Surface Transportation Board
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. FD 36934] TNW Corporation (TNW), a non-carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) to continue in control of Northeast Texas Railway Company (NETX), upon NETX's becoming a Class III rail carrier. TNW currently controls three Class III carriers. [ 1 ] This transaction is related to a concurrently filed verified notice of exemption in Northeast Texas Railway—Acquisition of a Line of Railroad Owned by Northeast Texas Rural Rail Transportation District & Change of Operators Exemption—Northeast Texas Connector, LLC, Docket No. FD 36933, in which NETX seeks to acquire and operate approximately 65.59 miles of rail line owned by the Northeast Texas Rural Rail Transportation District between milepost 555.0 in Greenville, Tex., and milepost 489.41 in Winfield, Tex., replacing Northeast Texas Connector, LLC, as the common carrier service provider on that line. [ 2 ] TNW represents that: (1) the rail line to be operated by NETX does not connect with any of the railroads in TNW's corporate family; (2) the control of NETX is not part of a series of anticipated transactions that would result in such a connection; and (3) the transaction does not involve a Class I rail carrier. The proposed transaction is therefore exempt from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323 . See 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) . The earliest this transaction may be consummated is June 18, 2026, the effective date of the exemptio…
Citation: 91 FR 33853
