96-3-95-3-278


                  (Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes

PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
                  (Union Pacific Railroad Company (former ( Missouri Pacific Railroad Company


                  STATEMENT OF CLAIM: As shown in Docket No. MW-32617 and not repeated herein.


FINDINGS: The Third Division of the Adjustment Board finds:

 That the dispute was certified to the Third Division of the Adjustment Board ex parte by the petitioning party; and

 Under date of February 15, 1996, the petitioning party addressed a formal communication to the Arbitration Assistant requesting withdrawal of this case from further consideration by the Division which request is hereby granted.

                          WARD


      Claim withdrawn.


                          NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD

                          By Order of Third Division


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 21st day of March 1996.