"Claim of the Committee of the Union that:

1. That the Carrier violated Rule 142 in the Agreement when they

failed to call the assigned wreck crew members in Cincinnati, Ohio.

2. That the Carrier make whole the assigned wreck crew members for

this violation of the Agreement rule and pay the time lost of five (5)

hours time and one half to Carmen R. W. Barnett, R. Godbey and

B. Wilson."

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

On October 8, 1997, three on-duty Carmen were assigned to rerail a locomotive at an industrial site within the Cincinnati yard limits. The Organization alleges that a "regular assigned wreck crew" should have been called for this work.

The claim asserts a violation of Rule 142, which reads as follows:

"When wrecking crews are called for wrecks or derailments outside of yard limits, a sufficient number of the regularly assigned crew will accompany the outfit. For wrecks or derailments within yard limits, sufficient carmen will be called to perform the work." (Emphasis added)

The Organization does not dispute that the rerailing was performed "within yard limits" or that the Carrier had failed to utilize a "sufficient" number of Carmen. Thus, no support for the claim is found in Rule 142.

The Organization, however, connects Rule 142 with the "Hoesch Truck Call Procedure" effective January 1, 1994. The Carrier contests the continuing validity of this "Procedure" because the Hoesch wrecking equipment was removed from Cincinnati in 1995. In any event, the Procedure does no more than specify the required employees to be called when -- and only when -- "Hoesch truck [is] called out." Whether or not the Procedure remains in effect, it offers no support for calling the Claimants in this instance.

Second Division Award 13388, involving the same parties in a closely similar situation, reached the same conclusion as does the Board in this instance.

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