POOL MILEAGE

April 16 - 30, 2008

Buffalo - Binghamton Unassigned Pool Service

(HB/ST BB Pool - 217 miles)

Engineers	16781 Miles	Calls for 8
Conductors	19386 Miles	Hold at 8
Average Trip Time On Duty	9:54	Increase 0:30 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 - Corning Unassigned Pool Service

(HB/ST BC Pool - 133 miles)

Engineers	1681 Miles	Currently at 2	6 Day Assigned
Conductors	1844 Miles	Currently at 2	7 Day Assigned
Average Trip Time On Duty	5:48	Decrease 0:24 from previous report

Train 309 / 310 to operate via Corning, NY to Bellevue, OH. Home terminal Buffalo, NY for eastbound movements. West of Buffalo in Conneaut, OH (PB/LE, 00116).

Buffalo - Cleveland Unassigned Pool Service

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

Engineers	0.0 Miles	Calls for 0
Conductors	0.0 Miles	Calls for 0
Average Trip Time On Duty	0:00	Pool Abolished

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

Buffalo - Toledo Pool Service

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

Engineers	18360 Miles	Calls for 9
Conductors	21928 Miles	Calls for 9
Average Trip Time On Duty	10:24	Decrease 1:24 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 - 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)

BT1Q	1100 Miles
BT0J	1100 Miles
BS17	Abolished
BS2R	1685 Miles

NS Equity, Former Lake

(HB/BL BT Pool - 100 Mile Day)

BT0A	1100 Miles
BT0E	1000 Miles
BT0G	1674 Miles
BT0N	1000 Miles
BT0Q	1100 Miles
BT0V	1119 Miles
BT1J	1899 Miles
BT1K	1100 Miles
BT1M	1100 Miles
BT1N	1230 Miles
BT1R	1441 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.