-----------------------------***----------------------------- >From the Surface Transportation Board, Washington, D.C. -----------------------------***----------------------------- Surface Transportation Board Chairman Roger Nober today provided a schedule of speakers' appearances and their time allocations for the STB's October 13, 2004 oral argument concerning a proposed lease transaction in the case entitled Buckingham Branch Railroad Company--Lease--CSX Transportation, Inc., STB Finance Docket No. 34495. The oral argument will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 13, 2004, in Room 760, the STB's hearing room, on the 7th Floor of the agency's headquarters in theMercury Building, 1925 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. The STB officially announced the oral argument in STB Finance Docket No. 34495 in "Decision No. 4" issued to the public on October 5, 2004. The schedule of speakers' appearances and time allocations, as published in the agency's "Decision No. 5" issued October 8, 2004, in STB Finance Docket No. 34495, is attached. That decision is available for viewing and downloading via the agency's Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov. A printed copy of the Board's decision also is available for a fee by contacting ASAP Document Solutions, 9332 Annapolis Rd., Suite 103, Lanham, MD 20706, telephone (301) 577-2600, or via asapdc@xxxxxxxxxxxx A fact sheet is attached. A live broadcast of the hearing will be accessible via the STB's agency's Web site at "http://www.stb.dot.gov.,"; under "Information Center"/"Webcast "/"Live Audio" on the home page. ### ATTACHMENT ______________ Attachment SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD ORAL ARGUMENT Buckingham Branch Railroad Company--Lease--CSX Transportation, Inc., STB Finance Docket No. 34495 SCHEDULE OF APPEARANCES Party / Speaker / Time Allotted Buckingham Branch Railroad Company (BBRR) / 20 minutes and CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) (collectively, "Applicants") Speakers: Robert E. Bryant, President, and Keith G. O'Brien on behalf of BBRR; Peter J. Shudtz, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs & Washington Counsel, and Louis E. Gitomer on behalf of CSXT Note: The Applicants will open, and may reserve part of their time for rebuttal, if they so choose. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes / 20 minutes Speaker: Richard S. Edelman of O'Donnell, Schwartz & Anderson, P.C. National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) / 5 minutes Speaker: Paul Vilter, Assistant Vice President for Host Railroads (accompanied by Frederick Ohly, Esq., Senior Associate General Counsel, Corporate Affairs) ### -----------------------------***----------------------------- If you have received this e-mail in error or wish to unsubscribe from STB News, please send an e-mail message to stbnewslistserver@xxxxxxxxxxx and place "unsubscribe stbnews" as the body of the message.
