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Expanded Crew Change Agreement for London East and West
 

Limits of expanded crew change:

East - From East Switch Quebec Street Yard M.P. 112 Galt Sub to East Switch Zorra Siding M.P. 93.6 Galt Sub

West - From West Switch Quebec Street Yard M.P. 113.8 Galt Sub to West Switch Longwood M.P. 19.6 Windsor Sub.
 

Notification:

Whenever possible, crew will be notified prior to leaving Toronto or Windsor of an intent to run them long.

Crews must be notified prior to passing the inbound OMTS of Quebec Street Yard of  the fact that they will be ran long.
 

Familiarization:

Familiarization Trips on the Galt/Windsor Subdivision will be on a voluntary basis.

Running Trade employees will be responsible for ensuring they are able to able to run Long under the ECC agreement on both the Galt/Windsor Sub.:

  • Familiarization under the ECCP will commence Oct 30, 2006.
     

  • Familiarization will be up to the individual RTE to decide if they require any trips or not.
     

  • RTE’s that decide to make a familiarization trip will be paid a maximum of one trip each way on the subdivision that they are familiarizing on.
     

  • Galt Subdivision Familiarization will required to be operate trains to Zorra Siding and Windsor Subdivision familiarization will require trains to be operated to Longwood Siding.
     

  • The employee will be required to advise the applicable RTC to ensure that they are aware that he/she is on the train so the RTC can arrange for a taxi to meet them at the predetermined location.  Employee board placement will be as per Local Agreements.
     

  • All employees will be required to let the local manager know whether or not they require familiarization.
     

  • It is recommended that the Locomotive Engineer should operate the train during their familiarization trips.
     

  • All employees must remain in the cab of the lead locomotive, and are responsible for the observance of operating rules, special instructions and other regulations.
     

Payment for training/familiarization trips:

Employees that run long for familiarization purposes will be paid 4 hours at “other than RQ rates” per familiarization trip.

Training allowance for the crew members providing the familiarization will be paid according to the collective agreement, under training.
 

Payment for crews running to Longwood:

Employee’s required to run long to Longwood Siding will be paid an EC payment in addition to all other regular Run Long payments. This EC payment will not be used in calculating maximum 3 EC payments per tour of duty.

Running long to all other locations will be paid as per collective agreement.
 

Run Long Times:

London to Lobo –

Run through main line at London with no work 1 hour and 30 minutes
Run through yard at London with no work at London 1 hour and 55 minutes
Run through yard at London with work at London 2 hours and 55 minutes

London to Longwood –

Run through main line at London with no work 2 hours and 10 minutes
Run through yard at London with no work 2 hours and 35 minutes
Run through yard at London with work at London 3 hours and 55 minutes

London to Nissouri –

Run through main line at London with no work 1 hour and 20 minutes
Run through yard at London with no work 1 hour and 45 minutes
Run through yard at London with work at London 2 hours and 45 minutes

London to Zorra –

Run through main line at London with no work 2 hours and 10 minutes
Run through yard at London with no work 2 hours and 35 minutes
Run through yard at London with work at London 4 hours and 10 minutes
 

This agreement is signed the 31st day of October, 2006

For the Company:

(Signed)____________________________
G.J. Gionet
Manager of Operations

(Signed)____________________________
M.P. Bilec
Manager of Operations

(Signed)____________________________
S. Duffy
Road Manager

(Signed)____________________________
E. Langlois
Road Manager

(Signed)____________________________
T. Sonier
Local Chairman TCRC-LE

(Signed)____________________________
D.K.Baillie
Local Chairman, TCRC-T