Form 1 NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD Award No. 29295
 THIRD DIVISION Docket No. SG-29806
 92-3-91-3-179
 The Third Division consisted of the regular members and in
 addition Referee Hugh G. Duffy when award was rendered.

 (Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
 PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
 (Norfolk and Western Railway Company

A. Carrier violated the rules of the Signalmen's Agreement, in particular Article VII, when, on April 2, 1990, Carrier assessed Mr. Duncan a 30-day actual suspension, plus the amount of $98.05, without just and sufficient cause, on the basis
B. Carrier should now pay Mr. Duncan for all time and benefits lost, the amount of $98.05 which Mr. Duncan submitted to Carrier, and clear his personal record of any reference to this matter." Carrier file SG-BLUE-90-1. BRS Case No. 8231.N&W.

 FINDINGS:
The Third Division of the Adjustment Board upon the whole record and all the evidence, finds that:

 The carrier 3r carriers and the employe or employes involved in this dispute are respectively carrier and employes within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act as approved June 21, 1934.

 This Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein.

Claimant was charged with violating General Rule L, which provides in pertinent part that -Unauthorized possession, removal or disposal of any material from railroad prop
At the Heariag held on the charge, it was developed that the Claimant, while on duty, had given some employed to take down and remove some out-of-service wire. He later removed some copper wire left by the contractor and sold it to an outside vendor as scrap for $98.05. He testified that the contractor had given him permission to remove the wire. Subsequent to the Hearing, Claimant was found guilty of the charge and assessed the penalty of a 30-day suspension; he was also required to remit the proceeds of the sale to the Carrier.
 Form 1 Award No. 29295
 Page 2 Docket No. SG-29806
 92-3-91-3-179

 The Board finds that Claimant received a fair and impartial Hearing, and that there was substantive evidence that he was guilty as charged. General Rule L is clear and u belief that someone else owned material which was on railroad property and had given it to him is immaterial to enforcement of the Rule. We therefore find no reason to disturb the Carrier's decision in this matter.






Attest:i
 Nancy J. -Executive Secretary

 Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 24th day of July 1992.