Article 11                                                                                                                                                                                                        Article 11


                                                                                     Article 11
                                                                              Freight Service


Section 1

In all classes of service covered by this article, except through freight service and through passenger service, one hundred miles or less, eight
hours or less (straight-away or turn-around) shall constitute a days work; mileage in excess of one hundred miles shall be paid for at the
mileage rates provided.


Section 2

The miles encompassed in the basic day in through freight service and through passenger service and the divisor used to determine when
overtime begins will be as provided in the Current National Agreement. In other freight service, runs of one hundred miles or less overtime will
begin at the expiration of eight hours; on runs over one hundred miles overtime will begin when the time on duty exceeds the miles run divided
by twelve and one half. Overtime shall be paid for on the minute basis, at an hourly rate.


Section 3

When runs advertised in excess of a basic day, do not travel the full advertised mileage and overtime accrues, overtime shall be computed
on the basis of actual miles traveled (minimum of a basic day) and not on the basis of advertised mileage.


NOTE:  Advertised runs are to be paid actual miles traveled.


Section 4

Mileage made in doubling hills, running for water or helping other trains when necessary to cut off engine shall be used in determining the total
mileage run on trip. .

Trainmen handling cars to and/or from South Lorain via South Lorain Branch, Cleveland District, shall add six miles to the other miles run on
the trip.


Section 5

Crews holding positions in pool or unassigned service will run or deadhead first-in first out, except as otherwise provided. They will not run off
the division to which they are regularly assigned, except in case of accident or. obstruction of road upsetting the ordinary course of business.

More Than One Class of Road Service (Award of Referee Cheney under National Agreement, May 25, 1951.)

Trainmen performing more than one class of road service in a day or trip will be paid for the entire service at the highest rate applicable to
any class of service performed. The overtime basis for the rate paid will apply for the entire trip.

Question 1

Does this Article apply to trainmen in unassigned and/or assigned road service?

Answer

Yes

Question 2

Does this Article apply to trainmen at an intermediate point or between two intermediate points where trainmen are required to perform road service not
incident to the normal trip?

Answer

Yes

Question 3

Does this Article set aside lap-back or side trip rules?

Answer

No

Question 4

Does this Article set aside existing conversion rules?

Answer

No

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Question 7

Does this Article apply to trainmen who are required at an intermediate point or points to perform work train service?

Answer

Yes

Question 8

Does this Article apply where road trainmen are instructed at the outset of a trip before leaving the ini1ial terminal to perform another class of road
service outside of the terminal?

Answer

Yes


Section 6

Trainmen shall be considered as arriving in the terminal in the order in which they pass the yard 1imits, except that in the case of a yard and
road work train working both in and out of the yard, their position with respect to crews arriving from the road shall be determined by the order
in which their respective engines actually reach the pit track.

The principles contained in the preceding paragraph applicable to road work trains would be applied to crews used to perform service in a
yard at the completion of their trip or tour of duty in establishing their position on the crew register.


Section 7

When it is the time for a pool crew to be called at the home terminal and there is a conductor vacancy on the crew and there is not an
available conductor on the extra list or no emergency conductors available, the place of this crew in the pool shall be transferred to the foot of
the list and the next available pool crew will be used. The place of the crew transferred to the foot of the list will be placed immediately behind
the last crew on the register at that time.


Section 8

When necessary to use a crew out of a division terminal in through freight service and the crew which stands first-out has not had the rest
provided by law, the crew first-out which has not less than the unexpired time hereinbelow specified shall be used:


Buffalo District        7-1/2 hours
Cleveland District        8 hours
Fostoria District        7-1/2 hours
Bellevue-Blair or Fostoria Turns        8 hours
Chicago District        8-1/2 hours
Fort Wayne-Knox Turns…..        11 hours
Fort Wayne-Argos Turns….        10 hours
Sandusky District        8-1/2 hours
Lima District        6 hours
Peoria District        10 hours


Section 9

If there is no crew available with the unexpired time specified in Section 8, an emergency crew or the crew with the greatest amount of
unexpired time may be used.

NOTE:  When an emergency crew is used in pool service such crew shall take the conditions of such service and on arrival of the crew at the
home terminal, the crew used will be withdrawn from the pool 'and the men used thereon will be disposed of as provided for in these articles.


Section 10

When a crew is required for relief train or for emergency work train, the pool crew first-out, with legal rest, shall be used. If no such pool crew
is available an extra crew may be made up. In either event Sections 5, 8, and 9 of this Article shall not apply. Emergency work train means
work train required account interruption of service or similar situation.
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