Article 26 Article 26
Article 26
Calling Trainmen and Yardmen
Section 1
Trainmen shall rot be called over two hours or less than ore hour and 30 minutes before reporting time, except in cases of emergency.
Trainmen on assigned runs, the reporting time of which occurs between 7:00 AM. and 10:00 P.M. shall be required to report without call. In
the event of failure in telephone service reasonable effort will be made to contact the men otherwise.
NOTE 1: Pool crews at home terminals or at away-from-home terminals will rot be giver two consecutive calls for turnaround service
(including work trains that it is expected will return to the terminal) when other crews are available. When necessary to run crews out of their
turn to comply with this note, Article 28 shall not apply.
NOTE 2: When a crew is called and then released and placed at the bottom of the board they will be considered the same as being used on
a turn. A crew will take standing or the board according to their mark off time.
Section 2
Call will specify the service intended for at time call is made, and trainmen called for work train service will be notified when called as to the
number of days it is expected work train will be out.
Section 3
When an emergency freight conductor lays off or misses a call, he shall not be considered again available for service as an emergency
conductor until he has performed service as a brakeman or until his regular place returns to that terminal.
Section 4
An extra man called from a conductors' or brakemen's extra list to fill a vacancy for an outlying assignment who advises that he is unable to
accept the call or misses a call for the vacancy will, when he marks up for service or becomes available for service after the
128 expiration of 12 hours, be required to protect the assignment for which he stood when he became unavailable for duty or missed the
call, provided the vacancy still exists, and if so, he will be required to deadhead to the assignment without compensation.
The above also applies to emergency conductors called for outlying assignments, but does not apply to pool service.
Section 5
An emergency conductor who is holding a regular brakeman position and who is used and/or required to fill vacancies in any service as
conductor, shall be paid not less than he would have earned had he remained on his regular place and/or assignment, provided, however,
that such emergency conductors must make themselves available for and accept calls for any additional conductor service for which they
stand until they return to their regular brakeman place and/or assignment.
It is understood that all compensation earned by emergency conductors and by the brakemen relieving them on their place or assignment,
including deadheading allowances, etc., will be considered in computing the difference in earnings payments due emergency conductors.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Question 1:
Man working as emergency conductor, comes in as such and misses a call as emergency conductor before his regular pool place comes in.
Must he make a trip as brakeman before he can be again considered available for use as emergency conductor?
Answer (a)
Before his regular pool place comes in -- Yes.
Answer (b)
After his regular pool place comes in --- No.
Question 2:
Man working as emergency conductor, comes in as such and misses a call as emergency conductor after his regular pool place comes in.
Must he make a trip as brakeman before he can be considered available for use as emergency conductor?
Answer
Yes.
Question 3:
Man working as emergency conductor and comes in as such. He lays off before his regular pool place comes in and also marks up before
his pool place comes in. Must he make a trip as brakeman before he can be again considered available for use as an emergency
conductor?
Answer (a)
Before his regular pool place comes in -- Yes.
Answer (b)
After his regular pool place comes in --- No.
Question 4:
Man working as emergency conductor and comes in as such. He lays off before his regular pool place comes in and then marks up after
arrival of his regular pool place, but before that pool place is called. Must he make a trip as brakeman before he can be considered
available for use as emergency conductor?
Answer:
The arrival of his regular pool place satisfies the rules and the answer is "No."
Question 5:
Man working as emergency conductor and comes in as such. He lays off after his regular pool place comes in and marks up before the pool
place is called to go out. Must he make a trip as brakeman before he can be considered available for use as emergency conductor?
Answer
Yes.
Question 6:
Man working as emergency conductor and comes in as such. He lays off after his regular pool place comes in and does not mark up until his
regular pool place has departed. Must he make a trip as brakeman before he can be considered available for use as emergency
conductor?
Answer:
Yes, unless in the meantime his regular place has returned to that terminal.
Section 6
Unless a trainman holding a regular place who is laying off marks up before his place is called he will be considered off duty until the return
of his assignment, except that if his assignment is out of the terminal over two days after he reports for work he will be permitted to go to his
assignment on his own time.
NOTE: First day out of the terminal is considered the calendar day the assignment is called.
Section 7
In assigned road service where employees report for duty without being called, and it is desired on any day to defer the reporting time,
advance notice shall be given not less than the usual advance calling time for reporting for duty at each terminal and in accordance with
usual calling practices at such terminal. The employee shall be notified at such time when he is to report and only one such deferment may
be made. In such cases the time of the trip or tour of duty shall begin at the time the employee is required in accordance with said notice of
change to report for duty and does so report. If not so notified, the reporting time shall be as provided in the assignment.
Where employees are called, existing rules or practices are not changed or affected by this article.
Section 8
Emergency conductors living at Fort Wayne will not be called for vacancies in the Lima-Bellevue pool when men living at Bellevue are
available. Similarly, such men living at Bellevue will not be called for runs out of Fort Wayne to Leipsic Junction or Fostoria when men living
at Fort Wayne are available.
Section 9
When two or more extra freight brakemen leave a terminal and return to the same terminal on the same crew, they will be marked up in the
same relative position as they held when called.
Section 10
An extra trainman laying off will have his name removed from the extra list for a period of not less than twelve hours; after the expiration of the
twelve-hour period he may mark up last-out on the extra list. An extra trainman missing a call will have his name removed from the extra list
and will be marked up last-out at the expiration of a twelve-hour period from the time called for.
Section 11
Except on outlying jobs or in emergency, extra men called to fill vacancy will hold it for a round trip.
Section 12
Yardmen will not be called more than two hours or less than one hour 30 minutes before starting time of assignment. In case of emergency,
this may be deviated from provided such practice is not abused. In event of failure of telephone service, reasonable effort will be made to
contact the men otherwise. This Section applies to extra yardmen only.
Section 13
An extra yardman laying off will have his name removed from the extra list for a period of not less than twelve hours; after expiration of the
twelve-hour period he may mark up last out on the extra list An extra yardman missing a call will have his name removed from the exact list
and will be marked up last out at the expiration of the twelve-hour period from time called for.
NOTE: This Section shall not apply to a yardman who misses a call outside regular calling periods. The calling periods for groups of
assignments will be:
First trick - 4:30 A.M. to 7:00 AM.
Second trick - 12:30 P.M. to 3:00 P.M.
Third trick - 8:30 P.M. to 11:00 P.M.
At points where all regular assignments are worked independently of each other, the regular calling period for each assignment will be no
more than two hours or less than one hour in advance of the starting time of each such assignment
Article 26
Calling Trainmen and Yardmen
Section 1
Trainmen shall rot be called over two hours or less than ore hour and 30 minutes before reporting time, except in cases of emergency.
Trainmen on assigned runs, the reporting time of which occurs between 7:00 AM. and 10:00 P.M. shall be required to report without call. In
the event of failure in telephone service reasonable effort will be made to contact the men otherwise.
NOTE 1: Pool crews at home terminals or at away-from-home terminals will rot be giver two consecutive calls for turnaround service
(including work trains that it is expected will return to the terminal) when other crews are available. When necessary to run crews out of their
turn to comply with this note, Article 28 shall not apply.
NOTE 2: When a crew is called and then released and placed at the bottom of the board they will be considered the same as being used on
a turn. A crew will take standing or the board according to their mark off time.
Section 2
Call will specify the service intended for at time call is made, and trainmen called for work train service will be notified when called as to the
number of days it is expected work train will be out.
Section 3
When an emergency freight conductor lays off or misses a call, he shall not be considered again available for service as an emergency
conductor until he has performed service as a brakeman or until his regular place returns to that terminal.
Section 4
An extra man called from a conductors' or brakemen's extra list to fill a vacancy for an outlying assignment who advises that he is unable to
accept the call or misses a call for the vacancy will, when he marks up for service or becomes available for service after the
128 expiration of 12 hours, be required to protect the assignment for which he stood when he became unavailable for duty or missed the
call, provided the vacancy still exists, and if so, he will be required to deadhead to the assignment without compensation.
The above also applies to emergency conductors called for outlying assignments, but does not apply to pool service.
Section 5
An emergency conductor who is holding a regular brakeman position and who is used and/or required to fill vacancies in any service as
conductor, shall be paid not less than he would have earned had he remained on his regular place and/or assignment, provided, however,
that such emergency conductors must make themselves available for and accept calls for any additional conductor service for which they
stand until they return to their regular brakeman place and/or assignment.
It is understood that all compensation earned by emergency conductors and by the brakemen relieving them on their place or assignment,
including deadheading allowances, etc., will be considered in computing the difference in earnings payments due emergency conductors.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Question 1:
Man working as emergency conductor, comes in as such and misses a call as emergency conductor before his regular pool place comes in.
Must he make a trip as brakeman before he can be again considered available for use as emergency conductor?
Answer (a)
Before his regular pool place comes in -- Yes.
Answer (b)
After his regular pool place comes in --- No.
Question 2:
Man working as emergency conductor, comes in as such and misses a call as emergency conductor after his regular pool place comes in.
Must he make a trip as brakeman before he can be considered available for use as emergency conductor?
Answer
Yes.
Question 3:
Man working as emergency conductor and comes in as such. He lays off before his regular pool place comes in and also marks up before
his pool place comes in. Must he make a trip as brakeman before he can be again considered available for use as an emergency
conductor?
Answer (a)
Before his regular pool place comes in -- Yes.
Answer (b)
After his regular pool place comes in --- No.
Question 4:
Man working as emergency conductor and comes in as such. He lays off before his regular pool place comes in and then marks up after
arrival of his regular pool place, but before that pool place is called. Must he make a trip as brakeman before he can be considered
available for use as emergency conductor?
Answer:
The arrival of his regular pool place satisfies the rules and the answer is "No."
Question 5:
Man working as emergency conductor and comes in as such. He lays off after his regular pool place comes in and marks up before the pool
place is called to go out. Must he make a trip as brakeman before he can be considered available for use as emergency conductor?
Answer
Yes.
Question 6:
Man working as emergency conductor and comes in as such. He lays off after his regular pool place comes in and does not mark up until his
regular pool place has departed. Must he make a trip as brakeman before he can be considered available for use as emergency
conductor?
Answer:
Yes, unless in the meantime his regular place has returned to that terminal.
Section 6
Unless a trainman holding a regular place who is laying off marks up before his place is called he will be considered off duty until the return
of his assignment, except that if his assignment is out of the terminal over two days after he reports for work he will be permitted to go to his
assignment on his own time.
NOTE: First day out of the terminal is considered the calendar day the assignment is called.
Section 7
In assigned road service where employees report for duty without being called, and it is desired on any day to defer the reporting time,
advance notice shall be given not less than the usual advance calling time for reporting for duty at each terminal and in accordance with
usual calling practices at such terminal. The employee shall be notified at such time when he is to report and only one such deferment may
be made. In such cases the time of the trip or tour of duty shall begin at the time the employee is required in accordance with said notice of
change to report for duty and does so report. If not so notified, the reporting time shall be as provided in the assignment.
Where employees are called, existing rules or practices are not changed or affected by this article.
Section 8
Emergency conductors living at Fort Wayne will not be called for vacancies in the Lima-Bellevue pool when men living at Bellevue are
available. Similarly, such men living at Bellevue will not be called for runs out of Fort Wayne to Leipsic Junction or Fostoria when men living
at Fort Wayne are available.
Section 9
When two or more extra freight brakemen leave a terminal and return to the same terminal on the same crew, they will be marked up in the
same relative position as they held when called.
Section 10
An extra trainman laying off will have his name removed from the extra list for a period of not less than twelve hours; after the expiration of the
twelve-hour period he may mark up last-out on the extra list. An extra trainman missing a call will have his name removed from the extra list
and will be marked up last-out at the expiration of a twelve-hour period from the time called for.
Section 11
Except on outlying jobs or in emergency, extra men called to fill vacancy will hold it for a round trip.
Section 12
Yardmen will not be called more than two hours or less than one hour 30 minutes before starting time of assignment. In case of emergency,
this may be deviated from provided such practice is not abused. In event of failure of telephone service, reasonable effort will be made to
contact the men otherwise. This Section applies to extra yardmen only.
Section 13
An extra yardman laying off will have his name removed from the extra list for a period of not less than twelve hours; after expiration of the
twelve-hour period he may mark up last out on the extra list An extra yardman missing a call will have his name removed from the exact list
and will be marked up last out at the expiration of the twelve-hour period from time called for.
NOTE: This Section shall not apply to a yardman who misses a call outside regular calling periods. The calling periods for groups of
assignments will be:
First trick - 4:30 A.M. to 7:00 AM.
Second trick - 12:30 P.M. to 3:00 P.M.
Third trick - 8:30 P.M. to 11:00 P.M.
At points where all regular assignments are worked independently of each other, the regular calling period for each assignment will be no
more than two hours or less than one hour in advance of the starting time of each such assignment
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