claiming a violation of the TCU Agreement Rule 1.2.

1500 hour at 1440 hours. Mr. Tardiff is a Transportation Supervisor

and should not have done this computer work at Portland ME. All

deliveries and receipts for the former B&M RR are done at North

Billerica, MA.

Parties to said dispute were given due notice of hearing thereon.

The facts developed on the property show that on April 1, 1997, the Claimant held the first trick assignment as Transportation Services Representative at the Carrier's offices at North Billerica, Massachusetts. On that date, the Claimant arrived for his first trick assignment and was sent home (with compensation) due to a loss of power at North Billerica resulting from a substantial snow storm. At 12:50 P.M. the second trick Clerk at North Billerica marked off because he was snowbound. In an attempt to rill the vacancy, every qualified Clerkwas called (including the Claimant). The second trick Clerk finally covered the assignment.

The dispute arose when the computer at North Billerica came back on line later during the day. A Carrier manager, Transportation Supervisor V. Tardiff, made one delivery on the computer in order to clear a number of freight cars from the Carrier's accounts.

The claim will be denied. The extraordinary circumstances that there was a snow storm; a resulting power failure; the Carrier's difficulty in filling the vacant position after calling all qualified Clerks, including the Claimant; the fact that the Claimant was paid for the day; and the very limited nature of the work performed by the Carrier's manager cannot permit a finding of a Rule violation for which the Claimant would be entitled to compensation beyond that already received.

This Board, after consideration of the dispute identified above, hereby orders that an Award favorable to the Claimant(s) not be made.