William M. Edgett, Referee (Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen PARTIES TO DISPUTE. . (George P. Baker. Robert W. Blanchette and ( Richard C. Bond, Trustees of the Property ( of Penn Central Transportation Company, ( Debtor

BTATEIQNT OF CLAIM: Claim of the General Committee of the Brother
hood of Railroad Signalmen on the Penn Central
Transportation Company (former Hew York Central Railroad Company
Linss West of Buffalo):

On behalf of Signal Maintainer R. J. Clawson for six (6) hours' pay at the overtime rate, account on December 9, 1972, Norfolk 6 Western Railroad signal forces performed signal rail bonding work in the limits of the Veedersburg Interlocking. Zc-ase Ho. SRS-W1_77

OPINION OF BOARD: The facts in this case are essentially undisputed.
The Carrier required the use of an employe to perform rail bonding work at Veedersburg Interlock 1972. The necessity for this work arose out of the replacement of a defective rail by Norfolk & Western track forces who were working in the vicinity. The Carrier used a Norfolk & Western maintainer who was working with the track forces to perform the bonding work. The Carrier concedes the work normally would accrue to the Signal forces of this Carrier but asserts in defense of its use of Norfolk & Western forces that its attempt to call the Signal Maintainer proved unsuccessful and while it considered ca because of the emergent nature of the work.

While we concede the Carrier's right in a bonafide emergency to take those necessary precautions to protect its property and perform its service, we are of the opinion the Carrier has not proven the present factual situation is one constituting an emergency which justifies the use of non-contract e other hand, there is no proven basis for a claim of six hours overtime compensation in this case and provided by Rule 12(b).







That the Carrier and the Employes involved in this dispute are respectively Carrier and Employes the Railway Labor Act, as approved June 21, 1934;

That this Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; an







                      By Order of Third Division

ATTEST; J9 W ski`
        9xecutive Secretary


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 24th day of October 1975.