Common use of Runaround Clause in Contracts

Runaround. A locomotive engineer who is not called in accordance with Article 25.2 or 25.3 is runaround and will be paid actual time lost for each tour of duty missed and he/she may be placed at the bottom of the list ahead of the Engineer who was called in his/her stead. Where a claim is made under this Article, the senior available individual will be compensated, except where such call was made on a first-in. first-out basis, where the individual affected will be compensated. A locomotive engineer in unassigned service who has come on duty in his/her turn will remain with the train called for and will not be entitled to compensation under this Article if another locomotive engineer who comes on duty later gets out of the terminal first.

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Sources: Rates of Pay and Rules Governing Services of Locomotive Engineers, Rates of Pay and Rules Governing Services of Locomotive Engineers