PARTIES ) Fort Worth & Denver Railway Company
 TO THE ) and
 DISPUTE) Transportation - Communication Employees Union

 QUESTIONS
 AT ISSUE: 1. Does an employee (extra or regularly assigned) who
 retains or obtains (by bidding or displacing) a
 regular position when such is available to him after
 December 24, 1965, retain protected status under the
 terms of Article II, even though such employee may
 not have done so prior to December 24, 1965?
 2. Does an employee whom Carrier has restricted from
 working on and/or holding certain positions as
 regular assignments lose his status as a protected
 employee under Article II?
 3. Do time limits under Time Limit Rules start to run
 thirty (30) days after November 24, 1965 with respec
 to claims for compensation due to individual
 employes?

 OPINION
 OF BOARD: This is a companion case to docket No. TCU-28-W, which

 resulted in Award No. 334, dated November 14, 197°_, which disnosed of the basic issue as to the claimant, W. W. Linville. Other issues raised here are now

 moot. Accordingly, the case is dismissed.

                  The case is disposed of as per Opinion of Board.


Dated: X1O41Ch.Xe r i -V, //r7.2

          Washington, D. C.