RULE 49. GUARANTEE.  (a) Engineers on regular work trains shall be allowed full time including Sundays. Work train service in excess of three (3) days shall be considered regular work train service.  

(b) All newly established work train assignments shall be manned by available engineers from the Engineers’ Extra Board pending issuance of seniority and assignment bulletins, except that an engineer who is eligible to exercise seniority under applicable rules may exercise seniority on the work train during the life of the seniority bulletin. This rule shall not be construed as a prohibition against the use of engineers other than extra engineers for wrecking train or other trains (sometimes referred to as work trains) when such train operations are occasioned by washouts, snow blockages and similar’ occurrences.   

Snow Service Rules not reproduced herein, but considered work trains.

                                    MEMORANDUM AGREEMENT                  RLA-6-393  

            MANNING WORK TRAINS - POCATELLO    NAMPA  

IT IS AGREED:  

Section 1. Unassigned work train service between Pocatello and Nampa where such operation extends into the opposite protecting extra board radius, such service shall be manned as follows:  

1.  Unassigned work train service shall be manned from the protecting extra board point where the service originates and during the time the service is confined exclusively to the territory of the protecting extra board.  

2.  When the work train service overlaps into the opposing protecting extra board radius between Pocatello and Nampa, such service shall continue to be manned by the crew from the extra board point where the service originated until and unless the work train service continues in the overlapping territory for more than one tie-up.  

EXAMPLE 1:  Unassigned work train service originating at Pocatello  operates Pocatello, to Shoshone and ties up.  Operates Shoshone to Glenna Ferry and ties up, operates Glenns Ferry to Mountain Home and ties up, operates Mountain  Home to Nampa and ties up. The Pocatello extra board engineer would remain on the work train through to Nampa.  

EXAMPLE 2:   f the unassigned work train service under Example 1 ties up at Mountain Home more than one tie-up, the Pocatello engineer would be released following the day's work after he first tie-up and a Nampa engineer would man the work  train working out of Mountain Home on the second day.  

Example 3: If the same-work train in Example 1 continues eastbouud out of Nampa following the first tie-up, the Pocatello engineer may be used return-to Pocatello.  

NOTE:  Examples 1, 2 and 3 would apply in the same manner for a work train originating at Nampa working through to Pocatello.  

Section 2. This Agreement shall be effective January 1, 1979, and thereafter, subject to the condition that it shall automatically terminate and be of no further force nor effect twenty (20) days after written notice is served by either party upon the other of their desire to so terminate.  

Dated at Salt Lake City, Utah, this 4th day of January, 1979.

MEMORANDUM AGREEMENT

RLA-6-393 (BLE-No.)

            Due to the conflict that prevails between Section l(a) of Part IV of the Interdivisional Service Agreement, reproduced on Pages 197-198 of the December 31, 1974 Basic Work Rules Agreement, wherein reference is made to 'unassigned work train service" and Rule 48, "tie-ups" of the Basic Agreement,

IT IS AGREED:

Section 1. The term "unassigned work train service" contained in Section l(a) of Part IV of the Interdivisional Service Agreement, reproduced on Pages 155-156 of the January 10, 1977 Basic Work Rules Agreement is hereby deleted therefrom.  

Section 2. This Agreement shall be effective February 1. 1978.

Dated at Salt Lake City, Utah, this 27th day of January, 1978.  

Signatures omitted