Road Crews Doing Yard Work

Rule 32k

Your claims:

• When called for a road job and instructed to perform yard switching at a terminal where  yard crews are on duty.

• If work is pertinent to the train called for, A max of 3 moves is allowed at both the initial and final terminals. Any additional moves would be under penalty.        

  • Setting out bad orders on your own train at the initial terminal is usually permissible.

• The penalty is for actual time consumed at 3/16th daily yard rate, and 1st and 2nd out rested switchmen should claim a basic day.

• If hostling power, see hostling power claim sheet instead

REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION:

• A SWITCH LIST, TRACK INQUIRY, TRAIN LIST OR WORK ORDER MARKED TO SHOW THE SWITCHING PERFORMED.

• A complete copy of your federal tie-up.

• A printed snap shot of the switchman’s extra board, showing first and second out available switchmen.

• Keep track of yard, tracks, and times for each segment of the work

REQUIRED CLAIM LANGUAGE:

Was called off the circ -7  board  for the job id/train symbol on date .  Circ-7 has yard jobs on duty 24 hours a day and maintains a yard extra board for terminal and yard switching. On date  at time hrs, inside the circ-7 yard was ordered by Yardmaster ________ to (list moves...Show times and locations for segment of each move). Extra switchmen ________ and ______ were the first and second out rested switchmen available at the time was ordered to perform the above listed service.  Claim __________(time working after exceeding allowed switching) at 3/16ths daily yard rate per rule 32K of eastern district.

* (if pre-85 additional payment of 1 hour arbitrary is in order)

NOTE:

• The first and second out rested switchmen should claim a basic day penalty.