# Federal Register #FD 36959

WBT rail-line acquisition and RBMN local trackage rights in Luzerne County

**Posted:** October 15, 2026
**Identifier:** FD 36959
**NAICS:** 482112

The Surface Transportation Board notice covers related rail-line acquisition and local operating-rights transactions in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
- Government agency: Surface Transportation Board; no sub-agency or office is identified.
- Parties named: Wilkes-Barre Terminal Railway Company (WBT), Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad Company (RBMN), Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority, and Luzerne County Rail Corporation.
- WBT seeks to acquire and operate approximately 59.65 miles of rail line from the Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority and Luzerne County Rail Corporation, including in-service and out-of-service segments.
- RBMN seeks local trackage rights over approximately 41.79 miles of WBT’s in-service line to provide local rail service and continue serving customers. The specified routes include the Dunmore Secondary Track; Avoca Industrial Track and Langcliff Connecting Track; Suscon Industrial Track; Wilkes-Barre Secondary; GWBP, Brownsville, Wilkes-Barre, and Kingston Industrial Tracks; D&H Wilkes-Barre Connector; and APC line.
- This is a regulatory rail transaction, not a procurement of products or equipment. No OEMs, product part numbers, or product quantities are identified.
- Employee-protection conditions apply to affected employees.

### Description

Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad Company (RBMN) filed a verified notice seeking exemption to acquire approximately 41.79 miles of local trackage rights on rail lines of Wilkes-Barre Terminal Railway Company in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The rights will allow RBMN to provide local rail service under an agreement with Wilkes-Barre Terminal Railway Company. The transaction is related to the carrier’s acquisition and operation of the rail line, under a separate docket. The exemption may be consummated on or after October 29, 2026.

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