DOT REPORT #13 - June, 1996 ================================================================= A compilation of rail notices published by the US Department of Transportation between June 1 - 15, 1996. Includes abandonment, operation and control notices, FRA orders and related petitions. Condensed from original. ================================================================= CONTENTS: Luxapalila Valley Railroad, Inc.--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--Rail Lines of Norfolk Southern Railway Co. and Columbus and Greenville Railway Co. North Charleston Terminal Company--Lease Exemption--South Carolina Division of Public Railways, Cosgrove Yard, North Charleston, SC CSX Transportation, Inc.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Meridian and Bigbee Railroad Company Fort Worth and Western Railroad Company, Inc.--Trackage Rights Exemption--St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company Norfolk and Western Railway Company; Trackage Rights Exemption; Norfolk Southern Railway Company Burlington Northern Railroad Company; Abandonment Exemption; Between Shickley and Blue Hill, in Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls and Webster Counties, NE Douglas M. Head, Kent P. Shoemaker, and Charles H. Clay; Continuance in Control Exemption; Minnesota River Bridge Company Norfolk and Western Railway Company; Corporate Family Transaction Exemption; the Toledo Belt Railway Company Consolidated Rail Corporation--Abandonment Exemption--in Bergen and Passaic Counties, NJ CSX Transportation, Inc.--Abandonment Exemption--in Marion County, IN Missouri Pacific Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption-- Union Pacific Railroad Company BHP Nevada Railroad Company--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--Northern Nevada Railroad Corporation BHP Copper, Inc.--Continuance in Control Exemption--BHP Nevada Railroad Company Consolidated Rail Corporation--Trackage Rights Exemption--Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Inc. K & E Railway Company--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company Addendum to a Test Program for a Conditional Waiver; National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System or Relief from the Requirements of Title 49 CFR Part 236 ======================================================================= DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Finance Docket No. 32968] Luxapalila Valley Railroad, Inc.--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--Rail Lines of Norfolk Southern Railway Co. and Columbus and Greenville Railway Co. Luxapalila Valley Railroad, Inc. (LVR), a noncarrier, filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire and to operate approximately 34.2 miles of connecting, separately owned main rail lines in Mississippi and Alabama. The lines to be acquired are currently owned by Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) and Columbus and Greenville Railway Company (C&G). The trackage lies between NS milepost 884.9 at Belk, AL, and NS milepost 919.1 at Columbus, MS. NS currently owns and operates the 24.5-mile Alabama portion, lying between NS milepost 884.9 at Belk and NS milepost 909.4 at the Mississippi-Alabama state line. The 9.7-mile Mississippi portion, lying between NS milepost 909.4 and NS milepost 919.1 at Columbus, is owned by C&G but has been operated by NS since 1926 under a lease that expired in 1995. LVR and C&G are owned by CAGY Industries, Inc., a noncarrier that controls several class III rail carriers. Because CAGY Industries owns other carriers, it would require the prior approval of this Board under 49 U.S.C. 11323(a)(5) and 11324(d), or exemption therefrom under 49 U.S.C. 10502, to continue in control of these other carriers when LVR becomes a carrier by its acquisition of the line in question. In STB Finance Docket No. 32968 (Sub-No. 1), CAGY Industries has filed a petition for exemption to permit such continuance in control. Because LVR will connect with another carrier controlled by CAGY Industries (C&G), CAGY Industries cannot invoke the class exemption at 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) for continuance- in-control transactions. Prior to closure of this transaction and pending approval of the exemption sought in the (Sub-No. 1) proceeding, LVR's stock will be place into an independent voting trust. The transaction was intended to be consummated shortly after May 30, 1996. Decided: May 29, 1996. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Finance Docket No. 32691] North Charleston Terminal Company--Lease Exemption--South Carolina Division of Public Railways, Cosgrove Yard, North Charleston, SC ACTION: Notice of exemption. SUMMARY: The Board, under 49 U.S.C. 10505, exempts from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11343-45 the lease by North Charleston Terminal Company of South Carolina Division of Public Railways' Cosgrove Yard, consisting of approximately 9.3 miles of yard track and other railroad facilities, in North Charleston, Charleston County, SC, subject to standard labor protective conditions. DATES: This exemption will be effective July 5, 1996. Decided: May 21, 1996. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Finance Docket No. 32962] CSX Transportation, Inc.--Trackage Rights Exemption--Meridian and Bigbee Railroad Company Meridian and Bigbee Railroad Company (MBRR) has agreed to grant overhead trackage rights to CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), over approximately 51 miles of railroad beginning at the CSXT/MBRR connection at Myrtlewood, AL, to the CSXT/MBRR connection at Meridian, MS, including head and tail operating room at both connections. The trackage rights were to become effective on or after May 24, 1996. Decided: May 30, 1996. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Finance Docket No. 32956] Fort Worth and Western Railroad Company, Inc.--Trackage Rights Exemption--St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company The St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company (SSW) has agreed to assign its local and overhead trackage rights on a rail line owned by the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Property Acquisition Company (DARTPAC) to Fort Worth and Western Railroad Company, Inc. (FWWR), over approximately 28.77 miles of rail line in Texas between milepost 632.27 at North Fort Worth and milepost 603.5 at Carrollton. The trackage rights were to become effective on or after May 24, 1996. This transaction will also permit FWWR to use the subject trackage to serve Hodge Yard, which it seeks to lease from SSW in a related pending proceeding, STB Finance Docket No. 32955. Decided: May 29, 1996. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Finance Docket No. 32961] Norfolk and Western Railway Company; Trackage Rights Exemption; Norfolk Southern Railway Company Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR) will agree to grant overhead trackage rights to Norfolk and Western Railway Company (NW). NSR will grant NW overhead trackage rights between milepost K-27.4 at North Winston, NC, and milepost K-0.0 at Pomona, NC, and between milepost 286.8 at Pomona, NC, and milepost 284.4 at Elm (Greensboro), NC, a total distance of approximately 29.8 miles. NW is a Class I railroad and a wholly owned subsidiary of NSR. NSR is a Class I railroad, which is controlled through stock ownership by Norfolk Southern Corporation, a holding company. The transaction was scheduled to be consummated on or after May 24, 1996. The purpose of the trackage rights is to provide more efficient service with less internal terminal handling of traffic between those points. Decided: May 30, 1996. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. AB-6 (Sub-No. 371X)] Burlington Northern Railroad Company; Abandonment Exemption; Between Shickley and Blue Hill, in Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls and Webster Counties, NE ACTION: Notice of exemption. SUMMARY: The Board, under 49 U.S.C. 10505, exempts from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10903-04 the abandonment by Burlington Northern Railroad Company of its 42.13-mile rail line between BN milepost 44.50 near Shickley and BN milepost 86.63 near Blue Hill, in Clay, Fillmore, Nuckolls, and Webster Counties, NE, subject to standard labor protective conditions, a trail use condition, and a public use condition. DATES: Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of financial assistance has been received, this exemption will be effective on July 6, 1996. Decided: May 21, 1996. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Finance Docket No. 32810] Douglas M. Head, Kent P. Shoemaker, and Charles H. Clay; Continuance in Control Exemption; Minnesota River Bridge Company ACTION: Notice of Exemption. SUMMARY: Under 49 U.S.C. 10505, the Board exempts from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11343-45 the continuance in control by Douglas M. Head, Kent P. Shoemaker, and Charles H. Clay of the Minnesota River Bridge Company, subject to standard labor protective conditions. DATES: This exemption will be effective on July 7, 1996. Decided: May 23, 1996. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Finance Docket No. 32967] Norfolk and Western Railway Company; Corporate Family Transaction Exemption; the Toledo Belt Railway Company Norfolk and Western Railway Company (NW), a Class I common carrier by railroad, and the Toledo Belt Railway Company (Toledo), a Class III common carrier railroad, have jointly filed a verified notice of exemption. The exempt transaction is a merger of Toledo with and into NW. Toledo is a wholly owned, direct subsidiary of NW with authorized capital stock consisting of 3,000 shares of Common Stock all of which are issued and outstanding and owned by NW. NW or its predecessors have operated the properties of Toledo since the early 1900's. The Agreement and Plan of Merger provides that all shares of Toledo's capital stock will be canceled and retired, and no consideration will be paid in respect of such shares. NW is a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NSR), a Class I railroad. NSR is controlled through stock ownership by Norfolk Southern Corporation, a noncarrier holding company. The transaction is expected to be consummated on or after June 1, 1996. The proposed merger will eliminate Toledo as a separate corporate entity, thereby simplifying the corporate structure of NW and the NW system, and eliminating costs associated with separate recordkeeping, tax, and administrative functions. This is a transaction within a corporate family of the type specifically exempted from prior review and approval under 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(3). The parties state that the transaction will not result in adverse changes in service levels or significant operational changes. In addition, while the parties do not specifically say it, the transaction would apparently not result in a change in the competitive balance with carriers outside the corporate family. Decided: May 30, 1996. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [Docket No. AB-167 (Sub-No. 1151X)] Consolidated Rail Corporation--Abandonment Exemption--in Bergen and Passaic Counties, NJ ACTION: Notice of Exemption. SUMMARY: The Board exempts from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 10903-04 the abandonment by Consolidated Rail Corporation of its 1.8-mile line of railroad known as the Dundee Spur Track, from milepost 0.0 near Garfield to the end of the track at approximately milepost 1.8 near Monroe St., in the city of Passaic, Bergen and Passaic Counties, NJ, subject to public use, historic preservation, and standard labor protective conditions. DATES: Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of financial assistance (OFA) has been received, this exemption will be effective on July 7, 1996. Decided: May 23, 1996. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Docket No. AB-55 (Sub-No. 528X)] CSX Transportation, Inc.--Abandonment Exemption--in Marion County, IN CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) filed a notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1152 Subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon approximately 1.4 miles of its line of railroad between milepost BD-127.8 at Moorefield and milepost BD-129.2 at Speedway, in Marion County, IN. CSXT has certified that: (1) No local traffic has moved over the line for at least 2 years; (2) there is no overhead traffic on the line; (3) no formal complaint filed by a user of rail service on the line (or by a state or local government entity acting on behalf of such user) regarding cessation of service over the line either is pending with the Board or with any U.S. District Court or has been decided in favor of complainant within the 2-year period; and (4) the requirements at 49 CFR 1105.7 (environmental reports), 49 CFR 1105.8 (historic reports), 49 CFR 1105.11 (transmittal letter), 49 CFR 1105.12 (newspaper publication), and 49 CFR 1152.50(d)(1) (notice to governmental agencies) have been met. Provided no formal expression of intent to file an offer of financial assistance (OFA) has been received, this exemption will be effective on July 7, 1996, unless stayed pending reconsideration. Environmental, historic preservation, public use, or trail use/rail banking conditions will be imposed, where appropriate, in a subsequent decision. Decided: June 3, 1996. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Finance Docket No. 32965] Missouri Pacific Railroad Company--Trackage Rights Exemption-- Union Pacific Railroad Company Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has agreed to grant local and overhead trackage rights to Missouri Pacific Railroad Company (MP) over approximately 2.225 miles of the McPherson Branch from milepost 515.775 to milepost 518.0 near McPherson in McPherson County, KS. The trackage rights were to become effective on or after May 29, 1996. Decided: May 31, 1996. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Finance Docket No. 32969] BHP Nevada Railroad Company--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--Northern Nevada Railroad Corporation BHP Nevada Railroad Company (BNR), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire the rail lines and other assets of Northern Nevada Railroad Corporation (NN) from milepost 0.0 at Cobre to the end of the line at milepost 148.941 at Riepetown, and from milepost 0.0 at McGill Junction to the end of the line at milepost 1.3 at McGill, a total of approximately 150.241 miles in Elko and White Pine Counties, NV. Consummation was expected to occur on or after May 31, 1996. Decided: June 4, 1996. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Finance Docket No. 32970] BHP Copper, Inc.--Continuance in Control Exemption--BHP Nevada Railroad Company BHP Copper, Inc. (BHP Copper), a noncarrier holding company, has filed a notice of exemption to continue in control of BHP Nevada Railroad Company (BNR), upon BNR's becoming a Class III rail carrier. Consummation was expected to occur on or after May 31, 1996. BHP Copper controls two other nonconnecting Class III rail carriers: San Manuel Arizona Railroad Company (SMA) and Magma Arizona Railroad Company (MAA) operating in Arizona. BHP Copper states that: (1) BNR will not connect with any of the other railroads in its corporate family; (2) the continuance in control is not part of a series of anticipated transactions that would connect BNR with any other railroad in its corporate family; and (3) the transaction does not involve a Class I railroad. The transaction therefore is exempt from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11343. See 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2). Decided: June 4, 1996. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Finance Docket No. 32973] Consolidated Rail Corporation--Trackage Rights Exemption--Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Inc. Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Inc. (GTW) has agreed to grant overhead trackage rights to Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) over rail lines located on the GTW River Subdivision in Trenton, MI, beginning at milepost 10.23 at Quarry Road, extending southerly to and including the crossover tracks and rail connections at FN Interlocker at milepost 10.99, continuing south through FN Interlocker to West Road at milepost 11.86; and the sidetrack at milepost 11.26 and its associated run-around track up to but not extending beyond King Road or the GTW property line. The trackage rights agreement restricts Conrail to using the trackage for purposes of serving the Trenton Steel Warehouse in the city of Trenton. The trackage rights were to become effective on or after June 5, 1996. Decided: June 6, 1996. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Surface Transportation Board [STB Finance Docket No. 32972] K & E Railway Company--Acquisition and Operation Exemption--The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company K & E Railway Company, a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 CFR 1150.31 to acquire and operate over approximately 57.69 miles of rail lines of The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company as follows: (i) Between milepost 0.6, at or near Kiowa, KS, and milepost 56.98, at or near Blanton, OK; and (ii) between mileposts 299.88 and 301.19 near Cherokee, OK. The transaction was expected to be consummated on or after May 30, 1996. Decided: June 6, 1996. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration [Docket Number H-95-1] Addendum to a Test Program for a Conditional Waiver; National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) In accordance with 49 CFR Part 211, notice is hereby given that Amtrak has requested an addendum to the previously granted temporary waiver of compliance with specific requirements of certain parts of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations in order to conduct a limited demonstration of a passenger trainset, the IC3 ``Flexiliner''. Amtrak was granted conditional waivers from sections of Railroad Safety Appliance Standards, Railroad Safety Glazing Standards and Railroad Track Safety Standards in May, 1995. The waivers permit Amtrak, and a number of potential sponsors, including state departments of transportation and commuter agencies, to demonstrate and operate in revenue service the Flexiliner trainset, a three-car, articulated, diesel hydraulic, multiple unit trainset built by ABA Scandia A/S for the Danish State Railway (DSB). The conditional waiver pertained to one 3-unit IC3 Flexiliner trainset, and since that time a second trainset has been added. Amtrak says this is necessary because of the limited amount of seating available on one trainset, and the expected passenger loads on the proposed routes require more seating. Amtrak requested relief from the Railroad Locomotive Safety Standard, Sanders, which requires that each locomotive shall be equipped with operable sanders that deposit sand on each rail in front of the first powered operated wheel set in the direction of movement. The IC3 Flexiliner trainsets are not equipped with sanders. They are equipped with magnetic track brakes which are activated when the train brakes are applied in emergency. Air pressure forces the brakes to the rail and battery voltage causes a strong magnetic field to develop a significant retardation force. Magnetic track brakes are common in Europe and were used in this country on the X2000 and ICE trainsets during their recent demonstration trials. Due to the impending arrival of the IC3 Flexiliner trainsets at the Port of Baltimore, Maryland, FRA has, on a temporary basis, conditionally waived compliance with the relevant portions of the rail safety regulations. FRA has, however, reserved the right to withdraw such approval upon receipt by FRA of public comment raising substantial issues of safety. Issued in Washington, D.C. on June 10, 1996. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Railroad Administration Notice of Application for Approval of Discontinuance or Modification of a Railroad Signal System or Relief from the Requirements of Title 49 CFR Part 236 Pursuant to Title 49 CFR Part 235 and 49 U.S.C. App. 26, the following railroads have petitioned the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) seeking approval for the discontinuance or modification of the signal system or relief from the requirements of Title 49 CFR Part 236 as detailed below. Block Signal Application (BS-AP)-No. 3396 Applicant: Soo Line Railroad Company The Soo Line Railroad Company seeks approval of the proposed discontinuance and removal of the Conley frog locks, on the two main track Kinnickinnic River movable bridge, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Gateway Division, C&M Subdivision. The reason given for the proposed changes is to reduce maintenance costs associated with maintaining the frog locks, which are not required to be in compliance with applicable rule Part 236.312. BS-AP-No. 3397 Applicant: Soo Line Railroad Company The Soo Line Railroad Company seeks approval of the proposed discontinuance and removal of the Conley frog locks, on the two main track Menomonee River movable bridge, at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Gateway Division, C&M Subdivision. The reason given for the proposed changes is to reduce maintenance costs associated with maintaining the frog locks, which are not required to be in compliance with applicable rule Part 236.312. BS-AP-No. 3398 Applicant: Wisconsin Central Limited The Wisconsin Central Limited (WC) seeks approval of the proposed discontinuance and removal of the interlocking plant, at Menasha, Wisconsin, milepost MA 1.20, Manitowoc Subdivision, where a single main track of the WC crosses at grade a single yard track of the WC. The proposal includes installation of a swing gate with a stop sign, in the southwest quadrant, normally lined to foul the yard track. The reason given for the proposed changes is that both tracks are owned by the WC, and the only through train movements are on the single main track at timetable speed of 10 mph. BS-AP-No. 3399 Applicants: National Railroad Passenger Corporation New Jersey Rail Transit Rail Operations The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) and New Jersey Rail Transit Rail Operations jointly seek approval of the proposed modification of Hudson Interlocking, milepost 7.2, near Harrison, New Jersey, Metropolitan Division; consisting of the proposed discontinuance and removal of controlled signals 10L, 10RA, 10RB, 30R, 30LA, and 30LB, and conversion of associated power-operated switches 43 and 29 to hand operation. The reason given for the proposed changes is that the proposed configuration is part of the Penn Station, New York Access Project, High Density Interlocking System. BS-AP-No. 3400 Applicants: Union Pacific Railroad Company Burlington Northern Railroad Company The Union Pacific Railroad Company and Burlington Northern Railroad Company (BN) jointly seek approval of the proposed discontinuance and removal of the traffic control signal system, on the single branch track, between Zangar Junction, C.P. W3 to Wallulla, Washington, on the Wallulla Branch; consisting of the discontinuance and removal of signals 55, L6, RA6, 27, and 28, and installation of an operative approach signal. The reason given for the proposed changes is that the signals are no longer needed, the switch formerly located at C.P. W3 has been removed and BN no longer operates on the trackage. BS-AP-No. 3401 Applicants: Southern California Regional Rail Authority National Railroad Passenger Corporation Southern California Regional Rail Authority and National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) jointly seek approval of the proposed reconfiguration and conversion of Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal Interlocking, in Los Angeles, California, to a centralized traffic control system, including the temporary discontinuance of the signal system during construction of new tracks and installation of new switch machines, new color light signals, and a new relay based signal control system. During the proposed temporary discontinuance: switch tenders will be on duty to align proper routes, all train movements will be authorized by the Riverside Subdivision SCO, all train movements will be controlled by the Terminal Tower Train Director, all train movements will be governed by Rule 6.28 of the General Code of Operating Rules, and train movements will not exceed 10 mph. The reasons given for the proposed changes are the limited existing track capacity and the significant time and cost reduction in construction effort. Issued in Washington, DC, on June 10, 1996. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RELATED NEWS: Union Pacific's proposed merger with Southern Pacific has generated both opposition and support in comments filed with the STB. The US Justice, Agriculture and Transportation Departments oppose the merger as it stands. Conrail offered to buy SP lines from Chicago to St Louis and Memphis to Houston, Houston to New Orleans and other lines in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas for $1.9 billion, an offer rejected by UP. Kansas City Southern offered to purchase SP lines if the merger were rejected. Also in opposition are: The Governors of Louisiana, Oklahoma, Kansas and Mississippi; The Attorneys General of Kansas, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri; The Texas Railroad Commission, The Iowa Department of Transportation, The National Industrial Transportation League, The Society of Plastics Industry, The Western Coal Traffic League, The American Farm Bureau Federation, The American Corn Growers Association, The National Association of Wheat Growers, The American Soybean Association, the USA Rice Federation, Proctor & Gamble, Farmland Industries, International Paper, Dow Chemical, Union Carbide, Shell Chemical, Huntsman Chemical, FINA, Phillips Petroleum, Quantum, Vista Chemical and Certainteed. Supporters of the merger plan included The Attorneys General of California and Illinois, The Governor of Colorado, The California Public Utilities Commission, The Ports of New Orleans, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and Oakland, The United Transportation Union, The Chemical Manufacturers Association, Kennecott Energy, ECDC Environmental, Coastal Energy, Monsanto Chemical, Tennessee Valley Authority, ARCO Coal, Ag Processing, Exxon, FMC, Riss Intermodal and American President Lines. The STB is expected to announce a decision on July 3. ============================================================================= Comments or questions about this compilation should be directed to Paul Moore at 71367.1057@Compuserve.com. ==============================================================================