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Article 18
Work Train Service
Section 1
A "work train" shall be understood to mean a train used primarily in the construction of new work by any department or any work involved in
the maintenance of track, bridges, buildings, signal service, telephone and telegraph service for the company, including the picking up and
disposing of waste material, wreckage of property destroyed by train wrecks or the removal of obstructions to tracks.
Section 2
Work trains put on for a period of six (6) days or more will be advertised per Article 22.
Section 3
Work trains put on for a period of less than six (6) days shall be manned by pool crews first-in first-out, subject to Article 11 Section 10 except
when tied up at an outlying point, the pool crew used out of the terminal shall remain on same until arrival at terminal. Present method of
manning work trains on seniority districts where trainmen of two seniority districts have rights shall continue, subject to change by mutual
agreement.
Section 4
Road trainmen shall have the right to man work trains that are operated partly within switching or yard limits and partly on the road adjacent to
such yard or switching limits.
Section 5
Where two or more crews are employed in work train service operating partly on the road and partly in a yard or switching limit within the
same seniority district, a division of such service as between road and yardmen shall be made if it is consistent and possible to divide the
work as to leave a yard crew or crews within yard or switching limits performing a proper proportion of the work. Where a preponderance of
the work lies within yard or switching limits, effort will be made to have this work performed by yard crews where it can be done without
unreasonable increase in expense.
Section 6
When trainmen are assigned or called for work train service, an extra car shall be furnished for laborers and their tools, when available.
Article 18
Work Train Service
Section 1
A "work train" shall be understood to mean a train used primarily in the construction of new work by any department or any work involved in
the maintenance of track, bridges, buildings, signal service, telephone and telegraph service for the company, including the picking up and
disposing of waste material, wreckage of property destroyed by train wrecks or the removal of obstructions to tracks.
Section 2
Work trains put on for a period of six (6) days or more will be advertised per Article 22.
Section 3
Work trains put on for a period of less than six (6) days shall be manned by pool crews first-in first-out, subject to Article 11 Section 10 except
when tied up at an outlying point, the pool crew used out of the terminal shall remain on same until arrival at terminal. Present method of
manning work trains on seniority districts where trainmen of two seniority districts have rights shall continue, subject to change by mutual
agreement.
Section 4
Road trainmen shall have the right to man work trains that are operated partly within switching or yard limits and partly on the road adjacent to
such yard or switching limits.
Section 5
Where two or more crews are employed in work train service operating partly on the road and partly in a yard or switching limit within the
same seniority district, a division of such service as between road and yardmen shall be made if it is consistent and possible to divide the
work as to leave a yard crew or crews within yard or switching limits performing a proper proportion of the work. Where a preponderance of
the work lies within yard or switching limits, effort will be made to have this work performed by yard crews where it can be done without
unreasonable increase in expense.
Section 6
When trainmen are assigned or called for work train service, an extra car shall be furnished for laborers and their tools, when available.
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