"I. That in violation of the governing Agreement, Rule 76 in particular, the Burlineton Northern Railroad arbitrarily assigned work of the Electrical Craft to employees other than Electricians at the Glendive, Montana Diesel Facility when a foreman instructed a Machinist and Pipefitter to operate the 5-25 ton overhead crane to replace the after coolers on Burlington Northern Locomotive No. 8147 on January 22, 1993.

2. That accordingly, the Burlington Northern Railroad should be directed to pay Mechanical Department Electrician Allen Gaub two (2) hours and forty (40) minutes pay at the punitive rate."

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

As Third Party in Interest, the Sheet Metal Workers' International Association was advised of the pendency of this dispute and chose to file a Submission with the Board.

On January 22, 1993, a Machinist, working in conjunction with a Pipefitter, operated the 5-25 crane, one of seven overhead cranes located in the Glendive Diesel Facility, when engaged in the task of removing and replacing after coolers on Locomotive No. 8147. The change out task was accomplished in two hours, with the crane being utilized for approximately 15 minutes during this period. The Electrician's Organization contends that operation of the 5-25 crane is work exclusively reserved to Electricians under its agreement.

Carrier contends that Electricians are unable to establish that its Organization has an exclusive system wide right to the work of operating cranes and that under the terms of the 1991 and 1992 National Shop Crafts Agreements the work of operating the 5-25 crane was incidental to the task of changing the defective after coolers, and as such was assignable to the Shop Craft employees performing the work.

The Carrier is right on both contentions. This Board, in cases involving this Carrier and this Organization has repeatedly held that the Electrician's Organization on the Burlington Northern does not have an exclusive entitlement to operate overhead cranes. See Second Division Awards 7482, 7856, 11469, 12000, 12001, and 12280.

Furthermore, under the expanded "Incidental Work Rule" resulting from the Report of PEB 219, and embodied in the 1991 and 1992 Shop Crafts Agreements, Carrier was granted additional flexibility in the assignment of work of the type involved here. The use of the 5-25 crane was incidental to the task of replacing the after coolers. As such it could properly be operated by the Machinist.

The claim is without merit. It will be denied.

AWARD