UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20449

                                    FORM 15

                    CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION
                      OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g)
                    OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
                     OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS
      UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                       Commission File Number: 001-11573



                              Caliber System, Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                              3925 Embassy Parkway
                               Akron, Ohio 44333
                                  303-665-5646
              (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
       including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                        Common Stock, Without Par Value
            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                      None
                (Title of all other classes of securities for which a duty
to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

                 Please place an X in the box(es) to designate
           the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate
                      or suspend the duty to file reports:

  Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)    [x]                 Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)    [x]
  Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)   [ ]                 Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)   [ ]
  Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)    [ ]                 Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)    [ ]
  Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)   [ ]                 Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)   [ ]
                                             Rule 15d-6             [ ]

     Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification
or notice date:  One

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
Caliber System, Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.




                                             CALIBER SYSTEM, INC.

Dated as of January 29, 1998                 By: /s/ John E. Lynch, Jr.
                                                -----------------------
                                             Name:  /s/ John E. Lynch, Jr.
                                             Title: Secretary