RULE 102. DEADHEADING, (a) Except as provided in Section (b), engineers deadheading on Company business shall be paid for the actual miles deadheaded at the rate of .5738 cents* per mile; provided, however, that a minimum day (one-hundred (100) miles) at the rate herein specified will be paid for the deadhead trip if no other service is performed within twenty- four (24) hours from the time called to deadhead. Deadheading occasioned by the exercise of seniority or in the application of mileage regulations shall not be compensable or payable.
(* -Denotes basic rate of pay with firemen applicable to through freight service for engines weighing 700,000 to 750,000 pounds on the drivers.)
(b) Engineers will be deadheaded on freight trains or other means of transportation as instructed at time of call; Tided, however, that where the distance deadheaded is s than fifty (50) miles a minimum of fifty (50) miles will allowed; where the distance deadheaded is greater than (50) miles but less than one-hundred (100) miles, a minimum of one-hundred (100) miles will be allowed.
(c) Engineers deadheaded to outlying points for service will be deadheaded on the last train that will accommodate the service for which the engineer is sent, except where deadheaded by bus, automobile or other means of transportation.
NOTE: Deadheading shall not be combined with service but shall be paid for separately.