"1. That the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company (CSX Transportation, Inc.) (hereinafter 'carrier') violated the provisions of Rule 12 of the Shop Crafts Agreement between Transportation Communications International Union -- Carmen's Division and the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company (CSX Transportation, Inc.) (revised June 1, 1969) and the service rights of Carmen J. Roark, F. Lavenia and D. Grissom (hereinafter 'claimants') when the carrier did not allow the claimants compensation for actual expenses incurred for their meals when the claimants were sent to outlying point in violation of Rule 12 of the Shop Crafts Agreement.

2. Accordingly, the claimants are entitled to be compensated $6.58 each for the actual expenses incurred for their meals as provided for under the provisions of Rule 12 of the Shop Crafts Agreement."

Claimants are employed at Richmond, Virginia. On December 10, 1988, they were sent to Strathmore, Virginia, to replace a broken wheel on coal hopper IN 197672. The Organization submitted a claim in behalf of the Claimants for a $6.58 meal allowance. As the basis for its claim, the Organization relied on Rules 10 and 12 of the Agreement.

The identical issues were presented by these parties to this Board in Second Division Award 12636. In denying that claim, we ruled that the Organization failed to meet its evidentiary burden of proving a contractual violation. We adopt that same reasoning and logic in the instant case, and, accordingly, rule to deny the claim.

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