action in furloughing the mechanical forces at Jackson St. Roundhouse on May 4, 1958.

Based on the common-sense, practical reasons which are contained in the total record in this case, this claim of the employes must be denied in its entirety.

FINDINGS: The Second Division of the Adjustment Board, upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds that:

The carrier or carriers and the employe or employes involved in this dispute are respectively carrier and employe within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as approved June 21, 1934.

This Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein.

Parties to said dispute were given due notice of hearing thereon.

On May 4, 1958 the Carrier furloughed the entire force of Machinists, Machinist Helpers and Machinist Apprentices at the Jackson Street Roundhouse, St. Paul, Minnesota, consisting of 89 employes, the Employes contend that the Carrier acted unjustly and that it should be required to return Machinist work to employes of the Machinist Craft holding seniority at that point and that sufficient Machinists and Machinist Helpers be recalled to perform said work, and to compensate same for all time lost since May 4, 1958.

Jackson Street Roundhouse was for many years a key maintenance point of the Great Northern transportation system. Effective May 4, 1958, the general maintenance and repair work on locomotives, which was formerly performed by employes of the Machinist Craft and others at Jackson Street Roundhouse, was transferred to the Minneapolis Junction Roundhouse, which is located a distance of eleven (11) miles from the Jackson Street Roundhouse.

The only working force which carrier retained at the Jackson Street Roundhouse was composed of 4 roundhouse foremen, 16 roundhouse laborers, 3 engine crew callers, 4 hostlers and a roundhouse clerk.

It is the contention of the employes that regardless of the transfer of location, the work still continued to be performed by foremen and laborers, and that the engines at Jackson Street Roundhouse continue to be maintained and serviced by employes outside the Machinist Craft.

That although the carrier under rule _42(a) was authorized to assign foremen to do Mechanic's work at Jackson Street Roundhouse, after May 4, 1958, since no Mechanics were employed there, the application of the rule, whereby foremen may engage in Mechanic's duties has been broadened beyond rational concept.

While there is come conflict in the evidence with respect to the nature and extent of the work performed at Jackson Street Roundhouse after May 4, 1958, we are convinced that the position of the carrier is fully sustained. That since May 4, 1958 the general Mechanical Maintenance and repairs work, which was formerly performed by the furloughed employes at Jackson Street Roundhouse, is being performed by the appropriate class and craft at the Carrier's Minneapolis Junction Roundhouse. Thus no agreement rule or rules between carrier and the Machinists organization were violated.

The same identical question involved in this dispute between the same parties, and the same Agreement, the only difference being the location where the furloughed employes worked was decided by this Division on June 24, 1959, and we quote with approval from said Award to wit - # 3270 -

"On the facts and circumstances shown of record in this docket, we are not able to say that the carrier's determination that there is not sufficient work at Sioux City to justify the employment of one or more machinists lacks merit. The carrier's exercise of a sound business judgment with respect to the most economical and efficient conduct of its operations should not be interfered with in the absence of clear and convincing evidence that its claimed business reasons are without reasonable support."

AWARD