ARTICLE II - TRAIN LENGTH LIMITATION FOR REDUCED CREWS.

Section 1. Car Limits. Except as otherwise provided :rein, the following car limits shall be made effective in »ad freight service:

(a) Less Than Seventy-Two Cars. Trains of one to seventy-one cars and not to exceed 4,015 .feet in length/ including caboose (s) may be operated with a reduced crew of one conductor and one . br akeman , subject to other provisions of this Agreement.

(b) Less Than Dne-Hundred-Twerity-'Two Cars. Trains of seventy-two cars to one-hundr.ed-twenty-one cars and not exceeding 6,840 feet in length, including caboose (s) , may be operated with, a reduced crew of one conductor and one brakeman by agreement between the appropriate General Chairman and Carrier ' s Director of Labor Relations.

(c) Exceeding 'One-Hundred-Twenty-One 'Cars. Trains consisting of more than one-hundred-twenty-one cars or exceeding 6,840 feet in length, including caboose (s), will be operated with a standard crew.

Section 2. New Business (Exception) . New business or fj service operations, i.e. , business not formerly handled by = Company for which identifiable service, such as piggyback, it and commodity trains (does ' not include pool freight) , tablished to compete with other modes of transportation, may operated with a crew of not less than one conductor/foreman 1 one brakeman/yard helper, provided such trains do not seed one-hundred-twenty-one cars or 6,840 f.eet in length, :luding caboose(s). (Intpns. ! Page 14-14%).

Section 3. Non-Revenue (Exception) . Non-revenue trains :h as Hours of Service relief \ crews, snowplows, work and wreck* rvice trains, may be operated with a reduced crew of not less in one conductor/foreman and one brakeman/yard helper. itpns . Page 14 h) .

NOTE; When the work train, wreck train, or snowplow service is such that there is' a need for a standard crew because of the factors of productivity, safety, and workload, the Carrier Engineering Department representative will so request when ordering crew.

(*-Work and wreck service, as referred to herein, shall pot apply to through freight or in terdi visional through freight service crews performing work train or wrecker service during their tour of duty).