SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD DECISION DOCUMENT
    Decision Information

Docket Number:  
FD_35391_0

Case Title:  
GARDENDALE RAILROAD, INC.-OPERATION EXEMPTION-RAIL LINE OF BORDER TRANSLOAD & TRANSFER, INC. AT GARDENDALE LASALLE COUNTY, TEX.

Decision Type:  
Notice Of Exemption

Deciding Body:  
Director Of Proceedings

    Decision Summary

Decision Notes:  
PROVIDED NOTICE THAT GARDENDALE RAILROAD, INC. FILED A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION TO OPERATE A 1.86-MILE LINE OF RAILROAD BETWEEN MILEPOST 107.0 AND 105.14 AT OR NEAR GARDENDALE IN LASALLE COUNTY, TEX.

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    Full Text of Decision

35891

40964                                   SERVICE DATE – JULY 30, 2010

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FR-4915-01-P

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Surface Transportation Board

[Docket No. FD 35391]

Gardendale Railroad, Inc.–Operation Exemption–Rail Line of Border Transload & Transfer, Inc. at Gardendale, LaSalle County, Tex.

            Gardendale Railroad, Inc. (GRI), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. § 1150.31 to operate a 1.86-mile line of railroad extending between milepost 107.0 and milepost 105.14 at or near Gardendale in LaSalle County, Tex.  The line is owned by Crystal City Railroad, Inc. (CCR) and is currently being operated by Border Transload & Transfer, Inc. (BTT) (formerly known as Texas Railroad Switching, Inc. (TRS).[1] 

This transaction is related to a concurrently filed verified notice of exemption in Docket No. FD 35392, Gregory B. Cundiff, Connie Cundiff, CGX, Inc. and Ironhorse Resources, Inc.—Continuance in Control Exemption—Gardendale Railroad, Inc.  In that proceeding, Gregory B. Cundiff, Connie Cundiff, CGX, Inc., and Ironhorse Resources, Inc., jointly have filed a verified notice of exemption to continue in control of GRI upon its becoming a Class III rail carrier.  

The transaction will be consummated no sooner than August 13, 2010, the effective date of the exemption (30 days after the exemption was filed).

GRI certifies that its projected annual revenues as a result of the transaction will not exceed those that would qualify it as a Class III rail carrier. 

If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio.  Petitions to revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. § 10502(d) may be filed at any time.  The filing of a petition to revoke will not automatically stay the effectiveness of the exemption.  Stay petitions must be filed by August 6, 2010 (at least 7 days before the exemption becomes effective).

An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 35391, must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.  20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on Thomas F. McFarland, Thomas F. McFarland, P.C., 208 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1890, Chicago, Ill.  60604.

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            Decided:  July 23, 2010.

By the Board, Joseph H. Dettmar, Acting Director, Office of Proceedings.


[1]  In 1990, CCR received an exemption to acquire a 53.41-mile line of railroad and TRS received an exemption to lease and operate the line.  See Crystal City R.R.—Acquisition and Operation Exemption—R.R. Switching Service of Missouri, Texas R.R. Switching—Lease and Operation Exemption—Crystal City R.R., FD 31757 (served Nov. 15, 1990).  In 1995, CCR was authorized to abandon, and TSR was authorized to discontinue service over, the line with the exception of a 1.86-mile portion.  See Crystal City R.R.—Aban. Exemption—in LaSalle, Zavala, and Dimmit Counties, Tex., AB 427X (served June 9, 1995), Texas R.R. Switching, Inc.—Discontinuance of Service Exemption—in LaSalle, Zavala, and Dimmit Counties, Tex., Docket No. AB 428X (served June 9, 1995).