ITEM 13a

ITEM 13 (a)

NOTS: The following is only a partial reproduction of the National Agreement
of June 25, 1964

AGREEMENT
This Agreement made this 25th day of June, 1964 by and between the participating carriers listed in Exhibits A, B and C attached hereto and made a part hereof and represented by the National Railway Labor Conference and the Eastern, Western and Southeastern Carriers’ Conference Committees, and the employees of such carriers shown thereon and represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and the Switchmen’s Union of North America,

IT IS HEREBY AGREED:
ARTICLE II – EXPENSES AWAY FROM HOME:

Section 1 -
When the carrier ties up a road service crew (except short turnaround passenger crews), or individual members thereof, at a terminal (including tie-up points named by assignment bulletins, or presently listed in schedule agreements, or observed by practice, as regular points for tying up crews) other than the designated home terminal of the crew assignment for four (4) hours or more, each member of the crew so tied up shall be provided suitable lodging at the carrier's expense or an equitable allowance in lieu thereof. Suitable lodging or an equitable allowance in lieu thereof shall be worked out on a local basis. The equitable allowance shall be provided 03ily if it is not reasonably possible to provide lodging.

If an allowance is being made in lieu of lodging as well as other considerations under provisions of existing agreements, the amount attributed only to lodging shall be removed if suitable lodging is supplied, or offset against an equivalent allowance.
This shall be worked out on a local basis.

The provisions of this Section shall be made effective at a date no later than 30 days following the effective date of this Agreement.

Section 2 -
When the carrier ties up a road service crew (except short turnaround passenger crews), or individual members thereof, at a terminal (as defined in Section 1 of this Article II) other than the designated home terminal for four (4) hours or more, each member of the crew so tied up shall receive a meal allowance of $1,50.

NOTE: For the purposes of Sections 1 and 2 of this Article II, extra board employees shall be provided
with lodgings and meal allowance in accordance with the rule governing the granting of such allowance to the crew they Join; that is, the designated home terminal will be the designated terminal of the crew
assignment.

ARTICLE III – SELF PROPELLED MACHINES:

Section 1 -
The following shall govern the manning of self-propelled vehicles or machines by train service employees (conductors and brakemen) used in the maintenance, repair, construction or inspection work:

(a) Road Service - A conductor will be employed on on-rail self-propelled vehicles or machines when operation main line territory, provided such machines are equipped with a drawbar and are operating under train orders.

NOTE 1 : Self-propelled machines for the purpose of this Article means such equipment operated on rails.

NOTE 2: Drawbar means a device capable of being used in moving standard freight cars.

NOTE 3 : Main-line territory means main line and branch lines in Road Territory outside of Switching limits but not spurs or the like.

NOTE 4 : Train orders is used in the vernacular of train men as defined in the Operating Book of Rules.

(b) Yard Service - A yard conductor (foreman) will be employed on on-raii self-propelled vehicles or machines operating within general switching limits provided such machines have sufficient power to move freight cars; and, if more than two ears are handled at any one time a yard brakeman (helper) will also be employed.

This provision will not apply to the operation of self-propelled vehicles or machines in confined areas such as shop tracks, supply areas, tie yards and so forth, except that with respect to such self-propelled machines now working in the confined areas where rules or practices require the emplo3rment of a yard
ground man, such rules and practices are preserved and the yard conductor’s (foreman’s) rate will apply to this service.

Section 2 -
Rules or practices under which a locomotive engineer, or fireman where presently required, is employed on on-rail self-propelled vehicles or machines for the purpose of operating the machine in the performance of all the work for which such machines are designed are retained.

Section 3 –
Except under the conditions herein specifically prescribed, operating employees need not be used on self-propelled vehicles or machines. it should be noted in addition that this Agreement does not alter any existing rules or practices except as specifically stated herein.

Section 4 –
Every employee deprived of employment as the immediate and proximate application of this rule, shall be entitled to the schedule of allowances set forth in Section 7(a) of the Washington Agreement of May 21, 1936; or to the option of choosing the lump sum separation allowances set fourth in Section 9 of said Agreement« In addition to the foregoing, employees who do not elect to accept the lump-sum separation allowance set forth in Section 9 of said Agreement, if qualified, may elect within one year from the date of their furlough to prepare themselves for some other occupation for which training is available (of the type approved by the Veterans Administration under the Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1952), with the carrier paying 75 cent of the tuition costs of such training for a period not exceeding two years. Whenever and to the extent that the United States Government makes provisions for retraining out of public funds, the obligation of the carrier shall be reduced correspondingly. Those employees who elect to accept the lump-sum separation allowance set forth in Section 9 of the Washington Agreement of May 21, 1936 will not be entitled to retraining benefits.

Section 5-
Nothing contained in this Article III shall be construed to require the emplo3nnent of engine and train service employees where not now required.

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ARTICLE V – COMBINATION ROAD-YARD:

The last yard crew assignment in a yard, or on a shift where more than one yard assignment is employed, may be discontinued under the following conditions: (lard as used herein is defined to mean a common terminal point where a seniority roster for yard ground men is maintained.)

1. In the case of the last yard crew assignment in a yard, such assignment may be discontinued if a joint study indicates that the average time consumed in switching is less than four hours within a spread of ten hours for ten consecutive working days. The ten hours referred to will begin concurrently with
the starting time of the particular yard crew assignment. If switching increases to the point where there is an average of more than four hours of such work within any spread of the same ten hours for ten consecutive working days, as previously assigned, the yard crew assignment will be restored.

In the case of a yard crew assignment on a particular shift (in yards where more than one yard crew is operated), such yard crew assignment may be discontinued if a joint study indicates that there is an average of less than four hours switching within the spread of 12 hours for ten consecutive working days, this spread to begin at the starting time of the yard crew assignment which the carrier seeks to discontinue. In counting the time engaged in switching only the time consumed by the yard engine
the carrier seeks to discontinue will be considered, subject to the provisions of Section 10 hereof. The same formula will be adhered to in the restoration of the discontinued assignment using the second twelve hour period as set forth in Section 5.

NOTE: The studies referred to in this Section 1 shall be conducted in the following manner;

Where a carrier proposes to discontinue the last yard crew assignment in a yard or on a shift where more than one yard assignment is employed, it shall give ten (10) days’ written notice of the proposed
discontinuance to the representatives of the employees involved, advising the names of the carrier’s officials who are designated as its representatives for the purpose of the study, and the date on which the study will begin. At anytime prior to the date the study is to begin, the representatives of the employees involved shall advise the carrier of the names of ' their representatives for the purpose of the study. If such representatives are not so named, or fail to participate, the study may be conducted by the representatives of the carrier. In either event, the result of the study shall be binding on the parties
for the purpose of this rule.

The same procedure will be adhered to in conducting studies proposed by the representatives of the.,
employees for the restoration of assignments that have been discontinued under the provisions of this Section 1.

2. The provisions of section 1 hereof are not intended to impose restrictions in regard to discontinuing yard crew assignments where restrictions do not now exist.

3. Road crews may perform any yard service at yards where yard crews are not employed.

4. Road crews may continue to perform any yard service now permitted, without additional payments, if such payments are not now required.

5. At points where a yard crew or yard crews are employed, the starting time of the first yard crew assignment shall begin a twelve-hour period (herein called the first twelve-hour period) within which road crews may not perform yard service not permitted on the day immediately preceding the effective date of this agreement. Road crews may be required to perform any yard service during a second twelve-hour period beginning at the expiration of the first twelve-hour period provided yard crew assignments are not assigned to start or terminate during such second twelve hour period.

6. No change in work permitted or compensation paid to combination assignments, such as Mine Run, Tabulated assignments, etc.

7. Switching service in yards by road crews when yard crew is not on duty, as a result of the discontinuance of yard crew assignment pursuant to Section 1 hereof shall be paid for on the minute basis, with a minimum of 1 hour at appropriate yard rates.

8. If overtime accrues under applicable road overtime rules during the period switching is being performed, such overtime payments will be made in addition to the payments required under
Section 7 hereof.

9. Initial and final terminal delay rules shall not be disturbed by this agreement except that when road crews perform yard service for which they are compensated under the provisions of Section 7 hereof during a period to which initial terminal delay or final terminal delay roles are otherwise applicable, such
road crews will be paid either terminal delay or switching, whichever will produce the greater amount of compensation.

10. The yard switching work for which compensation is previously allowed to road crews for that specific yard work and yard switching work by road crews which required penalty payments to yard crews will be considered switching for the purpose of Section 1 of this Article.

11. Every employee deprived of employment as the immediate and proximate application of this mile, shall be entitled to the schedule of allowances set forth in Section 7(a) of the Washington Agreement of May 21, 1936; or to the option of choosing the lump sum separation allowance set forth in Section 9 of said Agreement, an addition to the foregoing, employes who do not elect to accept the lump-sum separation allowance set forth in Section 9 of the Washington Agreement, if qualified, may elect within one year from the date of their furlough to prepare themselves for some other occupation for which training is available (of the type approved by the Veterans Administration under the Veterans readjustment Assistance Act of 1952), with the carrier paying 75 per cent of the tuition costs of such training for a period not exceeding two years. Whenever and to the extent that the United States Government makes provisions for retraining out of public funds, the obligation of the carrier shall be reduced correspondingly. Those employees who elect to accept the lump-sum separation allowance set forth in Section 9 of the Washington Agreement of May 21, 1936 will not be entitled to retraining benefits.

ARTICLE VII - SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES:
Any disputes involving the interpretation or application of this Agreement shall be settled by the parties in accordance with the established procedures therefor, including the creation of Special Boards of Adjustment and other procedures of Section 3 of the Railway Labor Act.

ARTICLE VIII - EFFECT OF THIS AGREEMENT:
This agreement shall become effective upon ratification by all of the organizations signatory hereto except that upon such ratification the adjustments in rates of pay provided by Article IV shall be effective as of May 7, 19613 and the requirements of Section 1 of Article II with respect to the furnishing of suitable lodging or an equitable allowance in lieu thereof shall be made affective at a date no later than 30 days following such ratification.

This agreement is in settlement of this dispute growing out of notices served by the carriers listed in Exhibits A, B and C on or about November 2, 1959 and by the organizations signatory hereto on September 7, 1960, as implemented by notices of April 6, 1961, not including issues disposed of by the Award of Arbitration Board No. 2S2, and shall remain in effect until changed or modified in accordance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, except that rates for miles in excess of those
comprising the basic day shall remain unchanged until January 1, I968.

This agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement by and on behalf of each carrier party hereto and those employees represented respectively by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and the Switchmen’s Union of North America, as heretofore stated; and shall remain in effect until changed or modified in accordance with the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, as amended.

ARTICLE II -
This agreement is subject to approval of the Courts with respect to Carriers in the hands of Receivers or Trustees.

Signed this 25th day of June, 1964.

Signatures not reproduced.