Transportation between
Hastings and Grand Island
A G R E E M E N T
between the
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
and
ORDER OF RAILWAY CONDUCTORS
BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN
Item 1 of the Pooling Caboose Agreement dated January 24,1948 provides in part:
“At points where rooming houses are not maintained by the Company, the Company will prior to the pooling of cabooses in territory where not now pooled determine that eating and sleeping accommodations are available for employes affected”
It is agreed that if and when cabooses are pooled through Hastings, Nebraska, and accommodations are not available as contemplated by Item 1 of agreement of January 24, 1948, above quoted, transportation to Grand Island will be provided by the Company either on freight trains, passenger trains or by bus or auto mobile to crews in pool freight or unassigned service after release at Hastings on trips from North Platte and likewise to Hastings for crews called at Grand Island for trip Hastings to North Platte.
Where, due to storms, floods, etc., it is not possible to transport the crews from Hastings to Grand Island, the crews arriving Hastings will remain at Hastings and take their turn out on
trains operated out of that point to North Platte, In such instances, Hastings will be considered the away-from-home-terminaland such crews will be compensated in accordance with the provisions of the held-away-from-home-terminal role. Under these conditions, crews at Hastings or Grand Island will not be considered run-around.
Crews run from North Platte to Hastings and transported to Grand Island will take their turn on the board at Grand Island,if available, as per arrival at Hastings.
No compensation will be allowed crews transported by the Company from Hastings to Grand Island, or Grand Island to Hastings.
Crews will be called at Grand Island, as nearly is practical.two hours prior to time required to report for duty at Hastings.
This agreement will automatically terminate when accommocations as contemplated by Item 1 of agreement of January 24, 1948,above quoted, are available.
FOR UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY:
A. E. STODDARD j
General Manager, Eastern Dist.
FOR THE EMPLOYES:
A. L, MOORE
General Chairman, ORC
A. D. HOMAN
General Chairman, BofRT
Omaha* Nebraska,
February 26, 1948.
