PARTIES ) Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, Freight
 TO THE ) Handlers, Express and Station Employees
 DISPUTE ) and
 St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company
 QUESTION
 AT ISSUE: (1) Did the Carrier violate the provisions of the
 February 7, 1965 Agreement and the Interpretations
 thereto dated November 24, 1965 and particularly
 Article II, Section 1 and the Interpretation to
 Article V thereof when it removed senior extra
 list employes Joe Orlando, E. Maus, E. L. Williams,
 E. E. Shipp, W. J. Kennedy, J. T. Jones, V. P.
 Gerwitz, R. W. Hanks, E. 0. LaRue, J. Gaffney,
 Frank Pizza, Max Hoynacki and E. Weber, St. Louis,
 Missouri, from the status of protected employes
 account of failure to bid on permanent bulletined
 positions at Springfield, Missouri, a distance of
 some 230 miles?
 (2) Shall the Carrier now be required to return employes
 named in Item (1) above to the status of protected
 employes and be required to raimburse them for any
 losses sustained from the respective dates of their
 removal from the status of protected employes?
 OPINION
 OF BOARD: It is the Opinion of the Board that because of the unusual
 facts and circumstances involved in this case and without establishing a pre
 cedent on this or any other carrier, that the claims should be denied except that
 claimants J. Orlando, E. Weber, R. W. Hanks and E. L. Williams, the only remaining
 claimants currently employed by the carrier, should be restored to protected
 status under the February 7, 1965 Agreement as of the date of this Award without
 any retroactive compensation. The claims of J. Gaffney, F. Pizzo, W. J. Kennedy,
 M. Iloynacki, V. P. Gerwitz, E. Shipp, E. 0. LaRue, J. T. Jones and E. Maus who are
 no longer in the service of the carrier are denied. It is not intended to express
 any opinion concerning the rights of claimants under any local agreements pro
 viding protective benefits to employees.
 AWARD
AWARD N0. 331
 Case No. CL-47-?d

 The case is disposed of as per 0pin^on of the Board.

 Dated: //ON«,~cr /e7f. /!!7A

 Washington, D.