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Central Kansas Railway - posted the following in several newspaper

OmniTRAX, Inc.
252 Clayton Street, 4th Floor
Denver, Colorado 80206
303-393-0033
303-393-0041 fax
www.omnitrax.com


DATE: June 8, 2000       FROM: Jo Ann Beltrame 303-93-0033
                                               Fax:   303-393-8047

RE:  Publication of Notice

CENTRAL KANSAS RAILWAY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
AB-406-SDM
NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION OF RAIL SYSTEM

Central Kansas Railway Limited Liability Company, a Kansas limited liability company, owns, leases or operates approximately 1,028 miles of rail line in the State of Kansas, including:

 (1) the Hardtner Subdivision from MP 485.938 at Wichita, Kansas to MP 514 at Conway Springs, Kansas;

 (2) the Stafford Subdivision from MP 559.028 in Conway Springs to MP 591.8 in Kingman, Kansas;

 (3) the Hutchinson Subdivision from MP 572.677 on the east leg of the wye and 1,213 feet of the west leg of the wye at Geneseo, Kansas and MP 486.003 of the northeast leg of the wye and 984 feet of the southwest leg of the wye at Wichita, Kansas;

(4) the Scott City Subdivision from MP 0 at Great Bend, Kansas to MP 120.1 in Scott City, Kansas;

(5) the Hoisington Subdivision from MP 491.2 at Bridgeport, Kansas to MP 747.5 at Towner, Colorado;

 (6) the Great Bend Subdivision from MP 223.2 at Hutchinson, Kansas to MP 303 at Garfield, Kansas;

(7) the H&S Subdivision from MP 3.6 at Hutchinson,
Kansas to MP 31.6 at Kingman, Kansas;

 (8) the H&S Subdivision from MP 32.5 at Kingman, Kansas to MP 56.7 at Harper, Kansas;

 (9) the McPherson Subdivision from MP 43.8 at McPherson, Kansas to MP 98.5 at Ellinwood,Kansas;

 (10) the Salina Subdivision from MP 20.5 at Salina, Kansas to MP
103.2 at Osborne, Kansas;

 (11) the Medicine Lodge Subdivision from MP 0 at Attica, Kansas to MP 41 at Sun City, Kansas

 (12) the Wichita Subdivision from MP 0 at Wichita, Kansas to MP 79.7 at Pratt, Kansas;

(13) the Englewood Subdivision from MP 46 at Rago, Kansas to MP 136 at Protection, Kansas;

 (14) the Jetmore Subdivision from MP 0 at Larned to MP 47 at Jetmore.

DESCRIPTION OF LINES ANTICIPATED TO BE THE SUBJECT OF AN ABANDONMENT FILING WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS

1. (a) Designation: H&S Subdivision
    (b) State: Kansas
    (c) Counties Reno, Kingman
   (d) Milepost Designations MP 3.6 at Hutchinson,     Kansas to MP 31.1 at      Kingman, Kansas.
(e) Stations: There are no agency or     terminal stations on this
line. Agency Service is     provided from the agency     station at
Wichita, Kansas.


2. (a) Designation: H&S Subdivision
(b) State: Kansas
(c) Counties Kingman, Harper
(d) Milepost Designations MP 48.2 at Rago, Kansas
   to MP 59.7 at Harper,     Kansas.
(e) Stations: There are no agency or     terminal stations on this
line. Agency Service is     provided from the agency     station at
Wichita, Kansas.


3. (a) Designation: McPherson Subdivision
(b) State: Kansas
(c) Counties Rice, McPherson
(d) Milepost Designations MP 58.0 at Conway, Kansas
   to MP 77.4 at Lyons, Kansas.
(e) Stations: There are no agency or     terminal stations on this
line. Agency Service is     provided from the agency     station at
Wichita, Kansas.


4. (a) Designation: Wichita Subdivision
(b) State: Kansas
(c) Counties Sedgwick
(d) Milepost Designations MP 19.5 near Garden Plain,     Kansas to MP
3.5 southeast     of the grade crossing at     McCormick Avenue in
Wichita, Kansas.
(e) Stations: There are no agency or     terminal stations on this
line. Agency Service is     provided from the agency     station at
Wichita, Kansas.


5. (a) Designation: Jetmore Subdivision
(b) State: Kansas
(c) Counties Pawnee, Hodgeman
(d) Milepost Designations MP 0 near Larned, Kansas to     MP 74.0 near
Jetmore,     Kansas.
(e) Stations: There are no agency or     terminal stations on this
line. Agency Service is     provided from the agency     station at
Wichita, Kansas.


6. (a) Designation: Englewood Subdivision
(b) State: Kansas
(c) Counties Pratt, Kiowa, Comanche
(d) Milepost Designations MP 90 near Coats, Kansas to     MP 136 near
Protection,     Kansas.
(e) Stations: There are no agency or     terminal stations on this
line. Agency Service is     provided from the agency     station at
Wichita, Kansas.


7. (a) Designation: Great Bend Subdivision
(b) State: Kansas
(c) Counties Pawnee
(d) Milepost Designations MP 293 near Larned, Kansas     and MP 303
near Garfield,     Kansas.
(e) Stations: There are no agency or     terminal stations on this
line. Agency Service is     provided from the agency     station at
Wichita, Kansas.


8. (a) Designation: McPherson Subdivision
(b) State: Kansas
(c) Counties Rice, Barton
(d) Milepost Designations MP 78 near Lyons, Kansas     and MP 98.5 near
Ellinwood,    Kansas.
(e) Stations: There are no agency or     terminal stations on this
line. Agency Service is     provided from the agency     station at
Wichita, Kansas.


9. (a) Designation: Wichita Subdivision
(b) State: Kansas
(c) Counties Kingman, Pratt
(d) Milepost Designations MP 44 at Kingman, Kansas     and MP 79.7 near
Pratt,     Kansas.
(e) Stations: There are no agency or     terminal stations on this
line. Agency Service is     provided from the agency     station at
Wichita, Kansas.



Upon request, the railroad will provide a narrative of its rail system.
Please send requests to: Michael Ogborn, Manager, Central Kansas Railway Limited Liability Company, 252 Clayton Street, 4th Floor, Denver, Colorado 80206.
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Rail For Trails
Kansas Eastern Railroad, Inc. (KER) filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon a 44.5-mile line of railroad between milepost 438.5 at Severy, and milepost 483.0 near Augusta, in Butler and Greenwood Counties, KS. Notice of the exemption was served and published in the Federal Register on August 25, 1999 (64 FR 46471). (1)

On December 10, 1999, a decision and notice of interim trail use or abandonment (NITU) was served that reopened the proceeding to implement interim trail use/rail banking for the entire line under 49 CFR 1152.29 and the National Trails System Act, 16 U.S.C. 1247(d), and provided a 180-day period for KER to negotiate an agreement with Butler County for portions of the right-of-way between milepost 438.5 and milepost 476.4, and between milepost 476.65 and milepost 483.0 in this proceeding. The negotiation period under the NITU expired on March 22, 2000. (2)



By petition filed June 23, 2000, American Trails Association, Inc. (ATA), a new negotiation party, filed a request for a NITU for portions of the right-of-way between milepost 438.5 at Severy and milepost 476.4 and between milepost 476.65 and milepost 483.0 near Augusta in Butler and Greenwood Counties, KS. ATA submitted a statement of willingness to assume financial responsibility for interim trial use and rail banking in compliance with 49 CFR 1152.29 and acknowledged that the use of the right-of-way as a trail is subject to possible future reconstruction and reactivation of the right-of-way for rail service. On June 27, 2000, KER advised the Board that it is willing to negotiate with ATA for interim trail use and that it has not consummated the abandonment of the NITU lines.



Trail use requests are accepted as long as the Board retains jurisdiction over the involved railroad right-of-way (3) and the carrier is willing to enter into negotiations. Inasmush as KER has not consummated the abandonment and is willing to negotiate with ATA for the right-of-way, a NITU will be issued with the trail use negotiation period running for 180 days from the service date of ths decision or until January 1, 2001. If no agreement is reached within that time period, KER may fully abandon the line. Use of the right-of-way for trail purposes is subject to restoration for railroad purposes. See 49 CFR 1152.29(d)(2).