separate

management, independently of IORY, and would not be aft'ected by the trackage rights IORY

anticipates seeking in its responsive application Characterizing these affiliated carners as

"applicant carriers" would impose significant burdens on IORY, without materially enhancing the

Board's ability to evaluate the competitive and financial etTects ofthe transactions to be proposed

by IORY

Respectfijlly submitted.

Karl Morell Of Counsel Ball Janik LLP Suite ''25 1455 F Street, N W Washingtor, D C 20005 (202)466-o530

Attorneys for INDIANA & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY

Dated Au'iU«* 22, 1997

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I nereby certify that on this 22nd day of August, 1997,1 caused a copy ofthe foregoing Descriptions of Anticipated Responsive Applications and Petition for Clarification or Waiver to be served by first class mail, postage prepaid, on Administrafive Law Judge Jacob Leventhal and the fjilowing parties:

JAMES C, BISHOP, JR. WILLiAM C. WOOLDRIDGE JAMES L. HOWE. Ill ROBERT J. COONEY GEORGE A. ASPATORE Norfolk Southem Corporation Three Commercial Place Norfolk, VA 23510-9241

MARK G. ARGON PE PER J. SHUDTZ. CSX Corporation One James Center 902 East Cary Street Richmond, VA 23129

RICHARDA. ALLEN JAMES A. CALDERWOOD ANDREW R. PLUMP JOHN V EDWARDS Zuckert, Stoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. 888 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Suite 600 V ashington, D.C. 20006-3939

P. MICHAEL GIFTOS PAUL R. HITCHCOCK CSX Transportation, Inc. 500 Water Street. Speed Code J-120 Jacksonville, FL 32202

JOHN M. NANNES SCOTB, HUTCHINS Skadden, Arps, Slate. Meahger & Fiom LLP 1440 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005-2111

DENNIS G. LYONS RICHARD I ROSEN PAULT. D ;NIS A' nold & Porter 5 >5 12th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004-1202

SAMUEL M. SIPE. JR. TIMOTHY M. WALFH Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1330 Connecticut Avenue Washington. D.C 20036-1795

TIMOTHY T. O'TOOLE CONSTANCE L. ABRAMS Consolidated Rail Coiporation Two Commerce Square 2001 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103

PAUL A. CUNNINGHAM Harkings Cunningham 1300 Nineteenth Street. N.W.. Suite 600 Washington. D.C. 20036

Karl Morel i

NECR-2A82I

STB FD-33388 ID-181334 8-22-97 D

Befoni The SURFACE TRANSPORTATION LOARD

Washington, D.C.

Finance Docket No. 33388-

CSX Corporatton and CSX TransportaMon Inc\ £^ Norfolk Souvhcm Corpont<nr a '-d

Non'olk Soutiiem Railway Company "^-L^J " Control and Cpe atin^ Leases/Agreements -

Ccnrail Inc. and Consoliilateri RaU Corporgdon -

Certificate of Service of the Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad Company

Pursuant to Derision No. 21 of the Surface Transportation Board. I hereby

certify that on A.ugust 22. 1997, i l l Parties of Record listed i r Decision No. 21 were

served (to the extent not previously served), by i!'^t-class U.S. mail, postage prepaid,

with tne f'i'Iowing filings of the Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad Company submitted

thus fai' in this proceeding:

Notice of Intent to Participate (PBL-1) (dated AprU 16. 1997)

Notici^ of Intent to Participate (PBL-1) (dated Jime 2, 1997)

Dated: August 22. 1997

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Jamie Palter Rennert^ HOPKINS & SUTTER 8P3 S jcteenth Street, NW Wash .igton. D.C. 20006 (202) 835-8000

Coiuisel for Philadelphia Belt Line Railroad Company

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STB FD-33388 ID-181586 8-22-97 D

I'i bH ORIGIiVAL

BEFORE THE

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BO.\RD

NECl-2

S l l i FINANCE DOCKEI NO 3338S

CSX CORPOR.VriON AND CSX TRANSPORT.ATION INC NORFOLK SOliTHERN CORPORA ''ION AND NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

-CONTROL AND OPERATING LEASES/AGREEMF NTS~ CONR.ML INC .AND CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION

DESCRIPTION O; ANTICIPATED RESPONSIVE APPLICATIONS


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' ENTERFO Otfice of the Secretary

Partcf "ublic RoccfO

Karl Morril Of Counsel Ball Janik I LP Suite 225 1455 F Street, N W Washington, D C 20005 (202) 466-6530

Dated AuiJust 22. 1997

Attorneys for NEW ENGLAND CENTRAL RMLROAi:, INC

BEFORE THE



CSX CORPORA r!ON AND CSX TRANSPORTATION INC. NOPrOi.K SOUTHERN CORPORATION AND NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY

-CONTROL AND OPERATING LEASES/AGKEr.MENTi.'-:ONRAIL INC ANU CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION

DESCRIPTION OF ANTICIPATED RES JNSIVE APPLICATIONS

PETITION FOR CLARIFICATION OR W A I V E K

New England Ccp.tral Railroad, Inc ("NrrR"), pursuant to 49 USC § 11323-25,

Decision No 6 (served May 30, 1997) and Decision No 12 (served July 23, 1997), hereby

sjbmits Its Description of Anucipated Responsive Applications anJ ''etition for Clarification or

Waiver

DESCRIPTION OF CONDITIONS

In accordance with the Surface Tfansportation Board's f Board") Decision Nos 6 and 12,

NECR des.;iibos below those conditions it anticipates seeking ia this proceedmg that re.nuire

icsponsive applications Conditions th^t do not require responsive applications ?'e not described.

As the term is used below, "local" trackage rights include; (1) the rigiit to op( rate trains

over the lines described, (2) the rignt to interchange with all carriers (including shortlines) at all

junctions on the lines descnbed, and (3) the right to serve all shippers, sidinii:S anri team tracks

located on the lines descnbed.

1. P.Hlmer West Springfield

Local trackage rights between Palmer, Massachusetts and West Spriiigficld,

Massachusetts over h . Consolidated Rail Corporation ("CRC") rail line to be acquired by CSX

Transportation, lnc ("CSXT')

2 West Springfield - Selkirk

Local trackage rigius oetween We.>c Springfield, Massachusetts and Selkirk, New

York f!ver the CRC rail line to be acquired by CSXT

3. Selkirk - New Ycrk

Local trackage nghts hetween Selkirk, New York and New York, New York over

the CRC rail line to be acquu ed by CSXT.

FETITION FOR CLARIFICATION OR WAIVER

NECR is a class Hi . M\ carrier providing rail sei-vice over approximately 343 miles of track

between East Alburg, Vermont and New London, Connecticut NECR's anticipated responsive

application merely includes trackage rights over three segments ofrail line, totalling

approximately 2 :1 miles in length Accordingly, NECR requests ihjt its application be

considered a minor transaction or, alternatively, that the Board waive certain regulatory

provisions otherwise appiicabie to significant transactions

The responsive application NECR anticipates filing is clearly not a major transaction since

it does not involve the control or merger of two or more class I railroads S je 49 CFR $ 1180 2

(a) Pureuant to the Board's rules, responsive applications which are not major transactions are

presumes to be significant transactions See 49 CFR $ ! 180 4 (d) (4) (li) The limited trackage

nghts NECR antic pates seeking, however, Jo not fall witnin th'' Board's definition of significant

transaction A significant trarsaction is o . o f regionzl or national transportation significance. A

iransaction is not sig. ficant if it "clearly will not have any anticompetitive effects. . " 49 CFR §

1180 2 (b) Th.; conditions NECR intends to seek merely invoive appr jximate'y 267 miles of

trackage nijhts Moreover, the conditions clearly will have no anticompetitive effects Rather,

the condifions are procompetitive and are intended to ..iUm.nate cen in vjiticompetitive efTects of

the Primary .Application in this proceeding Accordingly, NECR urges the Board to consider its

anticipated responsive appli :ation as a minor transaction

Alternativelv, NECR requests the Board tc vaive the following filing requirements that

are otherwise applicable to significant transactions:

49 C F R § 1180 6 (b) (3) C lange in control

49CFR i> 11806(b)(5) Issues

49 C F R $ 1180 6 (b) (6) Corporate chart

49 CFR <} 1180 6 (b) (7) Noncanier appilcant

49 C F R $ 1180 6 (b) (8) Intercorporate relationships

49 C F R f< 1180 7 Market analyses

49 C F R $ 1180 8 (a) Operttional data for major or significant transactions

These filing lequirements applicable to significant transactions are totally irrelevant to the

limited rondit'ons NECR anticipates seeking, woulo provide the Bo. .d with informa*' n that is

totally useless in assessing the merits of NECR's responsive application, and woi'd impose an

onerous and unnecessarv burden on NECR NECR is aware of tht Board's criteria for imposing

conditions on the Priman Application ana th.it NECR must meet those criteria to justify a grant

of its -esponsive application The filing requirements NECR seeks tr- have waived would neither

d-minish NECR's ability to meet its burden of proof ror impede the Board's abilitv fijlly to assess

the meriti of NECR's requested conditions

11 summary, NECR respectfiilly urges the Board to clarify that NECR's anticipated

responsive application is i.iinor or, alternatively, to grant the requested waiver of filing

requirements.

NECR als.i reques;s the following tv.c specific clarifi;ations or waivers:

1 NEC V seeks clarification, or waiver of the definition of "applicant" in 49 C F.R.

§ 1180 3 (a) to exclude Rail l ex, In( ("RailTex") NECR does not believe inat RailTex, its

noncarrier parent, is properly charae rized as "initiating [the proposed] transaction[sl" 1. any

event, requiring RailTex to file as an applicant would impose unnecessan/ burdens on NECR

without enhancing the Board's ability to evaluate the competitive and financial impacts of the

conditions NECR anticipates seekinL'

2 NECR see;<s .clarification or waiver ofthe definiiion of "apphcant carrier" in 49

C F R^ 1180 3 i l ) to exclude all of NECR's afTiliated carriers in the RailTex family. RailTex

currentlv ccntrols 22 class 111 railroads, including NECR, operating in 22 states, as well as three

rail carriers that operate in Canada Those carriers are operated autoro. iously under separate

mana;. em nt independently of NECR, and would not be a.*Tected by the trackage rights NECR

aiiticipates seeking in its responsive application Chiracterizing these affiliated carriers as

"applicant carriers" would impo.se signif.cant burdens on NECR, without materially enhancing tht

Boprd's ahility to evaluate the competitive and financial effects of the transactions to be prcposed

by NECR

Dated August 22, 1997

Respectfully subrr.tted.

A -/

Karl Morell Of Counsel Ball Janik LLP Suite 225 1455 F Street, N W. Washington, D C 20005 (202)466-6530

Attorneys for: NEW ENGLAND CENTR> RAILROAD, INC

CERTIFICATE OF SFRVICE

I hereby certify hat on this 22nd day ofAugust, 1997,1 caused a copy ofthe foregoing Descriptioi'.^ ">f Anticipated Responsive Applications and Petition for Clarification or Waiver to be served '. y firsi class mail, postage prepaid, on Administrative I.uW Judge Jacob Leventhal and the following parti *s:

JAMES C. BISHOP, JR. WILLIAM C. WOOLDRIDGE JAMES L. HOWE, III ROBERT J. COONEY GEORGE A. ASPATORE Norfolk Southem Corporation 1 hree Commercial Place Norfolk, VA 23510-9241

MARK G. /.RGON PETER J. SHUDTZ CSX Co- poration One James Center 902 East Car;' Street Richmond, VA 23129

RICHARD A. ALLEN JAN ZS A. CALDERWOOD ANDREW R. PLUMP JOHN V. EDWARDS Zuckc* ., Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. 888 Se ,'enteenth Street, N.W.. Suite 600 Washington, D.C. .0006-3939

P. MICHAEL GIFTOS PAUL R. HITCHCOCK CSX Transportation, Inc. 500 Water Stre. ', Speed Code J-120 Jacksonville, FL 32202

JOHN M NANNES SCOT B. HUTCHINS Skadden, Arps. Slate, Meahger & Fiom LLP 1440 New York Avenue. Nf.W. Washington, D.C. 20005-2111

DENNIS G. LYONS RICHARD L. ROSEN PAUL T. DENIS Amold & Porter 555 '.2th Street, N.W. Washingto;., D.C. 20004-1202

SAMUEL M. SIPE. JR TIMOTHY M. WALSf ; Steptoe & Johnson I LP 1330 Connecticut venue Washington.DC. 20036-1795

TIMOTHY T. O'TOOLE CONSTANCE L. ABRAMS Consolidated Rail Corporatio. i Two Commerce Square 2001 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19103

PAUL A. CUNNINGHAM Ha'kings Cunningham 1300 Nineteenth Street, N.W., Suu- 600 Washington.DC. 20036

Kari Morell

NECR-2A82I

STB FD-33388 ID-181588 8-22-97 D

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Hon. \ emon A. W'lliams Secretarv Case Control Branch A r m : S I B Finance Docket No. 33388 Surface I ransportation Board 1925 KStreet. N.W. Washington. D.C. 20423-0001

Re. STB Finance Docket No.

LIRC No. 2

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CSX Coro. and CSX I ransp.. Inc.. Norfolk SoutilcnfCorp. and Norfolk Southem Rv . Co. Control and Operatina Leases/Agreements - Conrail Inc. and Consolidated Rail Corp.

Dear Secretan, Williams:

On behalf of our client. Louisville & Indian r Railroad Company, enclosed are an original and 25 copies of its Description of Anticipated Responsive .Application and Petition for Clarification and Waiver (the "Filing"). In accordance with Decision No. 6 by the Surface Transportation Board, datea May 30. 1997. also enclosed is a 3.5 mch disk ccniaining this Filmg formatted in Word Perfect. This Filing and the accompanying disk are designated as LIRC No. 2. in accordance v ,th 49 C.F.R. § 1180.4(a)(2).

Please acknowledge receipt ofthis letter by aate-i'amping the enclosed acknowledgment copy and returning it to our me:;senger.

Very tru.y your-, .

Jo A Di.'Rorhe "

Enclosure

ENTERED Of,k» of the Swcrotary

tuc 2 s m7 Part ot Public Record

liF.FORETKE bURF/ . E TRANSPORTATION BOARD

FINAINCE DOCKET NC 33388 (Sub-No 64)

CSX CORPORATION ANO CSX fR ANSPORTATION, INC., NORFOl K SOUTHERN CORPORATION AND

NuRFOLK SOUTMEW RAILWAY COMPANY - CONTROL AND OPEP ATING LEASES/AGREEMENTS - CONRAIL INC

AND CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORA TION

DESCRIPTION OF ANTICIPAT.SD RESPONSIVE APPL'CATION AND PET m O N FOR CLARIFICATION AND WAIVE.'! OF

LOUlSVli^lE & INDIANA RAlMvOAD CO>IPANV

i\.ar.i: H Sidman Jo .A DeRoche Weiner, Brodsky, Sidman & KiUer, P C. 1350 New York Avenue, N.W. Suite 800 Washington, D C. 20005 (202)628-2000

A. ORNEYSFOR

LOUISVILLE & INDIANA RAILROAD COMPANY


LIRC-2

BEFORE THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

FINANCE DOCKET NO. 33388 (Sub-No. 64)

CSX CORPORATION ANT) CSX TR-ANSPORTATION, INC., NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION AND

NORFOLK SOliTHERN .R/ILWAY COMPANY - CONTROL AND OPER vTING LEASES/AGREEMENTS - CONRAIL, INC

AND CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPOR ATION

DrSCRIPTlON OF ANTICIPATED RESPONSIVE APPLICATION AND PETITI'^N FOR CLARIFICATlOrJ AN 0 WAIVER OF

LOUISVILLE & INDIANA RAILROAD COMPANY

Thi Description of Anticipated Responsive Application is submitted on behalfof

Louisville &. Indiana Railruad Company ("LIRC , in accordance with the prvicedural schedule

established in Decision Niv -5 of Finance Docket No 333<>8, served May 30, 1997, and the

regulations st' forth it 49 CFR § 1180 4 L.1RC intends to submit to the Surface Transportation

Board (the "Board"), by Oc-ober 21, 1997, an inconsistent cr responsive application (the

"Responsive Application") to the primary application (the "Primary Applicatic^") filed by CSX

Corporation, CSX Tmnsportation, lnc , Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southem

Railw?;, Company (the "Appli :ants") in these proceedings.

L Description of Anticipiited Responsive Application.

The transaction described in the Primary Applic.ition will cause a catastrophic loss of

f;atTic ove- the rail lines owned and operated by LIRC In its Responsive Application, LIRC will

seek inch, lion of its rail assets in tli w transaction described in the Primary Application.

Altematively, LIRC will seek to obtain such rights and/or properties, and/or request that the

Board impose such conditions on the transaction, as aro necessary to ensure that essentiai service

is preserved in the rail comdor fro.m Indianapolis, IN to Louisville, KY

LIRC is engaged in negotiations with CSX Transportation o address the anticompetitive

effects that tiie transaction described in the Primaiy Application would have c the markets

served by LIRC Although LIRC is hopefiil that those negotiafions will '•esult in a mutually

satisfactory agreement, it is filing this Description of Ai.:icipated Responsive Application to

preserve its right to file a Responsive Application if those negotiations are not fruitftil. 'a the

event that LIRC eiv s into an agreement with CSX Transportation it will notify the Board.

IL Petition foi Clarification and Waiver.

LIRC requests that the Be ird clarity that the inclusion of the rail assets o f l .RC in the

transaction described in the Primary Application would be a "minor transaction" for purposes of

49 CFR § 1180 2(c), and for purposes of the filir.g fees set forth in 49 CFR Part 1002.2.

LIRC owns and operates approximately 106 miles of railroad in Indiana and Kentucky. It is a

class III railroad Inclusion of URC's properties in the transaction proposed by the Applici nts

will not result in any anticompetitive effects.

LIRC also seeks a waiver fiom the requirement that responsive ipplicmts file a

Responsive Environmental Report or Environmental Verified Statement (together, the

"Environmental Filing") by October 1. 1997 In connection with any proposed inclusion of its rail

assets in the transaction described in the Primary Applicaiion, LIRC will not have acces< to the

information and data necessary to make thi" Environmental Filing This is the case because it will

be difficult to predict with any deg ee of certainty the operational chan",es that might be made by

Primary Applicants as a result of inclusion of the LIRC properties Acco din, ly, any statement by

LIRC regardin g the environmental affects of the inclusion of its properties wouiu be speculative.

LIRC requests that the Board clarify that the consideration of the issues that are to be addressed

in the Environmental Filing be delayed until after the Board determines that, to avoid a loss of

essential service, '.he LIRC rail assets must be included in the transaction proposed by the Primary

Applicants

Dateo Aug'.st " 2, 1997

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Mark H. Sidman Jo A DeRoche Weiner, Prodsky, Sidman &

Kider, P C 1350 New York Avenue, N W. Suite 800 Washington, D C. 20005 (202) 628-2000

ATTORNEVS FOR

LOiJ IS VILLE & INDIANA RAILROAD COMPANY

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on August 22, 1997, ? opy of the foregoing Description of

Anticipated Responsive Applicatio.i and Petition for Clarification and IVaiver of Louis>iile &

Indiana Railroad Company was serv id by firs -class mail, postage pre-paid, on the following

addres«-.ees:

David G. .Abraham Nels Ackerson Suite 631V,' The Ackerson Group 7215 Wisconsin Avenue 1275 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Bethesda, MD 20814 Ste. 1100

Washington, D C. 20004-2404

Richard A Allen Charles E. /vllenbaugh, Jr. Zuckert, Scoutt, Rasenberger East Ohio Stone Company 888 17th Street, NW 2000 West Besson Street Ste 600 Alliance, OH 44601 Washington, D C. 2C006-3939

William D Anki er Donald G Avery Rhode Island Dept of Transportution Slover &. Loftus Two Capitol Hill 1224 Seventeenth Street, N'W Provideni.e, RI 02903 Washington, D C. 20036-3003

T Scott Bannister J.R Barbee T Scott Bannister and Associates General Chairjrierson 1300 Des Moines BU g United Transportation Union 405 Sixth Avenue Knoxville, TN 3 ."940 Des Moines, IA 50309

Janice G Barber Harry C Barbin Buriington Northern Santa Fe Corporation Barbin Lauffer & O'Connell 3017 Lou Menk Drive 608 Huntingdon Pike Fort Worth, TX 76131 Rockledge, PA 19046

Norman H. Barthlow Dinah Bear Detroit Edison Executive Office of the President 2000 Second Avenu.? Council on Environmental Quality Detroi^Ml 48226 Washington, D C 20503

James L Belcher Maitin W Bercovici Eastman Chemical Coir.pany Keller & Hfc ?kman P O Box 431 1001 G Street, NW Kingsport, TN 37'362 Ste 500 West Kingsport, TN 37'362

Washington, D C 20001

David Berger Thomas R Bobak 1622 Locust Street 313 Kiver Oaks Drive Philadelphia, PA I9I03-6305 Calumet City, IL 60409

Charles D Bolam William A Bon, General Counsel UrMted Transportation Union Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way 1400 20th Street Employees Granite City, IL 62040 2'. 555 Everereer Road, Ste. 200 Granite City, IL 62040

Southf.eld, ivll 48076

Anthony Bottalico Thomas C. Brady United Transportaiic .n Un'on Brady Brooks & O'Connell, LLP 420 Lexington Aven ie 41 Muin Street Room 458-460 Salamanca, NY 14779-0227 NewYork, NY 10017

Theresa M Brennan William T. Bright et al Two North Ninth Street P 0 Box 149 Allentown, PA 18101 200 Greenbrier Road

Summersville, WV 26641

Anita R. Hrindza Stephen H. B'-o vn The One fifteen HundreH Building Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease i 1500 Franklin Blvd , Ste. 104 1828 L Street, K\V Cleveland, OH 44102 Washington, D C. 2003^

Ross B. Capon Eileen Carey National Association of Railroads Passenger City of Chicago City Hall 900 Second Street, NE Room 700 Ste. 308 121 North LaSalle Street Washington, D C 20002-3557 Chicago, IL 606J2

Hamilton L Carmouche Richard C Carpenter 401 Broad /ay 4th Floor 1 Selleck Street Gary, IN 46402 Suite 210 Gary, IN 46402

East Norwalk, CT 06855

A Scott Cauger Charies M. Chadwick Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. Maryland Midland Railway, Inc. 300 Erie Blvd West P 0 Box IOOO Syracuse, NY 13202 Union Bridge, MD 21791

Angelo J Chick, Jr Sylvia Chinn-Levy P 0. Box 48398 Intergovemmental Co-op. Old Goose Bay Road 969 Copley Road Redwood, NY 13679 Akron, OH 44320-2992

Eugene N Cipriani Elaine L. Clark Southes, Penn, Trans Auihority Main Dept. of Transportation 1234 Market Street, 7th Floor 16 State House Station Philai iphia, PA 19106-2385 Augusta, ME 04333

Nicole E Clark Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 51 West 52nd Street NewYork, NY 10019-6150

Paul D. Coleman Hoppel, Mayer & Coleman 1000 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite ^00 Washingto., O.C 20036-5302

John P. Collins Collin'! Collins, & . antor. P C. 267 Noith Street Buffalo. NY 14201

N .ichiel Connelly '^iity of East Chicago 4525 Indianapolis Blvd. East Chicago, IN 46312

Robert J Cooper 500 Water Street Jacksonville, FL 32202-4420

J. Doyle Corman Main Line M' r.int Services, Inc. 520 Fello vsh.p Read, Ste. A-105 Mount Laurel, NJ 08054-3407

John ; Coscii Delaware Valley Regional Planning Ccnm 111 South Independence Mall East Philadelphia, PA 19106

Steve M Coulter Exxon Company USA P O Box 4692 Houston, TX 7 /210-4692

Jean M Cr.iiningham Slover & Loftus 1224 Seventeenth Street, NW Washington, D C 20036

Irwin L. Davis 1900 State Tower Bldg. Syracuse, NY 13202

S'-ndrr I Dearden One North Western Center Chicago, IL 60612-2200

Nicholas J DiMichael Donelan, Cleary, et al 1100 New York Avenue, I>fW Ste. 750 Washington, D C. 20005-3934

David W. Donely Paul M. Donovan 3361 Stafford Street Laroe, Winn, et al Pittsburgh. PA 15204-1441 3506 Idaho Avenue, NW Pittsburgh. PA 15204-1441

Washington, D C. 20016

Kelvin J Dowd Daniel Duff Slover & Loftus American Public Transit Association 1224 17th Street, NW 1201 New Y ork Avenue. NW Washington, D C 20036 Washingtcn, D C. 20005

John K Dunlevy Donald W Dunlevy Assistant Attomey General 230 State Street 133 State Street State Admin Bldg. UTU State Leg Director Montpelier, VT 05633-5001 PA AFL-CIO Bldg. 2nd Floor

Harrisburg, PA )7101-IPS

Michael V Dunn Fay D. Dufijis USDA City Hall P O Box 96456 801 Plum Street Room 4006-South Bldg Room 214 Htn Street Cincinnati, OH 45202 Washington, D C 20090-6456

David Dysard Gary A Ebert TMACOG City of Bay Village P 0 Box 9508 350 Dover Center Road 300 Central Unic i Pla/a Bay Village, OH 44140 Toledo, OH 43697-9508

PJchard S Edelman Robert Edwards Hi^i.saw, Mahoney Clarke Eastern Transport and Logistics 1050 Seventeenth Street, NW 1109 Lanette Drive Ste. 210 Cincinnati, OH 45230 Washington, D C 20036

Daniel R. Elliott, III United Transportation Union 14600 Detroit Avenue Cleveland, OH 44107

Terrell Ellis P O Box 176 Clay. WV 25043

Robert L. Evans Oxychem P.O Box 809050 Dallas, TX 75380

Sara J. Fagnilli 1250 Detroit A .nue Lakewood, OH 44107

Gerald W Fauth, III G W Fauth & Associates, Inc P O Box 2401 116 South Royal Street Alexandria, VA 22314

Cari Feller Dekalb Agra, Inc. P O. Box 127 4743 County Road 28 Waterloo, IN 46793-0127

Ncthan R. Fenno Delaware Otsego Corporation 1 Railroau Avenue Cooperstown, NY '3326

Michael P. Ferro Millennium Ptfochemicals, Inc. 11500 Northlake Drive Cincinnati, OH 45249

Edward J Fishir. n Oppenheimer, Woiff & Donnelly 1020 Nineteenth Street, NW Ste 400 Washington, D C "!0036

J D Fitzgerald UTU, General Chairperson 400 E. Evergreen Blvd., Ste. 217 Vancouver, WA 98660-3264

Gartand B Garrett, Jr NC Department of Transit P O Box 25201 Raleigh, NC 27611

Michael J. Garrigan BP Chemicals, Inc 4440 Warrensville Ctr. Road Cleveland, OH 44128

Richard A Gavril Peter A. Gilbertsoi.

16700 Gentry Lane No. 104 Regional Railroads of America

Tinley Park, IL 60477 122 C Street, NW. Ste. 850 Tinley Park, IL 60477 Washington, D C. 20001

Louis E. Gitomer Andrew P Goldstein

Ball, Janik LLP McCarthy, Sweeney et al

1455 F Street, NW 1750 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Ste 225 Washington, D C. 20006 Washington, D C. 20005

John Gordon Administrative Law Judge Jacob National Lime & Stone Company Leventhal P 0 Box 120 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Findlay, OH 45840 888 First Street, NE Findlay, OH 45840

St?. I IF Washington, D C. 20426

Edward D Greenberg Peter A. Greene Galland, Kharasch, Morse & Garfinkli Thompson, Hine, Flory 1054 Thirty-first 3treet, NW 1920 N Street, NW Washington, D C 20007-4492 Ste 800


Robert E Greenlese Donald F Griffin Toledo-Lucas County Port Auth.")rity Brotherhood of Maintenance of W .y

1 Maritime Plaza, 7th Floor Employees Toledo, OH 43604 400 North Capitol Street, NW

Ste 852 Washington, D C. 20001

John J Grocki Vaughn R Grovet GRA, Inc Pittston Coal Company 115 West Avenue One P O Box 5100 Jenkintown ".tation Lebanon, VA 24266 Jenkintown, PA i9046

Joseph Guerrieri, Jr David L. Hall Guerrieri, Edmond, et al Commonwealth Consulting Associates 1331 F Street, NW 4th Floor 720 North Post Oak Road Washington, D C 20004 Ste. 330

Houston, TX 77024

Drew A Harker Michael P. Harmonis Amold & Porter U.S. Department of Justice 555 Twelfth Street, NW 325 7th Street Washington, D C. 20004 Ste. 500


James W Harris Nicole Harvey The Metropolitan Planning Organization The Dow Chemical Company 1 World Trade Center, Ste 82 East 2020 Dow Center NewYork, NY 10048-0043 Midland, MI 48674

John D Heffher, Esq R J Henefeld Rea, Cross & Auchincloss PPG Industries, Inc. 1920 N Street, NW One PP Place Ste 420 Pittsburgh, PA 15272 Washington, D C 20036

William P Hema.., Jr R E Herrmann P 0 Box 180 Atlantic City Electric Co. Hillard, OH 43026 6801 Black Horse Pike

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August 21, 1997

XV B' Hand Hon. Vernon A Williams Secretary Surface Trar..':portatior *.~ard I"25 K Streot, N.W., Room 7i4 Wasnington, D.C. 20423-0001

Re: Finance Docket No. 33388, CSX and Norfo k Southei i - Contro? an i Lease - Conrail

I 408 6400

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Dear S-rcetary Williams:

On behalf of Canadian National Railway Company ("CN ) and Grand Trunk Western Railroad Incorporated ("GTW") , enclosed are the signed original and 25 copies of their Comments and Description of Anticipated Responsive Applications (CN-8) ano Petition for Waiver or Clarification of Railroad Consolidation Procedures (CN-9). Eor your convenience, a 3.5-in( h floppy diskette in Wordperfect 5.1 is enclosed.

Kindly stamp the enclosed additior 1 copy of this letter at the time •.. filing and return it to our messenger.

Enclosures cc: Director Davi- M. Konschnik

Aaministrative Law Judje Leventhal Counse! for all known parties

L. John Osborn

iSi&^

CN-8

BEFORE THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

Finance Docket No. 33 88

JSX CORPOR/TION AND CSX TRANSPORTATION. INC., NORfOL'C SOUTHERN CORPORATION AND NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY - CONTROL

AND OPERATING .'.EASES/AGREEMENTS - CONRAIL INC. AND CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION - TRANSFER OF RAILROAD LINE BY NORFOLK SOUTHEFN

RAILWAY COMPANY TO CSX TKANSPOF.TATlON. INC.

CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY'S COMMENTS AND DESCRlFflON OF ANTICIPATED RESPONSIVE APPLICATIONS

!ran Pierre Ouellet Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary Canadian National Railway Company 935 de La Gaucnetiere Street West 16th Floor Montreal, Quebec H3B 2M9 (514) 399-2100

L. Joini Osborn Douglas E. Rosenthal Elizabeth A. Ferrell Sonnenschei.i Nath & Rosenthal 1301 K St.eet, N.W. Suite 600 East Washington, D.C. 20005 ( C?.) 408-6351

Attorneys for: CANADIAN NATIONAL RAiLWAY COMPANY

GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD INCORPORATED


pjooeuoijqnd

BEFORE THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOA^D

Finance Docket No. 33388

CSX CORPORATION AND CbX TRANSPORTATION, INC., NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION AND NORFC>LK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY - CONTROL

AND OPERA-^ING LEASES/AC REEMENTS - CONRAIL INC. AND CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION - TRANSFER OF RAILROAD LINE BY NORFOLK SOUTHERN

RAILWAY COMPANY TO CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.

CANADIAN N.\TION/.L RAILWAY COMPANY'S COMMENTS AND DESCRIPTION OF ANTICIPATED RESPON >IVE APPLICATIONS

Canadian National Railway Company ("CN") and Grand Trunk Western Ra?hotd

Incorporated ( GTW")' hereby provide the following comments and accompanying

de.st ription of the responsive applications CN currently anticipates filing in response to the

proposed acquisiiion and breakup of Conrail by CSX and NS.^ While these comments also

describe certair proposed conditions, CN reserves the right to seek, in its October 21, 1997

' Except where the context indici.tes otherwise, CN as i ed herein will embrace CN's wholly owned subsidiary Grand Trur.l Corporation ("GTC") and i's subsidiary GTW.

2 Unless the context indicates otherwise, "CSX" v ill embrace both CSX Corporation and CSX Transportation, Inc., "NS" will embrace both Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Comfiany, and "Conraifwill embrace both Conr„:l Inc. and Consolidated Rail Co.-ooration.

evidentiary submission, other conditions ihat do not require the illing of a responsive

•I

applicauon.'

A. PrPliminarv Stntemcnt

CN tor ' y has announced a settlement agreenent btiween CN and CSX with respect to

the CSX acquisition of its share of Conrail assets. The parties intend to dra.t a more definitive

agreement in the coming weeks, .- nd will make .in appr.»priate submission to the Board for

any aspect of ihe final agreement that may require Boatd approval. The settlement embodies a

joint-marketing, access and trac''?* ' r\vht<t agreement that directly re«' onds to the need for

balanced rai, competition for Canada-U.S. traffic. The settlement also includes provisions that

wil! Improve transit times for CSX intermoda! traffic in Chicago.

The key elements of th? -ettlenient are:

• A mechanism permitting CN imd CSX to quote through rates for the entire movement of new business between certain pri. j on tach coirier's system, which will provide customers more responsive pricing.

• New arrangements at Buffalo, NY, which will enable CN and CSX to better comoete for new business ;n the region.

• Operating arrangements in Chicago that will cut transit times for CSX intermodal uains by allowing them to operate over segments of CN track.

As a lesult o.*" this settlement, CN now suppons the proposed acquisition of Conrail

assets by CSX. CN is confident that the settlement with CSX wi'l preserve CN's ability to

participate in the continued expansion of Canada-U.S. trade. CN also believes tii..; the

^ By way of exampli, but without limitation, CN currently intends to seek conditions requiring the assignment and exlension of certain existing trackage rights agreements, as well as various other conditions needed to remedy anticompetifive effects of the Primary Application and to render that applicauon consistent '/.'h the public interest.

setUe uent will increase the leve' of rail competition at Buffalo, NY. prj-luing important

benefits to shippers.

Althou.qh CN, on the basis of this settlement wiih CSX, does not oppose approval of

the Primary Applicatior, CN nevertheless believes that approval of the application should be

made subject to ceitain limited condinons, which the settlement leaves CN free to pursue. CN

therefore inte -"ds to remain an acfive party in this proceeding for u,z purpose of seeking such

limited conditions.

D. rascription of Responsive APDlications'*

CN anticipates that it will file rtsponsive applications and supporting eviden. e seeking

the following relief:

(1) Detmit A rpa

CN is concerned that the reconfiguration of Conrail assets and operations proposed by

the Primary Application will have the " ifavorable effect of impeding competitive access

and/or efficient operations by other carriers conducing operafions .n the Detroit area. CN

curremly inte.ids to eek conditions will ficililute the free flow of commerce in the

Detroit areu and will preserve the competitive acces.s and operating efficiencies now cniuvcd

b" CN and other carriers. The following is a preliminary list of the conditions, ncluding

trackage rights, that CN iiiends to seek (ce?ti''n of these proposed conditions are overlapping,

and may be .sought in the alternative):

^ In the interest of providing the gieatest possible notice, CN has sought to be specific in describing the trackage rights it currently intends to seek. However, CN reserves the righ? to make sncli modifications to thes.' requests on Octobe- 21 1997 as may be needed to accomplish their oveiall intended purpose.

(a) CN has existing trackcge riphts. for limited purpost a, to operate over the Conrail tracks from CP Vinewood to Stanley Yard, Toledo. Such tracl gc kights should be made permanent and unrestricted.

(b) CN mtends to seek Uuckuge rights from CP Vinev ood to "FN" Interlocking on the Conrail line because a part of the current NS/CN laraliel routing becomes excessively congested, impeding CN

operations, and because another portion is likely to be downgraded by NS',

(c) CN intimds to seek a conditior requiring non-discriminatory dispatching of tht Milwaukee Jct. control point, where CN Uaffic predominates, near the north end of the Detroit Shared A.ssets Area. A substantial volume of CN triaffic today passes through Milwaukee Jcf., much of which moves from and to points beyond the Fjetroit terminal areu. increased traffic volumes are projected to flow through Milwaukee Jct. as a result of the merger, and an assurance of equitable dispatch is essential to prevent disruption of CN's operations and to provide competitive balance at Detroit.

(d) CN iniends to seek authority to construrt a connection(s) from CN (DTSL) to Conraii and thence tc the Trenton, MI power plant dumper site, to permit a CSX-CN route to compete for traffic moving to Detroit Edison's Trenton Channel power plant. Such authority is needed to ensure that there is balanced competition n this Shared Asset point, because the po::t-merger CSX single-line rouie to this plant will be highly circuitous in comparison to the NS single-line route.

(e) CN intends to propose the creation of a beneficial "pairei.. u-ack" arrangement at Detroit, frcm Milwaukee Jct. on the norih side of Detroit to FN Tower in the souvh near Frenton, MI.

The proposed "paired track" arrangement warrants further comment. CN believes that

there exist significant opportunities for achieving more efficient rail operations in Detroit.

From Milwaukee Jct. on the north side of Detroit to FN Tower in the soiilli near Trenton, MI,

Conri.il and CN currently maintain generally parallel double track lines. With the inclusion of

a .segment of NS tfack from West Detroit to Delray over which CN operates on trackage

rigf ts, these lines form a contiguous paralle! routing through the central corridor of Detroit.

The asset realignment and service changes proposed by the Primary Application for the

Detroit area will result in significant traffic increases for some portions of the parallel routings

of Conrail and CN •hrough this central corridor, and v ill likely produce significant delays and

disruptions of service, not only for CN but also for the Applicants.

To address these problems, CN advocates the esnblishmeni of a paired track

arrangemjnt under which, from the vicinity of Milwu kee Jct. in the north to and including

FN Tower in the south, the CN Shoreline Subdiviiion tracks, the Conrail tracks (to be

assigned to the Shared Assets Territory) and the NS intermediate segment (V/est Detroit to

Delray) would be combined for operating convenience and dispatched on a non

discriminatory, firsi com.c-first-served basis. Such an an-angeme-it could pre 'ide for the

construct-on of new conniectioiis (if any were required) and the apportionment of costs on an

equitable basis. The purpose rnd effect of the paired track arrangement would be to minimize

conflicting movements and relieve certain chrcnicallj congested choke points. The

arrangement wouid not resuit in any change in '-ommercial relationships, any new access to

custome' s or any ch?n es in other non-operating functions from those that exist today. The

arrangement wo'dd exist under, and be fully comf itible with, the proposed Shared Assets

Area described in the Primary Application.

(2) Chicago Area

CN believes that the realignment of assets and operations proposed by Applicants in

the Chicago terminal area will adversely affect CN's operations over both its owned lines and

its connecting route (by virtue of existing Tackage rights; to the Gibson Yard of the indiana

Harbor Belt Railroad Company ("IHB"). fo protect CN's existing service to Gibson Yard, CN

intends to seek trackage rights from South Bend (MP 436.9) on .ne Conrail Chicago main line

thence to the diverging Conrail Porter Branch (MP 482. 240.7) and to Gibson Yard (MP

259.5) or, in the alternative, from stauon point Hays (MP 9.2) on the Conrail Kankakee Line

(where the CN (GTW) crosses Conrail) northward to Gibson \ ard (MP 3.8), together with

authority to build such connecuons from CN to the subject lines as may be required.

(3) Buff atn Area

Today CN connects with NS at Buffalo via overhead trackage rights NS holds over the

Conrail line extending generally fro-i Black Rock, at International Bridge, to NS' Tirf Yard

near CP "Draw." For operating convenience, CN currently has the abiiivy to deliver ttaffic

directly to NS at Tiff Yard. Given the realignment of Conrail assets proposed through the

breakup, and in order to ensure pre >ervation of the direct CN-NS interchange at Buffalo in the

future, CN intends to request trackage rights over the Conrail lines from CP "H" to CP

"Draw," a distance of about 9 miles.

Respectfully s"bmitted,

Jean Pierre Ouellet L. John Osuorn Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Douglas E. Rosenthal Secretary Elizabeth A. Ferrell Canadian National Railway Company Sonnenschein Nath & Rosvjnthal 935 de La Gauchetiere Stteet West 1301 K Stteet, N.W. 16th Floor Suite 600 East Montteal. Quebec Washington, D.C. 2000.1 H3B 2M9 (202) 408-6351 (514) 399-2100

.Attorneys for: CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILWAY COMPANY

GRAND TRUNK WESTERN RAILROAD INCORPORATED


Certificate of Service

The undersigned hereby certifies that on this 22nc' day of August, 1907, he served a

ttue copy of the foregoing on counsel for all known parties by first-class mail, postage

prepaid.

L. John Osborn

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