1966 BLE ATSF Agreement


1966 Agreement INDEX The Index appearing on the following pages is solely for the purpose of aiding in locating the various subjects and it is not an interpretation of, or a part of, the individual rules.	List of Agreements 1966 Contract Index Article 1 - 3 Article 4 - 8 Article 9 - 21 Article 22 - 32 Speed Tables Appendix 1 - 7 Appendix 8 - 21 Appendix 22 - 30

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Abolishment or Annulment – Yard Service Advance Notice of Exercise of Seniority Following Notice of Accommodations – Eating and Sleeping Advance Notice of Abolishment or Annulment of Assignment – Yard Service of Change in Starting Time – Yard Service Advertisements Freight and Miscellaneous Passenger Yard Appendix Applications for Employment Arbitraries or Special Allowances Not to Produce Duplicate Payments Assigned Hours – Yard Service Assignment Rules, Engineers’ Attending Coroner’s Inquest Formal Investigations Lawsuits

Basic Day Circus Trains Freight and Miscellaneous Helper Service Mixed Trains Passenger Yard Beginning and Ending of Day Road Service Yard Service Belt Line and Transfer Service Bulletins Showing Tonnage Ratings Weight on Drivers

Calculating Assignments and Meal Periods – Yard Service Call and Release Call Cancelled after On-Duty Time Released After Reporting But Before On-Duty Time Released as Much as 45 Minutes in Advance of On-Duty Time Calling Emergency Engineers for Yard Service Captions Change in On or Off Duty Point – Yard Service Impairs Assignment Change in Starting Time – Yard Service Advance Notice of Impairs Engineer’s Assignment Circus Trains Switching of Claims or Grievances Appeal of Disallowed Claims or Grievances Notification of Disallowance Presentation of Combination Road - Yard Service (National Agreement) Combination Trips Combined Freight Board Agreement Converting Passenger Miles to Freight and Vice Versa, Formula For Coroner’s Inquests, Attending

Deadheading As Result of Exercising Seniority As Result of Forced Assignment Freight and Miscellaneous Passenger Yard Due to Mileage Limitations In Connection with Split Vacations Rail Mileage Used in Computing Allowance for Rates of Pay To or From Formal Investigation Deduction Agreement (Dues, etc.) Deduction Authorization Forms Diesel Units, Picking Up or Setting Our Between Terminals Discipline Displacement Rights When Yard Assignment Impaired, Annulled or Abolished Displacing Junior Engineer in Pool Disputed Time Tickets Doubling Hills, Pay for Doubling Trains Over in Yards

Eating and Sleeping Accommodations Away From Home Efficiency Tests Emergency Engineer Calling for Road Service Calling for Yard Service Relieved by Extra Engineer – Road Service Emergency Side and Lap-Back Trips Employment, Applications for Engineer Assignment Rules Demoted Working as Fireman Displacing Fireman Exhausting Displacing Rights Before Returning to Firing Service Hired Promotion to Recalled to Service, Hired Engineer Seniority Restored Transferred Exhausting Displacing Rights Before Returning to Firing Service Expenses Away From Home National Agreement June 25, 1964 Lodging Agreement Extra Engineer Deadheading on Same Train to Outside Assignments at Different Points Laying Off or Not Available for Call Relieving Emergency Engineer – Road Extra Passenger Engineers Holding Runs Between Las Vegas and Albuquerque Extra Yard Engine Becomes Regular Engine

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Federal Law – Tie-Ups Under First-In, First-Out Points Designated at Terminals to Govern Mark-Up Time Two Engineers Called From Road Extra List, - One for Yard Service and One for Road Service Two Engineers Called From Same Class of Service, - One to Deadhead and One to Work Two or More Extra Engineers Deadheading on Same Train - to Outside Assignments at Different Points Five-Day Week Assignments – Yard Engineers Freight and Miscellaneous Service Basic Day (Except Circus Trains) Circus Trains Final Terminal Delay First-In, First-Out Helper, Definition of Initial Terminal Delay Local Freight Conversion Rule Local Differential Overtime Rates of Pay Short Trips and Turn-Arounds Snow Plow Service Switching at Terminals Switching in May 7, 1937 Yards Ten-Day Vacancy and Standing Bid Rule Full Month for Assigned Engineers Helper Service Work Train Service

Grievances Adjustment of Time Limit on Handling of Guarantee Daily Passenger Monthly Assigned Helper Service Assigned Work Train Service Using Assigned Work Train Engineers in Other Service

Handling Locomotives Light Pay for Turning on wyes in May 7, 1937 Yards Held Away From Home Terminal Held Time at Outlying Points Helper Service Basic Day Beginning of Day Guarantee, Monthly Lamy Helper Engineers Turning Engines on Wye Hostlers Hostling at Terminals, Payment for Holidays, Paid

Impairment of Assignment Road Service Yard Service Exercise of Seniority Following Notice of – Yard Service Increasing and Decreasing Force Interdivisional and Intradivisional Service Interseniority and Intraseniority District Service Investigations and Discipline Irregular Passenger Trains Definition of Minimum Pay New Day After Release of Six Hours Unassigned Section of Regular Passenger Train

La Junta-Albuquerque Passenger Service Lap-Back Trips Lawsuits, Attending Laying Off or Not Available for Call – Extra Engineers Leaves of Absence Local Freight Conversion Rule Local Freight Differential Locomotive Tonnage Ratings Locomotives Bulletins Showing Weight on Drivers Light Pay for Handling Turning on Wyes in May 7, 1937 Yards Tonnage Ratings Two or More of Different Weight on Drivers Used During Day or Trip Road Yard Lodging Agreement Lunch Time – Yard Service

Manning Temporary Work Trains and Work Trains Under Advertisement Meal Allowance Away From Home Mileage Checks of Engineers’ Boards Combined Freight Boards Converting Passenger Miles to Freight and Vice Versa Cooperation by Local Chairman and Superintendent Mileage Limitations for Engineers Combination Passenger and Freight Cooperation by Local Chairman and Superintendent Deadheading in Connection With Freight Service Passenger Service Penalty in Connection With Failure to Register Mileage Correctly Registration of Mileage Yard Service Mixed Trains Basic Day Overtime Pay for Handling More Than One Class of Road Service Rule

On and Off Duty Points Road Service Yard Service Change in Impairs Assignment Overtime Circus Trains Freight and Miscellaneous Mixed Trains Passenger Service Yard Service Overtime Rate in Yard Service Extra Engineers Regular Engineers

Passenger Service Back-ups Between Kansas City and Argentine Basic Day Extra Passenger Engineers Holding Runs Between Las Vegas and Albuquerque Extra Passenger Service Final Terminal Delay Guarantee, Daily Initial Terminal Delay Irregular Passenger Trains Joint Runs La Junta – Albuquerque Passenger Service Motor Cars New Day in Irregular After Release of Six Hours Overtime Qualifying for Rates of Pay Regular Runs Short Turn-Around Soldier Train, Definition of Ten-Day Vacancy and Standing Bid Rule Unassigned Section of Regular Passenger Train Payment for Hostling at Terminals Payment for Holidays Physical Reexaminations Picking Up or Setting Out Diesel Units Between Terminals Pilots Points for Going On and Off Duty Road Service Yard Service Change in Impairs Assignment Promotion To Engineer To Passenger Service on Joint Runs

Qualifying for Passenger Service

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Rates of Pay Attending Lawsuits Combination Trips Deadheading Freight and Miscellaneous Handling Locomotives Light Mixed Trains Passenger Service Yard Service Registration of Mileage Regular Runs for Passenger Engineers Regulation of Boards and Pools Combined Freight Freight Extra and Chain Gang Passenger Yard Extra Reinstatement on Leniency Basis Reporting After Laying Off Representation Rest Eight-Hour Minimum and Ten-Hour Maximum Reporting Need for Road Engineers Called for Temporary Yard Service Runarounds En Route First-In, First-Out In Terminal Running for Water or Fuel Running Switch Engines Outside of Switching Limits

Seniority and Promotion Deadheading in Connection With Exercise of Seniority Demoted Engineer Working as Fireman Displacing Junior Engineer in Pool Displacing Rights When Cut Off Engineers’ Working List Displacing Rights When Ruled Off Passenger Establishment of Date as Engineer Hired Engineer Promoted Fireman Transferred Engineer Exercise of Seniority Following Notice of Impairment, Annulment or Abolishment of Assignment - Yard Service Exhausting Displacing Rights Before Returning to Firing Service Posting Date of Promotion Ratio of Hired to Promoted Engineers Recalling Hired Engineers Restoration of Seniority and Reinstatement on Leniency Basis Service Letters Short Trips and Turn-Arounds Freight Service Passenger Service Short Trips Due to Conditions in Connection With Own Train Side Trips Definition of In Assigned Service In Unassigned Service On Spur Tracks Snow Plow Service Soldier Train, Definition of Speed Table Based on 12 ½ Miles Per Hour Based on 20 Miles Per Hour Standing Bid Rule Freight Passenger Starting Time – Yard Service Supplying and Inspecting Engines Suspension Pending Formal Investigation Switching At Terminals In May 7, 1937 Yards Switching Agreement May 7, 1937 January 12, 1938 Supplemental Circus Trains Doubling Trains Over General Motors Yard Picking Up and Setting Out on More Than One Track Turning on Wyes Work Trains Making Up and Breaking Up Operating Exclusively in Switching Limits Switching During Day’s Work Switching Limits Switching Service for New Industries

Table Showing Time and One-Half for Overtime Expressed in Miles Ten-Day Vacancy and Standing Bid Rule Freight Service Passenger Service Ten-Day Vacancy Rule – Yard Service Terminal Delay Initial – Freight Initial – Passenger Final – Freight Final – Passenger Time Limit Rule on Claims or Grievances Application of Tonnage Ratings of Locomotives, Establishment and Publishing of Transferred at Request of Carrier Transportation for Families and Household Goods Turning on Wyes Turning on Wyes in May 7, 1937 Yards Two or More Locomotives of Different Weight on Drivers Used During Day or Trip Road Service Yard Service Tying Up Between Terminals Federal or State Law Line Blocked Towed or Deadheaded into Terminal

Using Assigned Work Train Engineers in Other Service

Vacation Agreements Implementing National Split Computing Basic Days in Miles or Hours Paid For Vacancies Freight and Miscellaneous Passenger Yard

Work Train Service Assigned Manned by Road Crews Assembling and Breaking Up in May 7, 1937 Yards Switching in Connection with Own Train During Day’s Work in May 7, 1937 Yards Manning Temporary Work Trains or Work Trains Under Advertisement Operating Exclusively Within Switching Limits of May 7, 1937 Yards Temporary Under Advertisement

Yard Service Advance Notice of Abolishment or Annulment Change in Starting Time Advertisement Period Assigned Hours Basic Day Beginning and Ending of Day Belt Line and Transfer Service Calculating Assignments and Meal Periods Calling Emergency Engineers for Yard Service Changing Switching Limits Circus Trains Doubling Trains Over Emergency Yard Engineers Not Deadheaded to Outside Points Extra Engine Becomes Regular Engine Five-Day Week Assignments General Motors Yard Helper, Definition of Impairment, Annulment or Abolishment of Assignment Exercise of Seniority Following Notice of Impairment of Assignment Lunch Time Overtime Extra Engineers Regular Engineers Picking Up and/or Setting Out on More Than One Track Points for Going On and Off Duty Rates of Pay Road Engineers Called for Temporary Yard Service Running Switch Engines Outside of Switching Limits Starting Time Switching Service for New Industries Ten-Day Vacancy Rule Turning on Wyes Work Trains Manned by Road Crews Assembling and Breaking Up Switching in Connection With Own Train During Day’s Work Work Trains Operating Exclusively Within Switching Limits	List of Agreements 1966 Contract Index Article 1 - 3 Article 4 - 8 Article 9 - 21 Article 22 - 32 Speed Tables Appendix 1 - 7 Appendix 8 - 21 Appendix 22 - 30

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