WORK TRAIN AND RELATED SERVICES 

RULE 48. TIE-UPS.  (a) Engineers in work, wreck, construction, circus, snow plow, company supply and beet train service may be tied up at any point where food and lodging can be procured, terminal rules shall not apply to services herein listed but time on duty shall include time required to make inspection, complete all necessary reports and/or register off duty, not exceeding fifteen (15) minutes from time locomotive is placed on designated track. 

(b) Engineers in services listed in Section (a) will not be paid for time tied up, and a separate trip will commence as of time required to report for duty each day.  

(c) where it is necessary to tie up work trains at points where food and lodging cannot be procured, the engineer of such work train will be paid miles or hours whichever is the greater from time of release from duty at such point to time of arrival at the nearest station where food and lodging can be procured; and miles or hours, whichever is the greater, from time instructed to report at such station to time of arrival at the point where work train is tied up and the engineer goes on duty. This payment will be made as an arbitrary separate and apart from the service trip which shall be calculated from the time on duty to the time off duty at the point where the work train is tied up.  

NOTE: Under this section, mileage will be computed on basis of highway or rail mileage, depending upon service used. Where highway is used, mileage will be computed on basis of shortest available route.