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 Item – PI Memorandum to Vacation Agreement—Computing Basic Days
 MEMORANDUMChicago, IL
 April 29, 1949Referring to agreement, signed this date, between employes rep-
 resented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Brother-
 hood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, Order of Railway
 Conductors, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and the Switch-
 men's Union of North America, and Carriers represented by the
 Eastern, Western and Southeastern Carriers' Conference Commit-
 tees, with respect to vacations with pay;
 In computing basic days in miles or hours paid for, as provided
 in Section 1 of said agreement, the parties agree that the follow-
 ing interpretations shall apply.
 
 1. A trainman in passenger service, on a trip of 300 miles,
 upon which no overtime or other allowances accrue, will be
 credited with two basic days.
 
 2. An employe in freight service on a run of 125 miles, upon
 which no overtime or other allowances accrue, will be credited
 with 1 1/4 basic days.
 
 3. An employe in freight service on a run of 125 miles, with
 total time on duty of 14 hours on the trip, will be credited with
 1 3/4 basic days,
 
 4. An employe in yard service working 12 hours will be
 credited with 1 1/2 basic days.
 
 5. An employe in freight service, run-around and paid 50
 miles for same, will be credited with 1/2 basic day.
 
 6. An employe in freight service, called and released and
 paid 50 miles for same, will be credited with 1/2 basic day.
 
 7. An employe in freight service, paid no overtime or other
 allowances, working as follows:
 
 1st  trip..........150 miles
 2nd trip..........140 miles
 3rd trip ..........120 miles
 4th  trip..........150 miles
 5th  trip..........140 miles
 Total………..700miles
 will be credited with seven basic days.
 
 8. An employe in freight service makes trip of 80 miles in
 8 hours or less, for which he is paid 100 miles, will be credited
 with 1 basic day.
 
 9. An enginemen in passenger service makes m trip of 100
 miles or less in 5 hours, will be credited with i basic day.
 
 10. An enginemen in short-turn-around passenger service,
 makes a trip of 100 miles or less, on duty eight hours within
 a spread of nine hours, will be credited with 1 basic day.
 
 11. A trainman in short-turn-around passenger service, makes
 a trip of 150 miles or less, on duty eight hours within a spread
 of nine hours, will be credited with I basic day.
 
 12. A trainman in short-turn-around passenger service, makes
 m trip of 150 miles or less, total spread of time 10 hours, on
 duty eight hours within the first nine hours, will be credited
 with 1 1/8 basic days,
 
 13. An employe in freight service, deadheading is paid 50
 miles for same, will be credited with 1/2 basic day.
 
 14. An employe is paid eight hours under the held-away-
 from-home terminal rule, will be credited with 1 basic day.
 
 15. An employe is allowed one hour as arbitrary allowance,
 will be credited with 1/8 basic day.
   
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