RULE 85. SENIORITY BULLETINS—ASSIGNMENTS.  (a) Seniority bulletins will be issued daily at 1:OOPM advertising new regular positions and vacancies in established positions in all classes of service, subject to the following:

1. New positions, or vacancies in established positions on any extra board shall not be bulletined but, instead, shall be filled by application and in the event there are no engineer applicants, the position or positions shall be filled by returning demoted engineers to the engineers' working list.

2. Vacancies in pool freight assignments shall be governed by Rule 87.

3. Vacancies in yard service assignments shall be governed by Rule 78.

4. Vacancies in passenger service shall be governed by Rule 20.

5. Vacancies of less than sixteen (16) days shall not be bulletined but shall, except as otherwise provided, be filled by extra engineers.

6. Vacation vacancies shall not be bulletined but shall, except as otherwise provided, be filled by extra engineers.

(b) Seniority bulletins issued at 1:OOPM on any given day will be posted promptly in the yard (in the case of yard positions) or the main line terminal of the operating subdivisions (in the case of road or hostler positions), in which the position or vacancy is established and a copy thereof promptly forwarded by company mail and posted at other points on the seniority district as follows:

*-Applies only when one or more road service assignments tie up at the station shown. If regular road service assignments (other than work or beet train assignments) are established at other stations, bulletins will be forwarded to such stations at request of the Local Chairman.

(c) ["Seniority bulletins issued at 1:OOPM on a given day shall close three (3) days (72 hours) later. The senior qualified employe having an application on file with the Company's designated representative at 1:OOPM on the third day shall be assigned. An assignment bulletin shall be issued at that time and posted at points shown in Section (b).

NOTE: Engineers will retain receipt for application made for bulletined positions and any claim for the assignment shall not be considered unless such receipt is produced.

(d) The successful applicant for a bulletined position shall be released from his former assignment to take his new assignment as soon as practicable after the new assignment is in operation. When such engineer is not released from his former assignment within seventy-two (72) hours from the time the assignment bulletin is issued, but who is held on the former assignment by the Company for a period exceeding seventy-two (72) hours, he shall be paid during such excess period the earnings received on the former assignment or the earnings of the new assignment, whichever is the greater.

(e) An engineer who is absent from the service during the time a position is bulletined and assigned to a junior engineer, or an engineer who is absent from the service at the time a non-bulletined position is filled by application by a junior engineer shall, in either event, have the right to exercise seniority to the position assigned to the junior engineer provided this is done at the time he returns from such absence and before he performs service on some other assignment.

(f) An engineer who vacates a position temporarily or otherwise shall not be eligible to apply for and take the position he vacated unless, (1) he is displaced in the exercise of seniority, (2) the position he is holding is discontinued, or (3) as provided in Section (e).

(g) Seniority bulletins will contain the following formation:

1. Regular Yard Assignments.
(a) Starting time.
(b) On-duty and off-duty point.
(c) Rest days.
(d) Days per week.

2. Regular Local and Mixed 'Train Service Assignments.
(a) Territory of the assignment.
(b) Days per week.
(c) The terminal or terminals of the assignment.
(d) The time required to report for duty.

3. Passenger Service.
(a) Territory of assignment.
(b) Train numbers under which the trains of the assignment are normally operated.

*• Work Train Service.
(a) District on which the assignment will work.
(b) Days per week.
(c) If tie-up point is expected to be reasonably constant, the bulletin will show the ordinary tie-up point and, when practicable, the character of the work such as "Rail Renewal", "Ballasting", "Beet Run", etc.

(h) When a position is bulletined and no applications received it may be rebulletined at the option of the company. If not rebulletined at the instance of the company it will be rebulletined upon request of the general chairman or local chairman.