Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit May 2, 1985, 83-1474, 83-2820 (Patrick W. Simmons v. Interstate Commerce Commission and United States of America, Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, Intervening)

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

These petitions to review two related orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission require us to consider a question of first impression under the provision of the Interstate Commerce Act governing offers of financial assistance to head off the abandonment of a railroad line, 49 U.S.C. § 10905.