(Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes


PARTIES TO DISPUTE:
                (Montana Rail Link, Inc.


STATEMENT OF CLAIM As shown in Docket No. MW-32601 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 October 22, 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.

                        AWARD


      Claim withdrawn.


                      NATIONAL RAILROAD ADJUSTMENT BOARD

                      By Order of Third Division


Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 20th day of November 1996.