...present Act. The jurisdictional provision provides that: No carrier by railroad subject to this part shall abandon all or any portion of a line of railroad or the operation thereof, except in accordance with this paragraph. A carrier or carriers may file with the Commission a notice...

...unless and until there shall first have been obtained from the Commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require...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...

...and until there shall first have been obtained from the Commission » certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require...operation, of such additional or extended line of railroad. Nothing in this paragraph or in section .> shall be considered to prohibit the making of contracts...

...unless and until there shall first have been obtained from the Commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require...operation, of such additional or extended line of railroad. Nothing in this paragraph or in section ."> shall be considered to prohibit the making of contracts...

...director of more than one carrier. (47 USC 5212) 6 - The FCC nay issue certificates "that the present or future public convenience and necessity require or will require the construction, or operation" of additional or extended lines . The FCC may issue certificates "that neither the present not future...

...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." (47 USC 214). Two cases are peculiarly pertinent, in the context of this public interest statute, to...

...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 * * * . " In addition, section 2l4(c) grants FCC the power to issue the certificate : "* * * as applied...

...thereby.” 47 USC 1212. (5) The Commission say exercise statutory power (4) upon finding “that the present or future public convenience and necessity require...operation, of such additional or extended line.” 47 USC 1214(a). CRS—39 (6) The Commission may exercise statutory power (5) if it finds “that neither...

...unless and until there shall first have been obtained from the Commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require...construction and operation, of such additional or the operation thereof, is proposed to be abandoned, with the right to be heard abandon all or any portion...

...unless and until there shall first have been obtained from the Commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require...construction and operation, of such additional or the operation thereof, is proposed to be abandoned, with the right to be heard abandon all or any portion...