RULE 66. (a) Helper
Districts. (1) Trains of over forty cars exclusive of caboose will not be
doubleheaded, except as hereinafter provided.
Helpers may be used between the following:
Council Bluffs and Gilmore
Council Bluffs and Valley, via Sarpy
Valparaiso
and Wahoo
Valparaiso
and Brainard
Oconee
and Madison
Cheyenne
and Sherman
Cheyenne
and Dale via Speer
Egbert
and LaGrange
Salina
and Ellsworth
Lisbon
and Winona
Kit Carson
and First View
Carr
and Cheyenne
Carr
and Sherman
Carr
and Dale
Denver
and Boulder
Ogden
and Wahsatch
St. Joseph
and Hiawatha
Carden
and Hanover
(2) Helpers may be run on any district when necessary because of storms,
engine failures, to avoid running engines light, in moving engines to and from
shops, or in moving engines from one district to another, provided the rating of
the heaviest engine is not exceeded.
(3) Double-headers may be run on any district provided the rating of the
largest engine handling the train is not exceeded.
(4) In case of an accident to any engine consolidation may be effected
with another train and this consolidated train brought to a terminal as
double-header if practicable.
(5) When by reason of the acquirement of additional lines, change in
grade, etc., it becomes necessary, helper service may be established where
conditions are similar to those covered by the helper limits as above provided.
(6) It is recognized that the exigencies of the business may require
additional helper service to that provided for, in which event the matter shall
be settled by negotiations between the management and committees, and provisions
for pusher or helper service may be made by management and committees for pusher
or helper engines on any district to maintain the tonnage intact over grades.
(7) In the operation of multiple unit Diesel electric locomotives, the
tonnage rating shall be the aggregate rating of all the connected units
constituting one locomotive, except that where one or more of the units are
inoperative out of the termina1 at which the crew takes charge of the train, the
operative unit or units shall not be included in the calculation of the tonnage
rating of thelocomotive, but shall be included in the tonnage of the train, and
the tonnage rating of the remaining operative units out
of the terminal will constitute the locomotive for tonnage rating purposes for
the entire district over which the crew handles the train.
When one or more units of a diesel are set out enroute, the remaining
units shall then constitute the tonnage rating of the engine handling the train.
When a unit of a Diesel locomotive becomes inoperative enroute, the
tonnage rating shall continue to be the tonnage rating of all the units.
(b) Outside of Helper Districts.
When trains of over forty cars, exclusive of caboose, are doubleheaded
outside of helper districts, and the tonnage rating of the heaviest engine is
exceeded, double mileage for actual mileage doubleheaded will be allowed.