Grainbelt Corporation, a Class III rail carrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption with the Surface Transportation Board to extend the term of the previously amended local trackage rights on trackage owned by BNSF Railway.
The tracks run between milepost 668.73 in Long, Oklahoma, and milepost 723.30 in Quanah, Texas.
The trackage rights allow GNBC to use the line to access the Plains Cotton Cooperative Association facility near BNSF Chickasha Subdivision milepost 688.6 at Altus, Oklahoma. It also allows the Class III carrier to operate additional trains on the line to accommodate the movement of trains transporting BNSF customers’ loaded or empty railcars along the line to unit train facilities on the line.
GNBC and BNSF have entered into an amendment to extend the PCCA Trackage Rights until March 30, 2026. The transaction may be consummated on or after May 1, 2025, the exemption’s effective date, 30 days after the verified notice was filed.
