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The Union raised the issue that assigned engineers were at times operating a trainother than "their assigned" train out of the away from home terminal. It was clearlyunderstood by the parties that, due to operational circumstances, engineers may berequired to operate a train at either the home and/or away from home terminal otherthan that advertised for their assignment. The Union raised the concern that eitherduring or after the regular engineer's spread time, there have been times whenunassigned engineers have been called to operate a train out of the away-from-hometerminal ahead of the regular engineer. In this regard the parties agreed that assignedengineers should be called to operate the first available train out of the away fromhome terminal. In order to assist in applying the foregoing understanding, the partiesalso agreed to the following questions and answers:Question 1: In the event an unassigned engineer is called ahead of the assignedengineer out of the away from home terminal, is the regular engineerbeing runaround?Answer 1:No. The regular assigned engineer has a four-hour spread and if notlisted goes on pay two hours after the end of the spread.Question 2: Can a Seniority District 7 (Fulton KY) engineer who operated a train fromFulton, KY to Centralia, IL and is then tied up for rest subsequentlyoperate a train out of Bluford, IL back to Fulton without invoking therunaround provision?Answer 2:Yes, if there were not any rested unassigned engineers tied up atBluford.Question 3: Would Centralia, IL or Benton, IL GEB be due a runaround underArticle 11 D if a Seniority District 7 engineer was used as described inQuestion 2?Answer 3: No.Question 4: Can a Wisconsin Central engineer perform any work on the IC/CCPother than affecting an interchange or work in connection with hisown train?Answer 4:No, although the WC engineer could perform services pertaining tohis/her own train, such as set out bad orders or turn engines.(Q & A, Circular Letter, 13/2003, March 31, 2003)D. The incidence of runaround claims will be reviewed in the conferences establishedpursuant to Article 28 in this Agreement to identify and correct any systematicproblems.E. An engineer that operates to an away from home terminal that is the source of supplypoint for engineers at that location and subsequently operates a train out of thataway from home terminal enroute to his home terminal will not invoke therunaround provisions outlined in Article 15, Section 2, paragraph A herein for anyengineers home terminaled at that location.30