This filing is fraught with humor; The attached map has the CMQ logo and refers to CMQ. CMQ doesn't exist, it is now owned by CP, so perhaps it still exists on paper and has been operating the Rockland branch in a zombie fashion. Guess the point is CP didn't even bother to update the route map with their own logo!
The proposed transaction does not involve a Class I railroad. Accordingly, this transaction qualifies for the class exemption described in 49 C.F.R. §1180.2(d)(2).
Weird that the filing is only about whether FGLK is gonna require "monopoly" review. (And of course it is hard and eye-glazing to find the text of the law instead of some inaccurate summary) CP is a Class I, should be harder to get the exemption.
Interesting the Class-III are exempt from labor protection. CP is a Class-I, CMQ is a subsidiary of CP. I would think the ~~0.1 Rockland Branch workers should not be exempt from "labor protection" rules.
Did MaineDOT sign off on the substitution of operators? Are the customer(s) "happy"? Presumably no effect. Also presumably it is more expensive for FGLK to get equipment in and out than it was for CP.