PARTIES:

STATEMENT OF CLAIM:

SPECIAL BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT NO. 132

THE ORDER OF RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERS
THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY
AWARD IN DOCKET N0. 2

1. Carrier violated the agreement between the parties hereto when on August 5, 1950, it addressed train orders to Extra 2825 East care Extra 2825 West at MD Tower to be delivered to Extra 2825 East by the conductor on Extra 2825 West.

2. Carrier be required to compensate agent-operator H. G. Hammond, the agent-operator at Lost Creek for one special call on said date.

FINDINGS:

The same crew operated Extra 2825-W as operated 2825-E. On its westward trip the crew was given train orders for Extra 2825-E c/o Extra 2825-W. The employees claim a violation of their agreement ostensibly on the basis that that part of the orders which gave the train authority to proceed on its eastward trip should have been given to it at its western terminal.

We cannot subscribe to the employees' contention. The members of the crew operating 2825-W and 2825-E were identical persons. They neither transmitted nor "handled" train order to any other person or crew. Hence there could be no reasonable basis upon which to hold that-there was a violation of the agreement.

AWARD

Claim denied.

s/ B. N. Kinkead
B. N. Kinkead
Employee Member

Dated at Baltimore, Maryland this 26thday of April, 1957.

s/ Francis J. Robertson
Francis J. Robertson

Chairman

s/ T. S. Woods
T. S. Woods
Carrier Member