(Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
 PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
 (Missouri Pacific Railroad Company

Or: behalf of electronic Technician P. _. Younger, Houston, Texas, for eight (8) hours pay at time and one-half his straight time `.ourly rate (S1314.37 per month), account Carrier assigned an employee of another craft, Communications Maintainer Bob 'eTnite, Palestine, Texas, to Check CTC Carri-r levels at Palestine on June 8, 1074, in violation of tae Scope of the S7.gnalmen's Agreement. (General Chairman file: `_ 200. Carrier
OPITTION1 OF BOARD: On July 8, 1T4, the Carrier was experiencing =ailures
 in its Centralized Traffic Control circuits on the
 Longview Subdivision resulting in train delays. To determine carrier levels
 in the system at Palestine, Texas, it was necessary to use an electronic in
 strument called a frequency-selective voltmeter and the only i_-stn:ment of
 this kind. near Palestine was assigned to Comm.unications `:aintainer '·ihite,
 headquartered at Palestine, who -gas subJect to the Linemen's A_are°ment -vith
 the Brotherhood of Railway and Airline Clerks. BRAC was given notice Of the
 pendency of this dispute, 'out elected not to file a submission.

 At approximately 4:30 a.m. cn ;he claim date, Carrier called two signal. maintainers a^:d Communications :Maintainer White t0 ins-oect t=°_ 3i?nal system in Palestine. The frequency-selective voltmeter needed for the inspection was assigned to Mr. maintainers and White disclosed no deficiencies in the system at Palestine. Tile trouble in 21e system was later isolated in the Fort 'No:^ta area and repairs were made there.

 The claim here arises because .Claimant, a_'7 ZlectrcniC Technician at Houston, Texas (ap=rorimate=,- 150 miles from Palestine) contends that e should .`lave been oa'Ied to work with the t~:o signal maintainers, using n-ss assigned f.rezuency-selective voltmeter.


in^. defending its position, Carrier asserts that the disputed :cork is not exclusively reserved to Signalmen under the Agreement and that an emergency existed which would clearly justify using another e._pioye headquartered in Palest miles distant.

 The Orgarizaticn has asserted that the condition in question, on the morning of July 8 was not an emergency; that the disputed ;cork is Signal work and that the distance of Claimant does not give license to the Carrier to violate the agreement.

 This claim is similar to others decided by this Board. In the related cases, signal employes, accompanied an^_ em-oloye of an outside contractor or of another cra which the Sie_ral Department employes were unable to perform for one reason or another. For example, in Award 11451 the claim was denied where:

          On the dates specified in the Statement of Claim, the Carrier used a trench-digging machine to dig trenches for signal cables and pipelines at Boyles, Alabama, Yard. An employe not covered by the Signalman's Agree-

' ment actually operated th a machine but a Signalmen :pas
          placed on it 2^_d paid I'Cr the time 57e^:t on the j00.


          It is conceded that the work belonged to a Signalman under the Agreement, but it is not denied that no Signal.man at the time was cuaiified to operate the trench-di=g=ng machine."


                    .See also cur Awards 1532;, 16106 and 16?2?.


          Based on these prior applicable awards; we find this claim to be

without merit and it will be denied. We therefore resolve no other issues
 raised by either party. --

          FINDINGS: The Third Division of tee Adjustment Board, upon the whhole record and ail the evidence, finds and holds:


          That the parties :waived oral hearing;


That the Carrier and the =.ployes involved in this dispute are respectively Carrier a_^_d -"m_lcyes wit-in t_^e meaning of t:, Railway 7 abor Act, as approved June 21, -_L;
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                    ward Number 21672 Page 31

                    Docket Number SG-21528


Thai this Division os f the Adjustment Board ::as jurisdiction
 over the disuute involved herein: and

          That to Agreement -was not violated.


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          Claim denied.


                          "'.TIONAL -6tt-.TT-JQAD ADJUST= BCA RD

                          By Order of Third Division


ATTEST:
          acecutive Secretary


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 31st day of August 1977,