PARTIES ) Illinois Terminal Railroad 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 assignment 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. If the answer to the above is in the affirmative,
 shall Carrier be required to compensate B. G. Ebert
 and R. W. Merriman in accordance with the terms of
 Article IV, Section 2?
 OPINION
 OF BOARD: It is the Opinion of the Board that because of the

 unique facts and circumstances involved and without precedent on this or any
 other carrier the Board finds the case should be disposed of by restoring the
 protected status under the February 7, 1965 Agreement to claimant Ebert, the only
 claimant now in active service, as of the date of this Award but without any
 retroactive compensation. The claim of claimant Merriman should be denied.
 AWARD


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