ARTICLE X ‑ COMBINING ROAD AND YARD SENIORITY

Seniority rosters of trainmen and yardmen shall be combined on a topped and bottomed basis. Where two or more existing yard seniority rosters are to be combined with an existing road seniority roster such yard rosters will be dovetailed with yardman maintaining prior rights in their respective yards prior to being topped and bottomed with the road roster. All men on the combined seniority rosters shall have rights to both road and yard assignments. Existing road service men shall have prior rights to road assignments and existing yard service men shall have prior rights to yard service assignments.

All employees hired after the date of the combination of the seniority rosters shall establish joint road and yard seniority.