# Sunshine Act Meeting
**Time and Date:**
10 a.m., Friday, January 31, 2003. [^1]
[^1] The Voting Conference originally scheduled for Thursday, January 30, 2003, has been rescheduled for January 31, 2003.
**Place:**
The Board's Hearing Room, Surface Transportation Board, 1925 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20423
**Status:**
The Board will meet to discuss among themselves the following agenda items. Although the conference is open for public observation, no public participation is permitted.
**Matters to be Discussed:**
STB Finance Docket No. 34178, *Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation and Cedar American Rail Holding, Inc.—Control—Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad Corporation.*
STB Finance Docket No. 33697, *National Railroad Passenger Corporation—Petition for Declaratory Order—Weight of Rail.*
STB Finance Docket No. 33995, *SF&L Railway, Inc.—Acquisition and Operation Exemption—Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway Corporation Between La Harpe and Peoria, IL.*
STB Finance Docket No. 33996, *Kern W. Schumacher and Morris H. Kulmer—Continuance in Control—SF&L Railway, Inc.*
STB Docket No. AB-448 (Sub-No. 2X), *SF&L Railway, Inc.—Abandonment Exemption—in Hancock, McDonough, Fulton and Peoria Counties, IL.*
STB Docket No. AB-565 (Sub-No. 11X), *New York Central Lines, LLC—Abandonment-Exemption—in Lake County, OH.*
STB Docket No. AB-55 (Sub-No. 617X), *CSX Transportation, Inc.—Discontinuance of Service Exemption—in Lake County, OH.*
STB Finance Docket No. 34114, *Yolo Shortline Railroad Company—Lease and Operation Exemption—Port of Sacramento.*
STB Finance Docket No. 34304, *The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company—Trackage Rights Exemption—The Portland & Western Railroad, Inc.*
STB Ex Parte No. 282 (Sub-No. 20), *Railroad Consolidation Procedures: Class Exemption for Temporary Trackage Rights Transactions.*
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
A. Dennis Watson, Office of Congressional and Public Services, Telephone: (202) 565-1596, FIRS: 1-800-877-8339.
Dated: January 27, 2003.
Vernon A. Williams,
Secretary.