...change of operations or services. Under section 1(18) of the Act a rail carrier subject thereto may not abandon all or any portion of "a line of railroad...have been obtained from the Commission a certificate authorizing such abandonment. Decisions of the Commission and the Courts indicate that the term "line...

...commerce. Insofar as here pertinent, section 1(18) provides that no carrier by railroad subject to the act shall abandon all or any portion of a line of...until there shall first have been obtained from the Interstate Commerce Commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity...

...unless and until there shall first have been obtained from the Commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require...and operation, of such additional or extended line : Provided, That no such certificate shall be required under this section for the construction, acquisition,...

...that the' present or future public convenience and necessity require or will require theconstruction, or operation, or construction and operation, of such...railroad, and no carrier by railroad subject to this part shall abandon all or any portion of a line of railroad, or the operation thereof, unless and until...

...pursuant to section 214 of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, 47 USC 214, that "the present or future public convenience and necessity require...construction, or operation, or construction and operation, ofv certain existing and proposed CATV channel distribution facilities, to serve C. & S. TV Co. (hereinafter...

...additional ir extended line of railroad, and no carrier by railroad subject to this part shall ibandon all or any portion of a line of railroad, or the operation thereof, unless md until there shall first have been obtained from the ('ommission a certificate :hat the present or...

...from the Commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity requires or will require the construction or operation, or...and operation of such additional or extended line: Provided, that no such certificate shall be required under this section for the construction, acquisition,...

...and may be recovered in a civil action. 21 "(22) No carrier by railroad subject to this part shall -2 abandon all or any portion of a line of railroad, or the ~;> operation thereof, except in accordance with this paragraph. 24 A carrier or carriers may file with the Commission a notice...

...202(8) (22), PROPOSED BY AMENDMENTS TO S. 2842 "(r22)Cal. No carrier by railroad subject to this part shall abandon all or any portion of a line of railroad, or the operation therof, except in accordance with this paragraph. A carrier or carriers intending to abandon a line...

...the present or future public con3 vience and necessity require or will require the construction, 4 or operation, or construction and operation, of such additional ^ or extended line of railroad. Nothing in this paragraph or in 6 section 5 shall be considered to prohibit the making of con^ tracts...