ARTICLE II - TRAIN LENGTH LIMITATION FOR REDUCED CREWS.

Section 1. Car Limits. Except as otherwise provided herein, the following car limits shall be made effective in road freight service:

(a) Less Than Seventy-Two Cars. Trains of one to seventy-one cars and not to exceed 4,015 feet in length, including caboose(s) may be operated with a reduced crew of one conductor and one brakeman, subject to other provisions of this Agreement.

(b) Less Than One Hundred Twenty-Two Cars. Trains o£ seventy-two cars to one hundred twenty-one cars and not exceeding 6,840 feet in length, including caboose(s), may be operated with a reduced crew of one conductor and one brakeman by agreement between the appropriate General Chairman and Carrier's Director of Labor Relations.

(c) Exceeding One Hundred Twenty-One Cars. Trains consisting o± more than one hundred twenty-one cars or exceeding 6,840 feet in length, including caboose(s), will be operated with a standard crew.

Section 2. New Business (Exception). New business or new service operations, i.e.,business not formerly handled by the Company for which identifiable service, such as piggyback, unit and commodity trains (does not include pool freight) established to compete with other modes of transportation, may be operated with a crew of not less than one conductor/foreman and one brakeman/yard helper, provided such trains do not exceed one hundred twenty-one cars or 6,840 feet in length, including caboose(s). (Intpns. page 14-14 1/2).

Section 3. Non-Revenue (Exception). Non-revenue trains such as Hour's of Service relief crews, snowplows , work and wreck- service trains, may be operated with a reduced crew of not less than one conductor/foreman and one brakeman/yard helper. (Intpns. page 14 1/2) .

NOTE: When the work train, wreck train, or snow-plow service is such that there is a need for a standard crew because of the factors of productivity, safety, and workload, the Carrier Engineering Department representative will so request when ordering crew.

(* Work and wreck service, as referred to herein, shall not apply to through freight or interdivisional through freight service crews performing work train or wrecker service during their tour of duty.