OPINION OF THE BOARD:
 This Board, upon the whole record and all of the evidence, finds and holds that the Employe and Carrier involved in this dispute are respectively Employe and Carrier within the meaningof the Railway Labor Act, as amended, and that the Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein.
 The basic facts are undisputed. The Carrier utilized B&B personnel from District B-8 to assist District B-3 B&B personnel in the installation of a new station platform. The platform at the Glen Ellyn, Illinois station needed

replacement and the Carrier needed to perform the work prior to
 the start of inclement weather. Construction work began on
 November 11, 1985 and continued through to December 6, 1985.
 Also, commuters continued to use the station during the
 construction.
 It is also undisputed that the B-8 employees worked in the
 B-3 District for less than thirty days. There were no
 furloughed B&B personnel in Seniority District B-3. All other
 crews on District B-3 were employed on other projects.
 Even so, the organization argues that the Carrier could
 have postponed the work the other B-3 crews were doing and
 assigned them to the station project. It is maintained, that
 these other projects could have been completed later. In not
 doing so, the Union argues the carrier denied work
 opportunities to the Claimants. For instance, some of the
 Claimants were furloughed shortly after the station project and
 under the Union's theory, would not have had to be furloughed.
 This case involves the application of Rule 11(b) which
 reads as follows:
 RULE 11 - TRANSFERS

      "(b) An employe may be temporarily transferred by the

      direction of the Company for a period not to exceed six

      (6) months from one seniority district to another, and

      he shall retain his seniority on the district from

      which transferred. Such employe shall have the right

      to work temporarily in his respective rank on the

      district to which transferred, if there are no

      qualified "available" employes on the district. The

      six (6) month period may be extended by agreement

      between the Company and the General Chairman. When

      released from such service the employe shall return to

      his former position."


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This rule has been subject to claims before which have been sustained on the basis of lost work opportunities when a crew from a seniority district is transferred across seniority district lines.
 However, under the circumstances of this case, the claim cannot be sustained. The urgency of finishing the station is a significant factor. Moreover, while some of the other work could have been postponed by admission of the Organization, some of it could not, (see p. 7 of Employees Exhibit A-6). When this is considered, along with thefact that only 2 of the 17 Claimants were furloughed at all during the winter in question, we are not convinced that the Carrier's action caused any of the Claimants to lose any work opportunities.

 AWARD:

      The claim is denied.


        Gil Chairman

        n M. Raaz D. Ey. Bartholoma

        rrier member Employe Member


Dated. ")7 1997

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