g1RTIES TO DISPUTE:
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes )
and ) Case No. 39
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company ) Award No. 39

STkTEMENT OF CLAIM:





FINDINGS:

Upon the whole record and all the evidence, after hearing, the Board finds that the parties herein are carrier and employee within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, and that this Board is duly constituted by agreement and has jurisdiction of the parties and of the subject matter.

From the evidence produced at the hearing, the Board finds that these claimants were held on duty. Since the claimants were not actually released from duty until the Foreman returned to the outfit cars, this claim will be sustained for the actual hours the claimants were held on duty.

AWARD:






                            _(s) A. J. Cunningham

                            A. J. Cunningham, Employee Member


                              (s) M. L. Erwin

                              M. L. Erwin, Carrier Member


Dated at Tyler, Texas November 19, 1962.