POOL MILEAGE

February 14 - 28, 2010

Buffalo - Binghamton Unassigned Pool Service

(HB/ST BB Pool - 217 miles)

Engineers	27244 Miles	Calls for 13
Conductors	29826 Miles	Calls for 12
Average Trip Time On Duty	10:12	Decrease 0:12 from previous report

Pool Mileage is set at 4200 miles per month for Engineers.

Pool Mileage is set at 4800 miles per month for Trainmen.

Buffalo - Toledo Pool Service

(PB/LE **BA Pool - 300 miles)

Engineers	18350 Miles	Calls for 9
Conductors	21347 Miles	Calls for 8
Average Trip Time On Duty	9:54	Decrease 0:42 from previous report

* *This pool is regulated by Division 273 in Conneaut, Ohio, Local Chairman BM Mills.

Pool Mileage is set at 4200 miles per month for Engineers.

Pool Mileage is set at 5000 miles per month for Trainmen.

Buffalo - Cleveland Unassigned Pool Service

(PB/LE **BV Pool - 200 miles)

Engineers	0 Miles	Abolished
Conductors	0 Miles	Abolished
Average Trip Time On Duty	0:00	Pool Abolished

Buffalo - Corning Unassigned Pool Service

(HB/ST BC Pool - 133 miles)

Engineers	0 Miles	Abolished	6 Day Assigned
Conductors	0 Miles	Abolished	7 Day Assigned
Average Trip Time On Duty	0:00	Pool Abolished

Buffalo - Renovo Unassigned Pool Service

(HB/BL BO, BR Pool - 166 miles)

Engineers	0 Miles	Calls for 0
Conductors	0 Miles	Calls for 0
Average Trip Time On Duty	0:00	Pool Abolished

Buffalo Terminal Local Traveling Switchers

Former Conrail Equity

(HB/BL BS Pool - 100 Mile Day)

BT1N	1408 Miles
BT1Q	1599 Miles
H0N	1282 Miles
BS17	Abolished
BS2R	1464 Miles

NS Equity, Former Lake

(HB/BL BT Pool - 100 Mile Day)

BT0A	1088 Miles
BT0E	1635 Miles
BT0G	1208 Miles
BT0J	1089 Miles
BT0N	1151 Miles
BT0Q	1423 Miles
BT0V	1241 Miles
BT1J	1725 Miles
BT1K	1338 Miles
BT1M	1057 Miles
BT1R	1325 Miles

Pool Mileage Regulations

Have you ever wondered how the pool miles are computed or why the Engineer miles differ from the Trainmen? Here's why! Current scheduled Agreements between the Carrier and Organizations differ between the crafts. Keeping in mind that the Buffalo Terminal is a road terminal with no yard assignments, Engineer pools (Article 11, Section 5 of the BLET Agreement) will be regulated so a sufficient number of Engineers will be maintained to keep the average mileage, or equivalent thereof, between 4000 miles and 4200 miles per month. Mileage component figures are set at the first meeting of each year by a majority vote of the rank and file present or when a new pool is established. Only mileage actually run is used in the computation of the monthly figure. Pool mileage is regulated on a 15 day average. Any fraction greater than 5/10ths will be the equivalent of another Engineer.

Trainmen mileage are quite different. Regulated on a 15 day average with the mileage component set at the first of the year is about the only similarity to the Engineers. Trainmen pools (Article 24, Section 1A of the UTU Agreement) will be regulated so a sufficient number of Trainmen will be maintained to keep the average mileage, or equivalent thereof, between 3900 miles and 4200 miles per month. Overtime, held-away and deadheading time shall be converted to mileage (8:00 = 130 miles [the road basic day] or any fraction there of) and included in the monthly figure.

So taking the monthly figures of the Buffalo - Cleveland, PB/LE BV Pool the Engineers accumulated 12292 miles with a mileage component of 3800 miles per month. On a 15 day basis, that equates to 6.46 pools.

The Trainmen on the other hand have accumulated 19207 miles (including deadheading, overtime and held-away) with a mileage component of 4200 miles per month. On a 15 day basis, that equates to 9.15 pools.