Norfolk Southern Railway Company-Acquisition and Operation-Certain Rail Lines of the Delaware and Hudson Railway Company, Inc.

摘要

The Surface Transportation Board (Board) is accepting for consideration the application filed November 17, 2014, by Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR or Applicant), and two related filings. The primary application seeks Board approval under 49 U.S.C. 11323-25 of the acquisition of control of 282.55 miles of rail line owned by Delaware and Hudson Railway Company, Inc. (D&H), a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CP), by NSR, a Class I railroad. This proposal is referred to as the Control Transaction. The related filings are two notices of exemption filed by NSR to modify existing trackage rights agreements. The notice of exemption filed in FD 34209 (Sub-No. 1) provides for the modification of an existing trackage rights agreement granted by D&H to NSR. This modification would allow NSR to retain trackage rights over approximately 17.45 miles of rail line between milepost 484.85 in the vicinity of Schenectady, N.Y., and CPF 467 in the vicinity of Mechanicville, N.Y., including the right to use such tracks within D&H's Mohawk Yard. The notice of exemption filed in FD 34562 (Sub-No. 1) provides for the modification of the Saratoga-East Binghamton