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Subject: Stock Trains/Final Terminal delay
From: qutlx1@a...
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 23:16:22 EST
Here is an interesting find about stock trains returning from U.S. Yards in 
Chgo.
Up until Novemeber 1939 the road crews returning to Cicero from stock 
delivery would be routed into the east end of Cicero Yard to Morton Park 
where the w/c would be switched onto the w/c track. Keep in mind that the 
agreement specifically states these train crews stay on final terminal delay 
penalty payment until the w/c is physically placed on the w/c track. Remember 
they can stay in the w/c while they're tied up in Cicero if they want. Now if 
anyone can find old maps of Cicero prior to the 1950s rebuilding you'll see 
it could be a time consuming process to wend your way up toward the W/C trks 
and then to further slow things the yard engine had to place the w/c onto the 
trk.The yard engine could be off doing one of many other things. All this 
time the clock is ticking.
Now someone in mgmt gets an idea to run these crews up the main to Lavergne 
tower and then back them into Clyde yard at the west end of the entire 
complex where there is another w/c trk. This takes considerably less time and 
there is an engine always available at Clyde to pull w/cs off the constant 
flow of eastbound trains. There goes a whole bunch of final terminal delay 
penalty.
So.......... both the Aurora C&I and mainline crews returnng from the stock 
yard runs begin submitting timeslips for 100 miles for each time they are run 
out over the plant at Lavergne and back into Clyde.They maintain its the 
start of a new trip.
The claims are denied locally and pass onto the general Chairman who makes 
numerous inquiries to understand the basis for the claims.On June 18,1940 
General Chairman Rasmussen writes to the GT local chairman(Hershberger) with 
copies to the Aurora local and general chrmn for the other brotherhoods 
stating that since the move doesn't go past the westbound yard limit board at 
Berwyn and after conferencing with the other general chairman these claims 
are not supported by the rules and will not be progressed further.
Leo 

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