Article II OPERATION OF POOL FREIGHT SERVICE

Section 1. Trainmen/yardmen with a seniority date established on the First Seniority District on or prior to the effective date of this Agreement, who operate trains in through freight service between Portland and Seattle will be allowed 200 road miles. All miles shall be paid at the same rate as the rate paid for the basic day miles. (See Side Letter 24)

Section 2. Trainmen/yardmen with a seniority date on the First Seniority District subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, who operate trains in through freight service will be allowed 179 road miles. All over miles shall be paid in accordance with Article IX(2)(b) of the October 31, 1985 Agreement.

Section 3. (a) When a crew in Through Freight Service is relieved from service under the Hours of Service Law or is otherwise required to give up their train, such crew will be deadheaded to the final terminal of their assignment, except when fire, washout, accident or other emergency makes it impractical to deadhead such crew to their destination. If a crew should be turned back to their initial terminal, they will be marked up and held first out; to be used for the first train destined to the opposite terminal, subject to the rules of rest and availability.

(b) Crews relieved enroute under the Hours ofService Law will be deadheaded on the first available means of transportation (train or otherwise) as quickly as possible.

(c) Conductors and brakemen assigned to Through Freight Service established under this Agreement, will not be used off the territory encompassed in this Agreement nor will they be used to perform other than through freight service except in emergency and when so used, will be guaranteed no less than the miles (200 or 179 miles) of their District as set forth in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article II or the earnings of their crew turn, whichever is greater. (See Side Letter 26)

(d) If a Through Freight crew is stopped short of Centralia due to hours of service or other conditions which prohibit completion of their trip to their destination terminal, the Carrier shall call another through freight crew going in the same direction to handle the train on to the far terminal. (See Side Letter 26)

EXAMPLE; A train leaves Seattle (Argo) and due to a derailment, the train is laid down at Tacoma. When traffic resumes, the Carrier shall use a through freight crew out of Seattle (Argo) to be transported to the train and continue on to the final terminal Portland (Albina).