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Appendix A - Prior Service and Red Cap Service Development and 

Adjudication 

A1. Prior Service Defined 

Prior service under the Railroad Retirement Act (RRA) means service performed before 

1-1-37. 

Service performed before 1937 may be credited only if, on 8-29-35, the employee met 

the conditions for an Employment Relation (ER) described in Appendix C of this 

chapter. 

A2. Red Cap Service Defined 

A person who rendered service as a redcap or other station attendant before 9-1941, 

and whose duties consisted of carrying hand baggage and assisting passengers’ 

stations, received credit for all such verified service even though he received no 

remuneration from an employer for such service. 

a. 1937 Railroad Retirement Act 

Under the 1937 Railroad Retirement Act, redcap months prior to 9-1941 were 

treated as prior service months and the redcap compensation was included in the 

prior service average. 

b. Under the 1974 Railroad Retirement Act 

The 1974 Railroad Retirement Act changed the usage of redcap service and 

compensation after 12-1936 and before 9-1941; these months were then used as 

subsequent service. However, the amount of the average redcap compensation 

for those months was still determined as in 1937 Act cases. 

A3. Maximum Number of Prior Service or Red Cap Months 

a. General - The number of months of prior service or red cap service that may be 

included in an employee's years of service is the difference between 360 and the 

number of months of creditable service after 1936. The prior service or red cap 

service months are counted in reverse order beginning with 12-1936 depending 

upon availability of service records and verification of service. No prior service is 

included in an employee's years of service when 360 or more months of 

subsequent service have already been established for the employee. 

b. Overlapping Service - Service performed for two or more covered employers in 

the same month can be credited as only a single month of service. The 

overlapping month is credited as a month of service to the employee's principal 

employer. 

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A4. Prior Service in Canadian Cases 

Only service performed inside the U.S. for a U.S. employer conducting the principal part 

of its business in the U.S. was creditable as prior service. Service performed outside 

the U.S. for an employer conducting the principal part of its business outside of the U.S. 

was not included in an employee's years of service. 

If a person, during the last payroll period in which he rendered service to an employer 

before August 29, 1935, rendered all such service outside the U.S. to an employer not 

conducting the principal part of his business in the U.S., he was precluded from having 

an employment relation. 

When an employee had an employment relation with an employer conducting the 

principal part of its business outside the U.S., no greater portion of his service before 

1937 could be included in his years of service than: 

	 The proportion which his total compensation (including compensation in any month 

in excess of the applicable monthly maximum) for service after 1-1-37, rendered 

anywhere to an employer conducting the principal part of its business in the U.S. or 

rendered in the U.S. to any other employer, 

bears to: 

	 His total compensation (including compensation in any month in excess of the 

applicable monthly maximum) for service rendered anywhere to an employer after 

1-1-37. 

The ratio is: 

Total compensation for service after 1-1-37 

rendered anywhere to employer conducting 

principal part of its business in U.S. or 

rendered in U.S. to any other employer 

x Total service 

Total compensation for service in the U.S. 

rendered anywhere to an employer before 

1937. After 1-1-37 rendered to an employer 

conducting principal part of its business 

outside the U.S. 

= Proportion of service before 1937 that could be included in years of service. 

An example of the ratio expressed in figures is: 

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x 181 = 68.29 or 69 months of service that could be credited $ 61,200 before 1937. 

$162,200 

When the ratio described above was used, any resulting fraction of a month was 

credited as a full month. 

A5. Service in Cuba or Mexico Before 1937 

Service performed in Cuba or Mexico before 1937 for an employer conducting the 

principal part of its business in the U.S. was not credited as prior service if performed: 

a. By a person not a citizen or resident of the U.S.; and 

b. For an employer required by the laws of the country in which the service was 

performed to employ citizens or residents of the country for service within the 

country. The laws in force on 8-29-35, were considered as in force at all times 

before that date. 

A6. Claim for Prior Service 

A claim for prior service or red cap service is not a legal requirement for crediting the 

service. The claim is merely a means of obtaining data describing the prior service in 

order to verify that service. 

a. Development Based on Form AA-1 

Form AA-1, "Application for Employee Annuity," requests the employee to 

complete a Form AA-15, "Employee's Statement of Service Performed Before 

January 1, 1937 to Employers under the RRA" when: 

1. He has less than 360 months of railroad service after 1936; and, 

2. He worked in the railroad industry before 1937. 

The prior service development may already be stored in the RRB claim file, as 

explained in section (d) below. When the verified prior service is already in the 

RRB claim file, an AA-15 is not required. 

However, the employee should still claim the prior service on the application 

AA-1 to alert the examiner to look for the prior service. 

b. When Prior Service Should Be Claimed 

Prior service should be claimed if: 

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1. In a retirement or survivor case when the subsequent service is less than 

120 months and the claimed prior service, when combined with 

subsequent service, will yield at least 120 months of railroad service; or, 

2. In a retirement case when the employee has less than 25 years of 

subsequent service and the claimed prior service, when combined with 

subsequent service, will yield at least 300 months of railroad service to 

qualify for a supplemental annuity. 

3. In a retirement case when the employee has less than 30 years of 

subsequent service and the claimed prior service, when combined with 

subsequent service, will yield at least 360 months of railroad service. 

4. In a survivor case when the employee has less than 30 years of 

subsequent service and the claimed prior service, when combined with 

subsequent service, will yield at least 360 months of railroad service for a 

survivor annuity with a 1981 Amendment tier 2. 

c. When Prior Service Should Not Be Claimed 

An employee or his survivor should not claim prior service if the employee has at 

least 30 years of verified subsequent service. There is no advantage in claiming 

prior service in this situation, because the total years of service may not exceed 

30 when prior service is used. 

Prior service should not be claimed if the claimed prior service, when combined 

with the months of subsequent service, will yield less than 120 months of railroad 

service. Do not develop an application in this type of case unless the individual 

insists on filing. Explain in remarks on form G-230 (Check List for Employee, 

Spouse, and Divorced Spouse Annuity/HIB Applications) or on form G-659a 

“Checklist for Survivor Applications” that the individual insisted on filing. 

In a survivor case, prior service should also not be claimed if the employee had 

120 months of verified subsequent service and the survivor will receive an LSDP; 

a survivor tier 1 only annuity; or a survivor annuity with a 1974 Act tier 2. 

d. Current Procedure for Development of Prior Service 

If the prior service should be claimed, the RRB field office will forward an email 

inquiry to P&S-RAC to determine if the verification of the prior service is already 

in the RRB claim file. If so, no further prior service development is required. 

If the prior service has not already been verified, the RRB field office will be 

requested by email to submit either a form AA-15, "Employee's Statement of 

Service Performed Before January 1, 1937 to Employers Under the RRA", or a 

properly signed letter from the applicant with the prior service outlined in 

sufficient detail to identify the employee's service on payroll or other detailed 

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records. Upon receipt of this information, the Retirement Analysis and Systems 

section (RAS) will either: 

1. Contact the railroad directly when the Employer Data Maintenance (EDM) 

screens and the Employer Status List indicate the claimed service is 

creditable for the period in question and the employer is still an operating 

railroad; or, 

2. Request the information from the National Archives and Records 

Administration (NARA) if the Employer Status List shows "Records filed in 

Board." 

If the claimant is otherwise eligible for an annuity, the RRB field office will secure 

the appropriate application when the claim for prior service is made. Failure to 

secure an application immediately might cause loss of benefits if eligibility is 

retroactive. 

e. Previous Procedure 

Form AA-15 was developed by the RRB field office. Form AA-2P(R) was then 

used to verify the prior service, as explained in this Appendix. The Form 

AA-2P(R) is now obsolete. 

A7. Prior Service Claim Forms 

Prior service was claimed on the following forms: 

a. AA-15 - This form was used to claim prior service, when an application was 

received indicating service before 1937, but an AA-15 (or its equivalent) was not 

already in the claim file and there was no verified prior service in the claim file. 

This form was used for most prior service, including service with a railway labor 

organization, but not service as an employee representative. If the obsolete 

Form OE-4 was in the claim file to claim labor organization service, it was still 

acceptable as a claim. 

b. DC-2a - This form was used to claim service as an employee representative. If 

the obsolete Form RP-4-37 was in the claim file, it was also acceptable as a 

claim for such service. (This form is now obsolete.) 

c. Form RP-4-37 - This form was also acceptable as a claim for service as an 

employee representative. (This form is now obsolete.) 

d. Letter - A properly signed letter claiming prior service was also acceptable as a 

claim if the prior service was outlined in sufficient detail to enable the employer to 

identify it on payroll or other detailed records. 

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A8. When Prior Service or Red Cap Service was Developed in General File Cases 

If the employee waited until after 1990 to file his annuity application, the prior service or 

red cap service development is already in a general file created under the employee's 

social security number. This general file became the employee's RRB claim file upon 

receipt of his annuity application. 

The prior service or red cap service would have been developed when: 

a. An AA-15 or request for a prior service record or annuity estimate was received 

from: 

	 An employee age 64 or older for jurisdiction of Medicare only; or 

	 An employee less than age 64 who indicated an intent to retire within 6 

months, or "soon"; or 

	 A congressman, brotherhood official, or employer official, on behalf of an 

employee (regardless of employee's age). 

b. An earnings request was received from SSA and it was necessary to develop 

prior service in order to establish 120 months to determine jurisdiction. 

c. Prior service was taken into account in arriving at the total years of service for 

RUIA benefits. The RUIA provided for the extension of UI and SI benefit periods 

and the early beginning of benefit years based on, among other requirements, 

years of service. 

Prior service or red cap service was not developed if it would not establish at least 120 

months. 

A9. Prior Service or Red Cap Service for RUIA Claimants 

The RUIA provided for the extension of UI and SI benefit periods and the early 

beginning of benefit years based on, among other requirements, years of service. Prior 

service or red cap service was taken into account in arriving at the total years of service. 

The creditability of prior service, in some cases, was determined by the RRB's regional 

offices and BUSI, and in others by the retirement claims examiner. 

The cases in which RBD determined the creditability of prior service were those in 

which: 

a. Development of Employment Relation was required. 

b. Service report forms showed other than symbol "C" or "an amount of 

compensation" in months for which the employee claimed service. 

c. Differences in payroll names needed to be reconciled. 

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When RBD's certification of creditable service was needed in an "A" claim or general 

file, BUSI made a referral by UI-43, Creditable Military or Prior Service (Railroad 

Unemployment Insurance Act). This form is now obsolete. 

A10. Verified Prior Service and Red Cap Service 

"Verified service" as used here, means service reported on the basis of detailed records 

or personnel records. This service was usually reported by means of symbol "C" 

(compensation), "W" (red cap) or "M" (missing records). The "M" must have been 

supported by personnel records. 

Employer payroll or other detailed compensation records certified by the employer were 

the best means of verifying prior service. The term "detailed record" meant a pension 

record, salary card posted from payroll records, or a time report which established that 

the employee earned or received compensation and showed the compensation by 

months. 

When an AA-2P(R) in the claim file indicated that the employer verified service that had 

not been claimed by the employee, the service was still credited unless there was a 

"reasonable doubt" that it was performed by the claimant. 

"Reasonable doubt" depended on the facts in the particular case. If there was a 

reasonable doubt about the prior service verified by the employer, but not claimed by 

the employee, and all or part of that prior service would increase the employee's years 

of service or affect the prior service average, further information was developed to verify 

that the prior service was creditable. 

A11. Prior Service and Red Cap Service Report Form AA-2P(R) 

Form AA-2P(R), "Record of Employee's Prior Service," was used to obtain a record of 

prior service and occupational titles before 1937 from an employer or from records 

stored at the Federal Archive Records. 

Most employers carried redcaps on the payroll beginning with the month of 10-1938. 

When compensation was reported beginning with that month, a Form AA-2P was 

requested for a record of non-compensated redcap service only through 9-1938. 

Railroads are not legally required to store employment records for more than fifty years. 

Therefore, if the verified prior service was not already in the claim file, or stored with the 

Federal Archive Records, the railroads may not be able to verify the prior service. 

a. Current Procedure 

Form AA-2P(R) is now obsolete. The Office of Programs, Retirement Analysis 

and Systems section will now either: 

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	 Contact the railroad directly when the EDM screens and the "Employer Status 

List" indicate the claimed service is creditable for the period in question and 

the employer is still an operating railroad; or, 

	 Request the information from NARA if the Employer Status List shows 

"Records filed in Board." 

b. Previous Procedure 

The railroad verified the employee's prior service on Form AA-2P(R). This form 

was basically self-explanatory. A description of a few of the items is as follows: 

	 Payroll Name - The "Payroll Name", was the name(s) used by the employee 

during the period of service to be verified, exactly as shown by the employee 

on his claim for service. 

	 Name or Employer if not Same as Above - If the employee claimed service 

with the predecessor or subsidiary of the employer completing the Form 

AA-2P(R), the name of that predecessor or subsidiary was indicated in 

Section 2. A separate line was used for each predecessor or subsidiary 

employer. 

	 Occupation - This was the last occupation in which the employee worked for 

the employer shown in the preceding column. 

	 Date Began - This was the beginning date of the period of claimed service. 

(This should be the earliest date claimed by the applicant even if the 

employer was not required to verify all the service shown.) 

	 Department - This was the name of the railroad department in which the 

service described in the preceding columns was rendered. 

	 Location or Division - This was the name of the town or city in which the 

service described in the preceding columns was rendered. If the location was 

not known, it was the name of the division. 

	 Service Record - The railroad indicated the verified the months of service in 

Section 4. Before 7-1-74 employers were required to furnish information from 

their payrolls as to the actual amount of compensation earned in each month 

needed to determine the prior service average. For 7-1-74 or later, the 

Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) occupational average was be used 

to determine the average compensation before 1937. 

The railroad was requested to verify only the number of service months needed 

to qualify the employee for an annuity, a supplemental annuity or a 60/30 benefit. 

This form was not released if 360 months of subsequent service had been 

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established or the Employer Status List indicated the records for the period of 

service in question were not available. 

A12. Prior Service Report Form OE-5 

Form OE-5 was used when the employee performed service for a railway-labororganization employer in different capacities. This form is now obsolete. 

a. Service as Chairman of Local Lodge - The chairman of a local lodge was also a 

member of the general grievance committee. Therefore, even though service 

was claimed for only one of the positions, two sets of OE-5's were requested, 

one covering service in each position. (For exceptions see b and c below.) 

b. Service With Brotherhood of Railway, Airline, and Steamship Clerks, Freight 

Handlers, Express and Station Employees - Each local chairman was also a 

member of the division committee; the chairman of each division committee was 

also a member of the system board of adjustment of each railroad. Form OE-5 

was requested as follows: 

	 Local Chairman or Member of Division Committee - Two sets; one covering 

service as local chairman, the other covering service as member of division 

committee. 

	 Chairman of Division Committee or Member of System Board of Adjustment -

Three sets; one for service as local chairman, one for service as chairman of 

division committee, and one for service as member of system board of 

adjustment. 

c. Transportation - Communications Employees Union - Only one set of OE-5's was 

required when a person claimed service as chairman of a local lodge of the 

T-CEU or its predecessor, the Order of Railroad Telegraphers. Service as local 

chairman and member of the grievance committee was reported on a single 

OE-5. 

d. Service in Special Positions - A separate set of OE-5's was requested for service 

claimed in each of the following special positions: 

	 Insurance secretary of a local lodge. 

	 Legislative representative (may have been local, State or national). 

	 Delegate to grand lodge convention. 

A13. Records for Railway Express Agency (REA) Employees 

Records for Railway Express Agency (REA) employees in the following states are 

stored at NARA and can be secured by the Retirement Analysis and Systems section. 

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Arizona Michigan North Dakota Washington 

California Minnesota Ohio Wisconsin 

Colorado Montana Oregon Wyoming 

Idaho Nebraska South Dakota Hawaii 

Illinois Nevada Texas 

Iowa New Mexico Utah 

Records for Canada and all train messengers are also available. Records for all other 

states have been destroyed. 

A14. Formal Correctness of Report Forms 

a. Certification by Employer Official - Each completed service report form was 

examined to see that it had been properly completed and certified by the 

employer. 

Each of these forms must either have been signed by a proper official, 

accompanied by a memo or letter signed by a proper official, or authenticated by 

some other evidence that the form was cleared through proper channels. Reports 

of railway-labor-organization employers must also have been countersigned by 

the organization's national reporting officer. (A service report form signed by a 

properly authorized official was acceptable even though the service reported was 

that of the official who signed the form.) 

Forms AA-2P(R) completed after 6-15-62 by the: 

 Northern Pacific Ry Co.; 

 Northern Pacific Transport Co.; 

 Walla Walla Valley Ry Co.; and 

 Duluth Union Depot and Transfer Co. 

Must have been signed by: 

 Russell H. Dick, 

 Richard A. Buelke, 

 Beatrice Nachtrieb, or 

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	 K. T. Woodruff. 

b. Use of Standard Symbols - The RRB adopted the following symbols that were 

used by employers in reporting the prior service and compensation data shown in 

their records: 

	 "C" - To indicate that the employer's records showed that the employee 

received compensation during the month for which this symbol was entered. 

	 "W" - To indicate that the employer maintained a month-to-month record that 

the employee performed non-compensated redcap service during that month. 

	 "M" - To indicate that detailed records of the employer are missing or have 

been destroyed for the month for which this symbol was entered. 

	 "X" - To indicate that detailed records of the employer were available and 

were examined, but the employee's name was not found for the service 

claimed during the month for which this symbol was entered. 

	 "Amount of Compensation" - To indicate that the employee received 

compensation during the month for which the amount was reported. Credit 

this month as a month of service if properly claimed. 

Canadian employers who deviated from the use of standard symbols are listed in 

sections c and d below. If the symbols, or an amount of compensation was 

omitted for any month for which an employee claimed service, an explanation of 

the omission made on the service report form or in a accompanying letter was 

accepted if the appropriate symbol or the amount of compensation for that month 

was explicitly indicated. 

c. Canadian National Railway Company 

The following symbols were used by the Canadian National Railway Company in 

reporting service in section 6 of AA-2P(R): 

"A" - Where service was performed in Canada only. 

"B" - Where the employee's name was found on payroll but it could not be 

determined whether any service was performed in the United States. 

"C" - Where the payroll records show service was performed in the United 

States. 

The amounts entered represent compensation for service in the United States. 

When "A" was entered, no amount of compensation was shown. This symbol 

indicated that compensation was earned only in Canada. 

d. Canadian Pacific Railway Company 

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The symbol "C" on Form AA-2P(R) denotes compensated service in the United 

States. 

The amounts entered for the period 1924-1931 are the total compensation for 

service performed in both the United States and Canada. The percentage to be 

applied to those amounts to determine the compensation earned in the United 

States was stated under "Additional Information" or "Remarks" of the AA-2P(R). If 

the stated percentage for the overall period did not apply to a particular month or 

period, the percentage for such month or period was stated as an exception, or 

the actual amount or amounts allocated to such month or period was shown. 

e. Alteration of Service Report Form - Usually, erasures, corrections and additions 

made on service report forms were initialed. An explanation of these changes 

should be in "Remarks" of the AA-2P(R), by the official submitting the form to the 

RRB. However, if the changes were not initialed or an explanation was not 

furnished, the entry was not questioned unless there was reason to believe it was 

in error. 

A15. When Payroll Name Differences Were Reconciled 

If the employer reported any difference in the employee's name (as shown on the prior 

service report of an employer and the name on the employee's application or the AA15), and stated that the names referred to the same person, further reconciliation was 

not necessary. 

Otherwise, any difference in the employee's name as shown on the prior service report 

of an employer and the name on the employee's application or AA-15, was compared to 

other identifying data in the file, i.e., SSA number, DOB, POB, place of residence, and 

similar items, in accordance with RCM 4.8. 

A16. When Employer Personnel Records were Used to Establish Service 

If an employer indicated that detailed records were not available to verify the 

employee's claimed period of prior service or red cap service, they furnished a 

personnel record of the employee's employment. The RRB used the personnel record 

to establish the claimed period of service EXCEPT for any months during the period for 

which the employer has entered "X" on the service report form. The RRB credited all 

other months covered by the personnel record, unless there was evidence that the 

employee did not work during those months. 

However, any service verified by employer personnel records was subject to a reduction 

to allow for probable absences. The reduction was 5 percent of the number of months 

in each period or the absence reported by the employee, whichever was greater. 

EXAMPLE: An employee claimed service with the Rock Island RR from 12-1908 

through 10-1916. The employer's personnel record showed that the employee entered 

its service on 12-10-08 and resigned 10-6-16. The employer reported "C" months for 

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the period 12-1908 through 3-1910, "M" months for the period 4-1910 through 12-1913, 

and "X" months for the remainder of the period claimed. Although payroll records 

indicated that the employee did not work in the months following the period of "M" 

months, the personnel record was not discredited. Subject to the "5% deduction" rule, 

the employee can be credited with the entire period of "M" months. 

A seniority roster was not considered an acceptable personnel record. However when 

reference was made to seniority rosters on AA-2P(R)'s completed by the Seaboard 

Airline Ry. This meant that both the personnel record and the seniority rosters indicated 

that the employee worked during the periods specified. 

A17. Checking Established Service Before Requesting Verification of Additional 

Service 

Before you attempt to establish the maximum allowable period of claimed prior service, 

refer to EDM to determine the number of months of subsequent service verified for the 

employee. 

If it is determined that additional prior service or red cap service claimed by the 

employee should be verified to insure payment of maximum benefits, refer the case to 

the Retirement Analysis and Systems section of the Office of Programs. 

A18. Rechecking "X" Months 

a. When to Recheck - Request Retirement Analysis and Systems to recheck of "X" 

months from an employer only if: 

	 Eligibility for benefits (including minimum annuity) depends upon verification 

of additional service; or 

	 The information previously furnished the employer was in some way 

incomplete or inadequate for verifying the employee's claimed service and 

establishment of the service would increase the annuity by $.30 or more. 

b. Securing Additional Information From Employee - Before asking an employer to 

recheck "X" months, Retirement Analysis and Systems will obtain additional 

information or evidence from the employee, such as: 

	 The name of a predecessor company or contractor for whom the employee 

worked; or 

	 The titles of the different occupations in which he worked; or 

	 The location(s) where the work was performed, the department(s) or 

division(s) in which he worked and the names of foremen or supervisors 

under whom he worked; or 

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	 Different names and initials or different spellings of the names used by the 

employee, which appeared on payroll and other records; or 

	 How the employee was paid (e.g., check, voucher, cash) and the name of the 

employer from whom he received his pay; or 

	 A statement that pay was received for time lost during an identifiable period; 

or 

	 Changes in dates of service originally claimed; or 

	 Names of fellow workers (if the employee was an unskilled laborer or worked 

with a section crew), the location of the work, section or gang number, and 

the employee's brass check number if used to identify workers; or 

	 Personal records, service letters, time books, payroll deduction slips for 

hospitalization or company insurance plans, copies of tax data furnished 

employee by employer, and time records of workers supervised by the 

employee. 

A19. When Form G-86 was Used to Establish Service 

Form G-86, "Certification in Support of Employer Service for Which no Records are 

Available," is now obsolete. 

a. Previous Use of Form G-86's - There were cases in which prior service or red 

cap service was required to establish the maximum allowable service period or to 

insure payment of maximum benefits; the payroll records were missing ("M" 

months); and, the employer could not furnish a personnel record covering a 

period of claimed service. The employee, or in a death case the applicant, was 

given an opportunity to establish his claimed prior service or red cap service by 

requesting two persons who had personnel knowledge that the employee 

performed the service in question to complete Form G-86. 

Two separate Form G-86's were completed independently by each of two 

persons who had personal knowledge that the employee performed the service 

in question. These persons need not have been fellow workers of the employee. 

They could have been related to the employee by blood or marriage, or 

financially obligated to the employee. Their Form G-86 statements were 

accepted if the relationship or obligation was described in detail under "Remarks" 

on the Form G-86. 

b. Examination of Completed G-86's - Each Form G-86 was carefully examined to 

see that all answers were complete and consistent; that the person who signed 

the form had given sufficient plausible information to demonstrate his knowledge 

of the service; and, to prevent the acceptance of conflicting statements. The 

following items were carefully checked: 

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	 Age of Certifier at Time Service Was Performed - The certifier's stated date of 

birth should have agreed with the date on which he stated he first became 

acquainted with the employee. 

Example 1 - A certification in support of service in 1915 which shows that the 

certifier was born in 1909 was not acceptable because it was not reasonable for 

a child six years of age to have had personal knowledge of the employee's 

employment. 

Example 2 -If the certifier's given date of birth indicated that he was only 10 years 

old at the time he stated that he was a fellow worker of the employee, it was 

presumed that the certifier's statements are contrary to fact. It was unlikely that a 

boy ten years old would have been so employed. However, if the certifier stated 

that he was attending school and came into personal contact with the employee 

in some other way, the Form G-86 was accepted. 

	 Period and Method of Personal Contact - The certifier must have stated 

affirmatively that he came into personal contact with the employee at least 

once a month. The contact may have occurred in person, by letter, telephone 

or telegraph; also by receipt of employer records completed by the 

employee, by cashing the employee's pay checks, or any similar means 

which shows conclusively that the certifier has personal knowledge that the 

employee performed service for the employer during the period claimed. 

	 Service Covered by G-86's - The service covered by a Form G-86 only 

verified that portion of the employee's claimed service for which employer 

records are not available. The beginning and ending dates of that portion of 

the employee's prior service which were intended to be substantiated by the 

Form G-86 certification were entered in the spaces provided for "service 

beginning date" and "service ending date," respectively. Credit was not 

allowed for any service before or after the dates shown, or before or after the 

employee's claimed period of prior service. 

IF the Form G-86 also included other periods of service that had detailed 

employer records that did not discredit the certification. However, any service 

included on the Form G-86 that was disproved by detailed records of the 

employer were not allowed. 

If the period covered on Form G-86 was shown by years only, rather than by 

month and year, credit was only allowed from December in the beginning year 

through January of the ending year. Similarly, if service was shown by seasons, 

instead of months, as Fall 1910 to Spring 1914, credit was only allowed from the 

latest month of the beginning season (December) to the earliest month of the 

ending season (March). The seasons were: Spring, March to June; Summer, 

June to September; Fall, September to December; Winter, December to March. 

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	 Signature - The certifier must have signed the Form G-86 in his usual and 

customary manner. The signature must be written in ink or indelible pencil. It 

was not acceptable if any alterations were made. A signature by mark must 

have been witnessed by two persons who knew the person making the 

certification. The witnesses must also have given their addresses. 

Where the certifier's mark was made in the presence of an RRB employee, and 

another witness was not readily available, the RRB employee's signature as a 

witness sufficed if he stated that he personally knew the signer, or had fully 

satisfied himself as to the certifier's identity. 

A20. How Established Prior Service Was Summarized 

a. By G-86 - When acceptable sets of Form G-86 are received covering one or 

more periods of service, Form G-83 summarized all of the service months 

included in all Forms G-86. 

Any period of claimed service which were verified as to inclusive dates by 

employer personnel records, service letters, G-86's, or any similar record, rather 

than by evidence which established some service in each month during the 

period, were subject to a reduction to allow for probable absences. This 

reduction was 5 percent of the number of months in each period or the absence 

reported by the employee, whichever was greater. An exception was made 

when the employee or the employer submitted evidence which established the 

actual days or periods of absence. 

The calculations were made separately for each period of service verified as to 

inclusive dates. Fractions obtained in the calculations were dropped. The total 

creditable "M" months were entered on the G-367 in the folder. 

"Each period of service verified as to inclusive dates," as used in this instruction, 

meant each period of continuous "M" months which were established. Where the 

continuity of "M" months were broken by a "C" month or by a notation in the 

personnel record showing that the employee actually worked in a month, e.g., 

"suspended 10 days for passing red signal on March 15, 1923," the period of "M" 

months before the "C" month and the period of "M" months after the "C" month 

were calculated as two separate periods of service. 

b. By Employee's Personal Record - An employee was allowed to submit a time 

book, work report, material requisitions, call books, or any other similar personal 

record that satisfactorily substantiated his claimed service, if that service could 

not be verified from payrolls or other employer records. The RRB transcribed the 

information from these records to a Form AA-2P(R) by entering the symbol "C" in 

each month verified by the record; describing briefly the evidence submitted on 

the Form AA-2p(R); and dating and signing the form. After this action was 

completed, the personal record was returned to the employee by registered mail. 

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A21. How Prior Service Report Forms Were Marked 

All reported service prior service forms were marked in red pencil with the following 

symbols for the purposes indicated: 

a. Solid Red Border - A solid red border was used to block out a period of prior 

service or an item of compensation which was not creditable or was disregarded 

for all purposes. This was also the appropriate marking to exclude from the 

calculations any prior service or compensation which was not needed because it 

overlapped service verified by two or more employers during a period. If the 

examiner later needed to reinstate an item of service or compensation which had 

been blocked out with a red border, he made a black dotted line around the red 

border. 

b. Red Horizontal Brackets - A pair of red horizontal brackets (one at the beginning 

and one at the end of each period of service) indicated that the particular months 

of service in each such period were counted as service but that any reported 

compensation was excluded from the aggregate compensation that was used in 

determining the average monthly compensation. This was the appropriate 

marking when, during the period 1924-1931, the employer had shown, for the 

same month, the symbol "M" and an amount of compensation. It was also used 

to denote separate periods of "M" service that were included in the total months 

of service. 

c. Vertical Brackets - If two or more service records verify compensation for the 

same month, a pair of vertical brackets on all but one of the forms was used to 

indicate that the total aggregate of the compensation was used, but only one 

service month was credited. 

Compensation data for periods other than 1924-1931 were reported on Form AA-2PBRS. However, if the employer used sec. 7 of AA-2P(R) or otherwise improvised 

instead of using the prescribed form, a red line was drawn to separate the 1924-1931 

period from other periods for which compensation data was furnished. 

Claims examiners in the benefit computing groups were responsible for the blocking out 

of all service in excess of 30 years and/or overlapping service months. In the absence 

of any markings or brackets, all other service and compensation was included as 

reported. 

A22. How the Results of Prior Service Development was Furnished to the 

Employee 

Since 10-21-59 (the date of Board Order 59-190), the RRB did not issue a FORMAL 

notification of an employee's prior service record for cases in which the employee had 

not filed an application for an annuity. The informal notice of a prior service record did 

not carry protest or appeal rights. If a person believed that the informal determination 

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notice was incorrect, he must have filed an annuity application for formal determination 

before he could resort to the RRB's appellate procedure. 

A23. Cancellation of Prior Service Report Forms 

When a request for the completion of a prior service report form was outstanding and 

such information was no longer required, a letter to the railroad was prepared to cancel 

the request. The letter included the form number (i.e., AA-2P), the date it was released, 

and the employee's name, occupation, department, and division or location where he 

worked. 

Cancellation of the request for the completion of prior service report forms was required 

under any of the following conditions: 

	 The applicant was ruled ineligible to receive credit for prior service; or 

	 An investigation showed that the form was sent to the employer in error; or 

	 The employer with whom service was claimed was later determined not subject to 

the RR Act; or 

	 Maximum years of creditable service had already been verified. 

A24. Disposition of Form AA-2P(R) 

Form AA-2P(R) is always filed in the employee's RRB general file or RRB claim file. 

Appendix B - Abbreviations, Trade Names and Nicknames of 

Railroads 

ABC Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad Company 

Air Line, The Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Consolidated Railroad 

Company 

Albert Lea Route Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Company, The 

Alleghany Route, The Richmond and Alleghany Railroad Company 

Annapolis Short Line Maryland Electric Railways Company 

Arkansas River Route Midland Valley Railroad Company 

Artesian Route, The San Antonio, Uvalde & Gulf Railroad Company 

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Atlanta & New Orleans 

Short Line 

Atlantic & West Point Railroad (From 1903, see West 

Point Route) Western Railway of Alabama, The 

Augusta and Asheville 

Short Line 

Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway 

Balloon Route Los Angeles Pacific Railroad (electric) 

Bay Line, The From 1927 Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Company, The Atlanta 

and St. Andrews Bay Railway Company (See also 

Panama Canal Route) 

Bee Line Dayton & Union Railroad Company; Indianapolis and St. 

Louis Railway Company, The; Cleveland, Cincinnati and 

Indianapolis Railway Company 

Bee Line From 1909 Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad Company 

Berkshire Hills Route Housatonic Railroad Company 

Bessemer Route, The Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Company 

"Big Four" Route Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway 

Company, The (New York Central System since 1909) 

Black Band, The Kanawha and Coal River Railway Company 

Blair Line, The Kansas City, Osceola and Southern Railway Company, 

The 

Blue Grass Route, The Kentucky Central Railway Company 

Bluff Line, The In 1891, St. Louis, Alton & Springfield Railroad 

Company, In 1894, St. Louis, Chicago and St. Paul 

Railroad Company 

Boca Grande Route Charlotte Harbor and Northern Railway Company 

"Bonheur - RW & O" Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad Company 

Buckeye Route & Chicago 

Short Line 

Columbus, Hocking Valley and Toledo Railway 

Company, The 

Burlington, The Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad Company 

Burlington Route Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company 

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Cairo Short Line St. Louis & Cairo Short Line (See Egyptian Route, for 

1894) 

Canal Route, The Gulf Line Railway Company 

Cape Charles Route New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad Company 

Cedar Rapids Route Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway 

Company of Iowa, The (See Iowa Route, The - before 

1897) 

Cedar Valley Road Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern Railway Company 

Charleston Line, The South Carolina and Georgia Railroad Company 

Chatauqua Route Jamestown, Chatauqua & Lake Erie Railway Company 

Chicago Outer Belt Line Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company (See Joliet 

Belt Line, 1889) 

Chicago Short Line, 

Buckeye Route 

See Buckeye Route 

Choctaw Line Choctaw Coal and Railway Company 

Choctaw Route, The Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company 

Clinchfield Route, The Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway; Later, Clinchfield 

Railroad Company 

Coast Line Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company 

Clover-Leaf Route Prior to 1903, Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City 

Railroad Company; 1903 and after, Toledo, St. Louis 

and Western Railroad Company (See Nickel Plate) 

Coal & Pig Iron Route, The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company 

Cog Wheel Route Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway Company, The 

Colorado Road, The Colorado and Southern Railway Company, The 

Columbia River Route Colorado Midland Railway Company, The 

Columbus & Toledo Short 

Line 

Marietta, Columbus & Cleveland Railway Company 

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Columbus & Zanesville 

Route 

Columbus and Eastern Railroad Company, The 

Copper Country Route Copper Range Railroad Company 

Coon Valley Route La Crosse & Southeastern Railway Company 

Corn Belt Route Chicago Great Western Railroad Company 

Cotton Belt Route St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company 

Crandie Route, The Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway 

Cripple Creek Scenic Line Midland Terminal Railway Company, The 

Crouch Lines (to the Black 

Hills) 

Missouri River & North Western Railway Company 

"3 C" Route, The Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company 

Dan Patch Lines Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester and Dubuque Electric 

Traction Company 

Decatur Route Indianapolis, Decatur and Western Railway Company 

Deep Water Route Gulf, Florida & Alabama Railway Company 

Denver Road, The Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company 

Diamond Route, The Memphis, Paris & Gulf Railroad Company 

Dixie Line, The Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, The (See 

also, Lookout Mountain Route) 

Dr. Webb's Railroad Mohawk and Malone Railroad Company, The 

Duluth Short Line St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Company 

Eagle Pass Route Mexican International Railroad Company 

Eagle Mere Route Williamsport and North Branch Railroad Company 

East St. Louis Outer Belt 

Line 

Alton & Southern Railroad Company 

Edenborn Line Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company 

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Egyptian Route, The (In 1894) St. Louis & Cairo Short Line (See also, Cairo 

Short Line) 

Elberta Route Prescott & North-Western Railroad Company, The 

Elk Route Charleston, Clendennin & Sutton Railroad Company 

Elkhart Line, The Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railway Company, The 

Erie Erie Railway Company; 1889-93, New York, Lake Erie 

and Western Erie Lines; 1894-1900, Erie; 1903 on, Erie 

Railroad Company 

Evansville Route Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company 

Excelsior Springs Route Kansas City, Clay County and St. Joseph Railway 

Company (electric) 

Fall Brook Line Fall Brook Coal Company 

Feather River Route, The Western Pacific Railway Company 

Fishing Line, The Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Company 

"Flagler" System Florida East Coast Railway Company 

Florida Fast Line Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad 

Company 

Flying Crow, Route of the Kansas City Southern Railway Company, The (See 

also, Fort Arthur Route) 

Fort Dodge Line, The Ft. Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad Company 

Fort Wayne & Penna. 

Route 

Pennsylvania Lines - West of Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Freeport Route, The Houston and Brazos Valley Railway Company 

Frisco Lines (Later, Frisco 

System) 

St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company 

Fruit Belt Line, The (1909) Kalamazoo, Lake Shore and Chicago Railway 

Company; 

(1912) Kansas City and Memphis Railway Company 

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Fruit Belt Route, The Grand Junction and Grand River Valley Railway 

Company, The 

Gary Line Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary Railway Company 

Grand Canyon Line (1903) Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (See 

also, Santa Fe Route) 

Granite & Iron Route Austin and Northwestern Railroad Company, The 

Gray's Peak Route Argentine & Gray's Peak Railway 

Great Gorge Route, The 

From 1903 on 

Niagara Falls & Lewiston Railroad (electric); Niagara 

Gorge Railroad; Lewiston, Youngstown & Frontier 

Railway (electric) 

Great I B & W Route, The Ohio, Indiana and Western Railway Company, The 

Great Middle Route, The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad Company 

Great Rock Island Route, 

The 

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company 

(Later, Rock Island Lines) 

Great Salt Lake Route, 

The 

Rio Grande Western Railway Company, The (Later, 

Denver & Rio Grande Western) 

Green Bay Route Green Bay and Western Railroad Company; Iola and 

Northern Railroad Company; Kewaunee, Green Bay and 

Western Railroad Company 

Green Mountain Route 

(1906 only) 

Central Vermont Railway Company 

Gulf Air Line Houston and Shreveport Railroad Company; Houston 

East & West Texas Railway Company, The 

Gulf Route Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway Company 

Henderson Route, The Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis Railway Company 

Hiwasee Route Atlanta, Knoxville & Northern Railway Company 

Hoosac Tunnel Route Fitchburg Railroad Company 

Hoosier Route, The Chicago & South Bend Railroad 

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Houek Railroads St. Louis, Memphis and Southeastern Railroad; Chester, 

Perryville and Ste. Genevieve Railway Company, The; 

Saline Valley Railway Company; 

Cape Girardeau & Chester Railroad Company, The; 

Cape Girardeau & Thebes Bridge Terminal Railway 

Illini Trail Chicago, Ottawa & Peoria Railway Company 

Inland Empire System Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad Company 

International Route, The International-Great Northern Railroad Company (See 

also The Texas Railroad) 

Iowa Route, The Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway 

Company of Iowa, The (See also, Cedar Rapids Route-

'97) 

Iron Range Route, The Wisconsin & Michigan Railway Company 

Ithaca-Auburn Short Line New York, Auburn and Lansing Railroad Company, The 

Jacksonville Short Line Atlantic, Valdosta & Western Railway Company 

Jacksonville South Eastern 

Line 

Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Railway Company; 

Jacksonville, Louisville and St. Louis Railway Company 

('94); 

Louisville & St. Louis Railway Company 

Jersey Central See New Jersey Central 

Joliet Belt Line Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company (1889) (See 

Chicago Outer Belt Line, for later dates) 

Kanawha Short Line Toledo and Ohio Central Railway Company, The 

Kankakee Belt Route Illinois Division of New York Central Lines 

Kankakee Line - Big Four 

(1889) 

Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway 

Company 

Katy Route, The Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company 

Keokuk Route Keokuk and Western Railroad Company; 

Des Moines & Kansas City Railway Company 

Kay System San Francisco-Oakland Terminal Railways 

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Kite Route, The Denver & Interurban Railroad Company (electric) 

Klickitat Valley Route Columbia River & Northern Railway Company (See 

also, "The Regulator Line") 

Kushequa Route Mt. Jewett, Kinzua and Riterville Railroad Company 

Lackawanna Railroad Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad 

Company, The 

La Grange Route, The Macon and Birmingham Railroad Company (See also, 

Pine Mountain Route) 

Lake Huron Shore Line Detroit and Mackinac Railway Company (See (1912) 

Mackinac Route) 

Lake Shore Route Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company, 

The (New York Central) 

Laurel Line Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad Company 

Leatherstocking Route Southern New York Power and Railway Corporation 

(Successor to Otsego and Herkimer Railroad Company) 

Lima Route Western Ohio Railway Company (electric) (In 1930, 

Dayton & Troy Electric Railway Company) 

Line of the Minute Man Boston and Maine Railroad 

Little E Route Mississippi & Western Railroad Company 

Lone Star Line Texas Central Railway Company, The 

Lookout Mountain Route Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, The (See 

also, Dixie Line, 1930 and after) 

Louisville Belt Line Kentucky & Indiana Terminal Railroad Company 

Low Grade Allegheny Valley Railroad Company (Pennsylvania 

Railroad Company, The) 

Luce Electric Lines Electric Short Line Railway Company 

Lumber Line, The Bainbridge Northern Railway 

Mackinac Route Detroit and Mackinac Railway Company (For name prior 

to 1912, see Lake Huron Shore Line) 

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Mackinac, The (1889) Cincinnati, Jackson and Mackinaw Railway Company 

McKinley Lines Illinois Traction, Inc. 

Maple Leaf Route, The Chicago Great Western Railway Company (See also, 

Corn Belt Route) 

Marble Road, The Crystal River and San Juan Railroad Company, The 

Marquette Route, The 

(1897) 

Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway Company, 

The (See also, Mackinaw Short Line); (1889), See 

South Shore Lines; and South Shore (1894 and later) 

Mason & Dixon Line Western Maryland Railway Company 

Memphis Route Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad 

Company 

Merced Canyon Route Yosemite Valley Railroad Company 

Middle Plains Route Gulf, Texas and Western Railway Company 

Mid-land Route Midland Continental Railroad 

Midland Route, The Texas Midland Railroad 

Milwaukee Road, The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company 

(Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad 

Company) 

Minneapolis Belt, The Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway 

Mississippi Valley Central 

Route 

Illinois Central Railroad Company 

Mississippi Valley Route (In 1894) Chesapeake, Ohio & South-Western Railroad 

Company 

Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Company 

(See - Mobile, Port-of, Route) 

Mobile, Port-of, Route Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railroad 

Corporation (Mobile Line, 1918 to 1930) 

Mobile Route, The (1906) Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Company 

(See (1909) Panama Route) 

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Moffat Road, The Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway Company, 

The 

Monon Route Prior to 1900, Louisville, New Albany and Chicago 

Railway Company; 

1900 on, Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway 

Company 

MOP Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 

Mount Vernon & 

Panhandle 

Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railway Company, The 

(Prior to 1900) Pennsylvania Lines - West of Pittsburgh, 

Pennsylvania) 

Nacoochee Valley Route Gainesville & Northwestern Railroad Company 

Napa Valley Route San Francisco, Napa and Calistoga Railway 

Nashville Route, The Tennessee Central Railroad Company 

Natural Gas Route Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, The 

Natural Tunnel Route, The South Atlantic and Ohio Railroad Company (became 

Virginia & Southwestern Railway in 1900) 

Nevada Short Line, The Tonapah and Tidewater Railroad Company 

New Canada Short Line Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, The 

New Haven New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, 

The 

New Jersey Central Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, The (Also, 

Jersey Central) 

Niagara Falls Route Michigan Central Railroad Company, The 

Niagara Gorge Route See Great Gorge Route 

Nickel Plate Line New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, 

The: 

Nickel Plate District 

Buffalo Division Conneaut to Buffalo 

Cleveland Division Bellevue to Conneaut 

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Fort Wayne Division Fort Wayne to Bellevue 

Chicago Division Fort Wayne to Chicago 

Lake Erie & Western District 

Sandusky Division Sandusky to Frankfort 

Peoria Division Frankfort to Peoria 

Indianapolis Division Indianapolis to Michigan City 

New Castle Division Fort Wayne to Connersville and including New 

Castle to Rushville 

Clover Leaf District 

Frankfort to Toledo Includes First and Second Subdivisions 

St. Louis to Frank-fort Includes Third and Fourth Subdivisions 

North Arkansas Line Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad Company (See 

also, Ozarka-North Arkansas Route) 

North Bank Road, The Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company 

North Shore Line Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Company 

North Star Route Minneapolis & Rainy River Railway Company 

Northwest Route Kansas City, Wyandotte & Northwestern Railroad 

Company 

Northwestern Line, The Chicago and North Western Railway Company; 

Also, Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad 

Company; 

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway 

Company in 1891; 

Sioux City and Pacific Railroad in 1891 

Ohio Valley Line Ohio River Railroad Company 

Oil Belt Line Cisco & Northeastern Railway Company 

Oil Belt Route Wichita Falls, Ranger & Fort Worth Railroad Company 

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O K Route Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City Railroad Company (See 

also, Quincy Route) 

Okefinokee Route Waycross and Southern Railroad Company 

Orem Electric Salt Lake and Utah Railroad Company (electric) 

Orient Lines, The Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway Company, The 

(See also, Port Stilwell Route) 

Overland Route, The Union Pacific Railroad Company 

Ozarks-North Arkansas 

Route 

Missouri and North Arkansas Railway Company (See 

also, North Arkansas Line) 

Ozone Route New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Company 

Panama Canal Route Atlanta & Saint Andrews Bay Railway Company (See 

also, Bay Line) 

Panama Route (1909) Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad Company 

(See also, Mobile Route) 

Panhandle, Texas - Route Fort Worth and Denver City Railway Company; 

Denver, Texas and Fort Worth Railroad Company, The 

Denver, Texas and Gulf Railroad Company, The 

Panhandle Route Pennsylvania Lines - West of Pittsburgh, Pa.; 

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad 

Company, The 

Paradise Valley Route Tacoma Eastern Railroad Company 

Pend Oreille River Route Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad 

Peoria Gateway Line, The Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company, The (Only 

1918); (See Albert Lea Route) 

Peoria Road, The Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad 

Peoria Route, The Rock Island and Peoria Railway Company 

Piedmont Air Line Richmond and Danville Railroad Company, The 

(Southern Railway) 

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Pigeon Mountain Line Chattanooga Southern Railway Company 

Pike's Peak Route Colorado Midland Railway Company, The 

Pilchuek Valley Route Washington Western Railway Company 

Pine Leaf Route Fernwood and Gulf Railroad Company 

Pine Mountain Route Macon and Birmingham Railroad Company (See also, 

(1903) La Grange Route) 

Pine Valley Route Lake Erie, Alliance & Wheeling Railroad Company, The 

Plant System Savannah, Florida and Western Railway Company, The; 

Charleston and Savannah Railway Company; 

South Florida Railroad Company; 

Brunswick and Western Railroad Company 

Became, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company 

Port Arthur Route Kansas City, Pittsburgh and Gulf Railroad Company 

(See also, Route of the Flying Crow) 

Port-of-Mobile Route See Mobile, Port-of Route 

Port St. Joe Route Apalachicola-Northern Railroad Company 

Port Stilwell Route Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway Company, The 

(See also, Orient Lines) 

Poughkeepsie Bridge 

Route 

Central New England and Western Railroad Company 

(Central New England Railway Company) 

Promised Land Route Cache Valley Railroad 

Quanah Route Quanah, Acme & Pacific Railway Company 

Queen & Crescent Route Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Railway Company, 

The; 

Also, Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, The; 

New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Company; 

Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad Company; 

Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad Company 

Quincy Route Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City Railroad Company (See 

also, O K Route) 

Rabun Cap Route Tallulah Falls Railway Company 

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Rathburn System 

(Canada) 

Kingston, Napanco & Western Railway; 

Bay of Quinte Railway & Navigation Company; 

Thousand Islands Railway Company; 

Deseronto Navigation Company, Ltd. 

Redwood Empire Route Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company 

Redwood Route, The California Western Railroad & Navigation Company 

Regulator Line, The See Klickitat Valley Route 

Rhine, the Alps and the Chesapeake and Ohio 

Battlefield Line, The Railway Company, The 

Richmond-Washington 

Line 

Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad 

Company (See Florida Fast Line) 

Ringling Lines Oklahoma, New Mexico and Pacific Railway Company 

Rio Grande Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company, 

The 

Rock Island Lines Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, 

The (See Great Rock Island Route) 

Rockford Route Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota Railway Company 

Rocky Mountain Route St. Louis, Rocky Mountain and Pacific Railway 

Company 

Royal Gorge Route Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company, 

The (See Scenic Line of the World) 

Royal Route, The Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company 

R - S Pacific Route Roscoe, Snyder and Pacific Railway Company 

Sacandaga Route Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad 

Sacramento Short Line San Francisco-Sacramento Railroad Company 

Salt Lake Route San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company 

Santa Fe Route Chicago, Santa Fe & California Railway (1889); 

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, The 

(1891 to date); (See Grand Canyon Route, 1903) 

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"S A P" San Antonia and Arkansas Pass Railway Company, The 

Savannah Short Line Georgia and Alabama Railway 

Scenic Line of the World Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company, 

The (See Royal Gorge Route) 

Sea Shore Line, The Los Angeles Terminal Railway Company 

Shawmut Line, The Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern Railway Company, The 

Sheboygan Freight Line Wisconsin Light & Power Company 

Shell Bark Route Coal Belt Railway (St. Louis, MO) 

Saint Claire Tunnel Service Canada to Detroit 

Shenandoah Valley Route Norfolk and Western Railway Company 

Sierra Nevada Route Nevada-California-Oregon Railway Company 

Silver San Juan Scenic 

Line 

Rio Grande Southern Railroad Company, The 

Soo Line, The Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway 

Company 

Soo-Mackinaw Short Line, 

The 

Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway Company, 

The (See Soo-South Shore Lines) 

Soo-South Shore Lines Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway 

Company (See Soo Line); 

Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway Company, 

The; 

(See South Shore, after 1900; "Marquette Line," 1897; 

"Soo-Mackinaw Short Line in 1889") 

South Bend Gateway Indiana Northern Railway Company 

South Park Line Denver, Leadville and Gunnison Railway Company, The 

South Haven Route Toledo and South Haven Railroad Company 

South Shore Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway Company, 

The (Cleveland) 

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South Shore Lines Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Railway 

Southwestern Route El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Company 

Split Log Kansas City, Fort Smith & Southern Railroad Company 

Straight Line, The Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad Company 

Sugar Belt Route St. Louis, Avoyelles & Southwestern Railway Company 

Sumatra Leaf Route Georgia, Florida & Alabama Railway Company 

Sumter Route South Carolina Railway Company, The 

Sunset Route Southern Pacific Company (Also, Odgen & Shasta 

Route) 

Suwanee River Route Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company 

Switzerland Trail, The Colorado & Northwestern Railway Company; 

Denver, Boulder & Western Railroad Company 

Tangent Line Findlay, Fort Wayne and Western Railway Company, 

The 

Taos Route, The San Luis Valley Southern Railway Company, The 

Tarpon Route, The Orange Belt Railway Company 

Texas Panhandle Route See Panhandle, Texas - Route 

Texas Railroad, The International and Great Northern Railway Company 

Three C Route, The Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad Company 

Timber Belt Line Texas Southern Railway Company 

Trans-Virginias Route Chesapeake & Western Railroad Company 

Tri-City Route Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway 

Company 

Tropical Line, The Tavares and Gulf Railroad Company 

Tropical Trunk Line Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway Company 

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Utah Coal Route Utah Railway Company 

Valley Line, The St. Joseph Valley Railway Company 

Vandalia Line Penna. Lines - West of Pittsburgh, Pa.; 

Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad before 1905 

Velasco Route Houston & Brazos Valley Railway Company 

Vermilion Route Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Company, The 

Vicksburg Route Alabama and Vicksburg Railway Company, The; 

Vicksburg, Shreveport and Pacific Railroad Company, 

The; 

Formerly Part of Queen & Crescent 

Vidalia Route, The Macon, Dublin & Savannah Railroad Company 

Waco-Beaumont Route Waco, Beaumont, Trinity & Sabine Railway Company 

Water Level Route New York Central System 

Watkins Route, The Kansas City, Watkins and Gulf Railway and Belt Line 

Railway Company, The; 

Also (In 1903) Western Railway of Alabama (See 

Atlanta & N.O. Short Line) 

West Point Route, The Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company (See Atlanta 

& N.O. Short Line) 

White Oaks Route El Paso and Northeastern Railway Company 

Wichita Falls Route Wichita Falls and Northwestern Railway Company of 

Texas, The; 

Wichita Falls & Southern Railway Company, The 

Willamette Route Oregon Electric Railway Company 

Winona Lines Winona Railroad Company, The 

Yellowstone Park Line Northern Pacific Railway Company 

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Appendix C - Employment Relation (ER) on August 29, 1935 

C1. Employment Relation Forms 

The RRB determined the existence or non-existence of an employment relation on 

August 29, 1935, on the basis of evidence, according to RRB regulations. The 

responsibility for making the determination was not delegated to the employer, 

employee, or to any representative of either. 

The following forms were used to make an employment relation determination: 

a. ERR-8 - Employment Relation Questionnaire - This form was completed by the 

railroad employer. This form is now obsolete. 

b. ERR-9 - Employment Relation Decision - This form was completed by the claims 

examiner and authorized. This form is now obsolete. 

C2. General Definition Of Employment Relation (ER) 

A person could receive credit for prior service (railroad service before 1-1-37) only if he 

met one of the following work requirements on August 29, 1935, the enactment date of 

the 1935 Railroad Retirement Act: 

a. He was an employee representative; or 

b. He was "in service for compensation" within the U.S. with an employer 

conducting the principal part of its business in the U.S.; or 

c. He had an "employment relation" on August 29, 1935, with a railroad employer 

conducting the principal part of its business in the U.S. 

C3. In Service for Compensation 

When a person was regularly assigned to and occupied a continuing position before the 

enactment date (August 29, 1935) and returned to the same position after that date with 

status unchanged, he was considered "in service for compensation. 

However, he was not considered "in service for compensation" if he was considered by 

the employer as being on leave of absence, on furlough, or if he was recorded as 

absent because of sickness or disability under the rules and practices applicable to him 

and the absence exceeds 30 days. 

A person was on furlough if involuntarily absent from active service by action of the 

employer under an established rule or practice. A furlough cannot exist unless, during 

the period of absence, the person was subject to call for service and ready and willing to 

serve. The rules or practices that governed the absence must have allowed the 

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employee to be restored to active service when certain, definite events or conditions 

occurred. 

In the following examples the person was considered, in all respects as "in service for 

compensation" on the enactment date. 

EXAMPLE 1: A trainman, an engineer or other employee who was not actually working 

on August 29, 1935, because that day was his lay over day. 

EXAMPLE 2: A trainman or engineer not working on August 29, 1935, because he had 

earned all the mileage which the employer permitted him to accumulate for that 

calendar month. 

EXAMPLE 3: An employee who was on a paid vacation on August 29, 1935. 

EXAMPLE 4: An employee absent on jury duty. 

EXAMPLE 5: An employee on the extra board who normally would perform work during 

each month but who was not working on that day. 

EXAMPLE 6: A crossing watchman, telegraph operator, or other employee regularly 

used in relief work but was not actually working on the enactment date. 

C4. When an Employment Relation was Precluded 

An "employment relation" on August 29, 1935, could not be established or deemed 

under the following conditions: 

a. Retired or Discharged before August 29, 1935 - An employee who was retired or 

discharged before August 29, 1935, was deemed not to have been in an 

employment relation to an employer on August 29, 1935. Consider an employee 

to have retired or discharged under the following conditions: 

	 The employer terminated the person's rights as an employee under a rule or 

practice in effect; or 

	 The employee was discharged, or granted a continuing pension or gratuity, or 

had reached the mandatory retirement age; or 

	 The employee's record was closed out; or 

	 The employee resigned, relinquished his rights; or otherwise separated 

himself from employer service. 

b. All Service Outside U.S. - If a person, during the last payroll period in which he 

rendered service to an employer before August 29, 1935, rendered all such 

service outside the U.S. to an employer not conducting the principal part of his 

business in the U.S., he was not deemed to have an employment relation. 

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c. Service for Local Lodge or Division - A person could not have an employment 

relation if his only service for an employer was for a local lodge or division of a 

railway labor organization in the capacity of employee of the local lodge or 

division. 

C5. General Conditions Establishing an Employment Relation 

Unless precluded by the conditions shown in C4, a person who was not actually working 

for a railroad employer, or was not regarded as being "in service for compensation" on 

August 29, 1935, was considered to have had an "employment relation" on that date, for 

the purpose of crediting prior service, if: 

a. He was on a leave of absence expressly granted by his employer or his 

employer's authorized representative and the grant of leave was satisfactorily 

established with the RRB before July 1947; or 

b. He was in the service of an employer in 6 calendar months between August 29, 

1935, and January 1, 1946 (the months need not be consecutive); or 

c. He was absent from employer service because of a discharge that was protested 

as wrongful (within 1 year after its effective date) to an appropriate labor 

representative and the discharge was followed by reinstatement in good faith, to 

his former service with all seniority rights, within 10 years after its effective date; 

or 

d. He did not retire and was not retired or discharged from the service of his last 

employer (or its corporate or operating successor) before August 29, 1935, but: 

	 He had ceased employer service solely because of his physical or mental 

disability and remained disabled until age 65; or, 

	 He was not called back to service on or after August 29, 1935, and before 

August 1945 by his last employer or its successor, solely because of his 

disability; or, 

	 He was called, but solely because of his disability, he was unable to render 

service in six calendar months between August 29, 1935, and 1-1946. 

C6 When Leave of Absence Provided an Employment Relation 

A leave of absence was action by the employer permitting or requiring the employee to 

remain away from active service and relieving the employee from the obligations or 

conditions attached to active service. It ceased to exist whenever the person was 

reached in a reduction in force, when he retired, or when the approved period of leave 

of absence expired. A leave of absence did not exist unless there was a position to 

which the employee had a right to return. 

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For purpose of crediting prior service, a leave of absence gave a person an employment 

relation, if the leave was established in the RRB's records before 7-1-47. 

a. Leave Granted Orally - Evidence establishing a leave of absence granted orally 

must have been convincing. The employer or his authorized representative must 

have granted the leave and the person granting the leave must have had the 

authority to do so. 

b. Leave Granted in Writing - A leave of absence granted in writing must have been 

in consideration of the circumstances in an individual case and not have been an 

automatic action under a rule or practice applicable to a whole class or group of 

employees. If a leave was expressly granted, it was usually for a specified 

period. However, if an indefinite leave was granted, evidence that it extended 

through August 29, 1935, must have been clear and definite. 

c. Leave not in Effect on August 29, 1935 - If a leave of absence was granted 

purporting to extend through August 29, 1935, but actually was nullified before 

that date by a furlough, retirement, or similar occurrence, the person was not 

considered to have been on leave on that date. 

C7. Six Months of Service Rule 

The performance of creditable service for an employer, other than service for a local 

lodge or division of a railway labor organization, in at least 6 calendar months between 

August 29, 1935 and January 1, 1946, established an employment relation on August 

29, 1935. The months of service did not need to be consecutive and may have been 

rendered either before or after the employee attained age 65. It was immaterial whether 

before, during, or after the 6 months of service the person was discharged or otherwise 

separated from RR service. 

a. General - If 6 months of railroad service were posted to a Form G-73, "Request 

for Subsequent Service and Earnings Transfer," for months between August 29, 

1935, and January 1, 1946, the employment relation was established on that 

basis. No further development was required. 

b. Canadian Employer - A person, whose last service before August 29, 1935, was 

for an employer not conducting the principal part of its business in the U.S., had 

an employment relation if he performed some service in the U.S. during the last 

payroll period in which he worked before August 29, 1935. A person who DID 

NOT perform some service in the U.S. during the last payroll period in which he 

worked before August 29, 1935, did not have an employment relation, even if he 

performed 6 months of service in the U.S. between August 29, 1935, and 

January 1, 1946. 

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C8. Cases that Required Special Handling 

a. Canadian Employer Cases - When an employment relation decision could not be 

reached on the basis of the information in file, a Form AA-2P was released with 

the following notation in item 2 of the form: 

"NOTE: If this person did not perform any service in the U.S. on August 29, 

1935, nor in the last payroll period in which he worked before that date, a 

statement to that effect will be sufficient and this form need not be completed." 

If the only service on August 29, 1935, was with an employer conducting the 

principal part of its business outside the U.S., there must also be a statement by 

the employer that the employee was in compensated service in the U.S. on 

August 29, 1935 or, on that date, he was on a continuous run which started or 

ended in the U.S. 

b. B&O RR Relief Department Cases - Persons who, since ceasing service, had 

been continuously disabled and carried on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 

Company relief department rolls, were generally regarded, for the purpose of the 

employment relation definition, as not having been "retired" before August 29, 

1935. Continued payment of relief benefits to a person was evidence of a belief 

on the part of the employer that the person was still its employee. The fact that a 

person's name has been removed from the seniority roster under the conditions 

outlines above would not constitute retirement as defined under the RR Act for 

the purpose of determining an employment relation. (See L-48-557.) 

Exception: This did not apply if the employee had been notified that upon 

recovery from his disability he would not be permitted to resume service or he 

had otherwise been formally dismissed or he had resigned. 

C9. Determinations that Involved Service to a Local Lodge or Division of a 

Railway Labor Organization 

When a person claimed simultaneous prior service with a local lodge or division of a 

railway labor organization, and with a railroad employer, the employment relation 

determination was based only on the service to the railroad employer on or after August 

29, 1935. 

If a completed OE-5 verified compensated service for the month of August 1935 with a 

labor-organization employer, in a capacity other than as an employee of a local lodge or 

division, an employment relation was established. Compensated service was 

established for a person in an elective position if the employer entered the symbol "C" 

or an amount of compensation for the month of August 1935 in section II of Form OE-5. 

Service claimed in a non-elective position was substantiated by a specific statement by 

the labor-organization employer indicating that the service was performed on August 29, 

1935. 

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However, if service was rendered solely to a local lodge or division of a railway labor 

organization in a capacity of employee of the local lodge or division, an employment 

relation was precluded. A memorandum addressed to "The File" was placed in the 

folder. The memorandum reflected the facts on which the denial of such service was 

based, and included a statement that the decision was not to be construed as affecting 

the person's right to an annuity based on other creditable service. The memorandum 

was signed by both the examiner handling the case and by an authorizer. 

C10. Determinations in Time Lost Cases 

Credit for service and compensation in "time lost" cases was allowed only if the 

recipient of remuneration for "time lost" had an employee status during the entire period 

for which he received such remuneration. The "rules" and "practices" in effect at the 

time of the absence governed the determination of an employee status. Usually this 

information was obtained from an ERR-8b or LQ-10. (Both forms are now obsolete, but 

valid as to the information contained thereon.) 

a. Established Rule - An established rule was an authoritative binding declaration, 

definitely and specifically formulated and of general application to employees 

within the same class. 

A rule may have been expressed either in form of specific authoritative 

instructions in force on the employer or in a contract or working agreement made 

between the employer and labor organization. It derived its authoritative effect 

from the authority of the officer issuing the declaration or from the binding nature 

of the contract between the employer and the labor organization. 

b. Established Practice - An established practice was a custom not expressed in the 

form of a rule but followed with such frequency and uniformity that there was 

reasonable assurance it would be followed in the case of the person under 

consideration. When such a practice was widely known, it could be stated in the 

form of a rule. 

C11. Effect of Disability on Employment Relation 

A person who was not retired and who was not precluded from having an employment 

relation was deemed to have had an employment relation, if before August 29, 1935 he 

ceased to render service to an employer, solely because of physical or mental disability 

and remained disabled until age 65 or August 1945, whichever occurred first. 

a. Employee Age 65 Before August 29, 1935 - If an employee ceased service solely 

because of disability and attained age 65 before August 29, 1935, he will have 

been in an employment relation, if his disability continued until age 65 and his 

employee status was not terminated before August 29, 1935. It was immaterial 

whether: 

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	 He could have returned to service had he recovered from disability after age 

65 or after 7-1945; or 

	 He retained rights to return to service after August 29, 1935. 

b. Employee Not Recalled Due to Disability - If an employee was not precluded 

from an employment relations (see section C4 above), and, between August 28, 

1935, and August 1945, he was not recalled to service solely because his 

disability made him unable to perform the duties of the positions to which he 

would, otherwise, have been called, he was deemed to have an employment 

relation. 

	 Junior Employee Called - If a junior employee was called to service from a 

seniority roster maintained by rule or practice during a period in which the 

person was disabled, this was considered sufficient evidence that the person 

would have been called had he not been disabled, provided: 

	 There was nothing to show that the person would not have been 

called; and 

	 The employer stated that the person would have been called. (If an 

employer did not make such a statement because of inadequate 

records of the transaction, other available facts and circumstances 

were considered.) 

	 Non-Agreement Employee - In these cases the determination was made from 

any available evidence as to whether a junior employee was called to service 

during a period in which the employee was disabled. An established practice 

(with other evidence) was given such weight as the circumstances warranted. 

c. Six Months Service Not Acquired Due To Disability - A person was deemed to 

have an employment relation on August 29, 1935, if on or after that date and 

before 8-1945, he was called to return to the service of an employer (or its 

successor) by whom he was employed before August 29, 1935, but solely 

because of his disability, he was unable to render service in 6 calendar months. 

If a person was called for a job of 6 month's duration and was unable to respond 

solely because of disability, it was immaterial that he was not disabled either 

before or after the period. It was also immaterial whether a person was disabled 

before or after each of 2 or more periods of service totaling 6 or more months, if 

he remained disabled during the time that the positions were open and while he 

was subject to call. 

The following conditions must have been present to establish that a person did 

not perform employer service in 6 calendar months, solely because of disability: 

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a. No other circumstances existed that would have prevented the rendition of 

service during the period; and 

b. The position to which he was called was of at least 6 month's duration; 

and 

c. There was evidence that he did not cease service before the sixth month 

because of: 

 Retirement; or 

 Leave of absence; or 

 Personal reasons other than disability; or 

 Suspension or a furlough. 

C12. Effect of Reinstatement on Employment Relation 

A reinstatement following a discharge in effect on August 29, 1935, could have given 

the employee an employment relation. It was immaterial whether the discharge was 

improper. It was only necessary that, within one year of the effective date, the discharge 

was protested as wrongful and was followed, within ten years, by the employee's 

reinstatement in good faith to his former service with full seniority rights. 

a. Reimbursement or Active Service - If in good faith, it did not matter whether the 

employee received pay for time lost or reentered active service of the employer 

after reinstatement. If the employee did not reenter active service, it must have 

been shown that the reinstatement was made in contemplation of a return to 

service. 

b. Physical Test as Condition of Reinstatement - If the employee was required to 

pass a physical test as a condition of reinstatement and did not do so, the 

reinstatement did not occur. However, if after the reinstatement occurred, he 

failed to pass a mental or physical examination as a condition of his return to 

active service, failure to pass the examination was not taken to be evidence of 

lack of good faith in the part of the employee or the employer. 

C13. Military Service 

Creditable military service performed between August 29, 1935, and January 1, 1946, 

was counted toward the establishment of an employment relation as if the military 

service was service to a railroad employer. 

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C14. How Information was Secured for an Employment Relation Determination 

When a person was not precluded from having an employment relation and one could 

not be established by the "6 months of service" rule, the following information was 

secured from the employer, employee, or other sources, in that order. 

a. From Employer - A Form ERR-8, "Employment Relation Questionnaire," was 

usually released to the last employer in combination with an AA-2P(R). If it was 

obvious that the employee did not have an employment relation, the employer 

was asked to disregard the AA-2P(R) and complete only the ERR-8. 

An ERR-8 completed after 6-15-62 by the: 

 Northern Pacific Ry Co.; 

 Northern Pacific Transport Co.; 

 Walla Walla Valley Ry Co.; and 

 Duluth Union Depot and Transfer Co. 

Must have been signed by: 

 Russell H. Dick, 

 Richard A. Buelke, 

 Beatrice Nachtrieb, or 

 K. T. Woodruff. 

b. From Employee - When a decision could not be made on the basis of information 

on the ERR-8, the employee's statement on his AA-1, AA-15 or correspondence 

giving the reason why he was not working on August 29, 1935, was carefully 

considered to determine any further action required to develop an employment 

relation or lack of an employment relation. 

For example, if an applicant last worked for an employer before August 29, 1935, 

and claims that he was not working on that date because of disability, the RRB 

asked him for a satisfactory medical statement or a report (including a diagnosis) 

to substantiate his claim. 

Any medical evidence was furnished at no expense to the RRB and was 

requested only if it was clear that the applicant was not precluded from having an 

employment relation. The evidence must have shown the dates of the periods 

during which the employee remained disabled. If the employee claimed inability 

to work for anyone since becoming disabled, the RRB asked him what his means 

of livelihood had been. 

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If the employee lived in the United States or Canada, the RRB field office 

developed the information needed. If the employee resided in a foreign country 

other than Canada, BRB requested the information directly from the employee. 

c. Other Sources - The rules summary file, agreements, and precedent legal 

opinions were sources of information. The use of the rules summary file was 

generally confined to a determination whether or not a retirement occurred before 

August 29, 1935, within the meaning of section 204.6 of the RRB regulations. 

When the employer had no record or the records were incomplete and the 

employee was unable to furnish satisfactory evidence to substantiate his claim to 

an employment relation, information was obtained from railway labor 

organizations. In certain cases, these organizations were able to furnish data on 

the removal from or reinstatement to a seniority roster of an applicant's name, 

rules and practices in effect with respect to a group or class of employees, in 

some instances medical reports or decisions based on physical or mental 

examinations, records of individual cases of grievance handled by the 

organization, etc. 

C15. How Employment Relation was Developed When Disability was a Factor 

When disability was a factor for determining an employment relation, evidence that 

established when the disability began, the period or periods of duration, and the extent 

of the disability was required. 

a. Employer Record of Disability History - When a completed ERR-8 stated that the 

employee was off because of disability, and the detailed questions about such 

disability listed on the form were satisfactorily answered, further evidence of 

disability was not required. 

If, however, a decision could not be made based on the information furnished, 

the employer was asked to submit any evidence it may have had that indicated 

the employee was disabled, especially evidence that the disability continued until 

the employee attained age 65 or until August 1, 1945, whichever occurred first. 

If possible the following types of evidence were obtained: 

 The conditions of the separation of the employee from the railroad service. 

 Medical reports by the employer physician. 

 Reports of any periodic reexaminations. 

 Any other record related to the person's disability. 

b. Evidence of Disability To Be Furnished by Employee - When the employer 

records were incomplete, were destroyed, or were otherwise not available, the 

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RRB field office asked the employee to submit a satisfactory medical statement 

or report including a diagnosis to substantiate his claim. The medical evidence 

was furnished at no expense to the RRB and should have shown the following: 

 Nature of the disability. 

 Beginning date of disability. 

 Periods during which disability existed, if not continuous. 

NOTE: Evidence based on an examination, medical report or finding of disability 

made at or near the time of the employee's separation from employer service 

was preferred. However, if such evidence could not be obtained, the employee 

furnished a medical statement or report including a then current diagnosis. 

Where practical, the RRB attempted to use such evidence in making their 

decision. 

c. Employment After Becoming Disabled - Any work performed for an employer 

under the RRA or for any person or company not an employer under the RRA, 

after the employee claimed to have become disabled was fully developed, so that 

any such employment was reconciled with a determination of disability. 

When the employee claimed that he had not worked since he was separated 

from RR service because of disability, the RRB field office was requested to 

determine his source of livelihood during the period claimed. If there was an 

indication that he was employed during the time he claimed disability, the RRB 

field office obtained the following information: 

 The name and address of his employer(s). 

 The dates of his employment. 

 His occupation. 

 The nature of his duties. 

 The frequency with which he worked (full-time, part-time, or intermittently). 

C16. Disability Determinations 

For the purpose of crediting prior service, physical or mental disability existed when a 

person was unable to perform the duties of his regular occupation in accordance with 

the standards recognized in the RR industry. 

a. Static Disability - If the disability was static, the disability determination was made 

by the claims examiner. Conditions of static disability were: 

 Heart disease which confines the employee to home or bed; or 

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 Active tuberculosis; or 

 Total blindness; or 

 Total loss of hearing; or 

 Loss of arm or leg; or 

 Loss of motion of 50% or more of the spine; or 

 Cancer, regardless of its location; or 

 Confinement in a mental institution; or 

 Epilepsy (one or more attacks a month); or 

 Hemiplegia or stroke resulting in paralysis; or 

 Parkinson's disease; or 

 Loss of speech; or 

 Any condition requiring the appointment of a legal guardian for the employee. 

b. Other cases of disability - Other cases of disability, or cases in which there may 

be doubt that the disability was static, were referred to the disability rating 

section, after all available information and evidence pertaining to an employee's 

disability and employment (if any) after becoming disabled was received. After 

that division made its determination, the case was returned to the adjudication 

unit for the employment relation determination. 

c. Use of Form G-325 - A Form G-325, "Disability Decision Sheet," was used to 

request a determination of disability from the disability rating section. The form 

was completed in accordance with RCM Part 11. However, answers to the 

following questions were also requested: 

	 Did the disability in this case continue until age 65 or until August 1, 1945, 

whichever was earlier? 

	 Did the disability in this case prevent the applicant from being recalled for 

service on or after the enactment date and before August 1, 1945? 

	 Did the disability in this case prevent the applicant from working an aggregate 

period of six months from August 29, 1935, to January 1946? 

	 Where the person was employed after the last RR service, was the outside 

employment reconciled with the disability? 

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C17. Employment Relation Established 

When the information and evidence submitted was sufficient to establish an 

employment relation, an authorized Form ERR-9 was placed in a general file stating the 

basis for the decision. 

a. GF or Inactive "A" Case - The employee was notified of the decision. If there was 

an indication that the employee intended to retire in the near future, development 

was initiated to verify sufficient prior service to provide the maximum allowable 

benefit. If there was no indication of immediate retirement, no further action was 

taken. 

b. Active "A" Case - The employee was notified of the decision if he requested 

notification and any other necessary adjudicative action was taken. 

C18. Employment Relation not Established 

Where full development was completed and an employment relation was not 

established based on the information and/or evidence submitted, Form ERR-9 was 

placed in the claim file, stating the basis for the decision. 

a. Notice To Employee or Applicant - Each employee or applicant was notified of 

the denial of the claim for prior service when an employment relation could not be 

established. If the employee had not filed an annuity claim, only an informal 

disallowance was made. A formal denial on appeals (AB-25) stationery was 

made only if the employee had filed an application for an annuity. This formal 

denial was made at the same time as the award or denial of the employee's 

application for annuity. 

A copy of the prior service denial was sent to the RRB field office servicing the 

area in which the applicant lived. 

b. Notice To Employer - A copy of the employment relation denial or disallowance 

letter was sent to the last railroad employer. If the employee worked for a 

different RR employer before August 29, 1935, a copy was sent to that employer. 

These copies were subject to the disclosure limitations and were addressed to 

employers in the same manner as other denials (see RCM 8.1). 

c. Other Action - Specific Cases 

	 Active "A" Cases - Less Than 120 Months - When less than 120 months of 

subsequent service was established, the claim was transferred to SSA (see 

RCM 7.2). 

	 Active "A" Cases - 120 or More Months - When the applicant was eligible 

based only on the employee's subsequent service, he was notified of the 

denial of prior service. Any annuity payable was processed. 

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C19. Redetermination of Employment Relation 

Due to the 1946 amendments to the RRA, a redetermination of an employee's 

employment relation may have been required. 

a. Decisions Made Before 7-31-46 - The establishment of an employment relation 

before 7-31-46 remained effective if the person was awarded an annuity before 

that date. If no annuity was awarded, the decision was no longer effective, and a 

redetermination of the employment relation was made. 

b. Validity of Old Forms 

1. ERR-8 and ERR-8a - The information reported on an old ERR-8 or ERR8a was acceptable and, when applicable, was used wholly or partially as 

the basis of determination of existence or non-existence of an employment 

relation. However, when additional information was required for a 

determination, the employer completed a new ERR-8. 

2. ERR-9 - When full development was completed, the employment relation 

redetermination was made on a new authorized ERR-9. 

The employee had previously been notified that his prior service was 

creditable. If, upon redetermination, the service was later determined not 

creditable, a full explanation for the reversal of the previous decision was 

sent to the employee. 

Appendix E - How Compensation before 1937 was Verified 

E1. General 

Before 7-1-74 employers were required to furnish information from their payrolls as to 

the actual amount of compensation earned in each month needed to determine the prior 

service average. Effective July 1, 1974 or later, verification of compensation for service 

before 1937 was no longer required. If the prior service compensation record was not 

already available at the RRB, the ICC occupational average was used to determine the 

average compensation before 1937. The ICC average was the combined average of 

employee earnings reported to the ICC for the years 1924-1931 for employees in the 

occupations in which an individual was employed during the 1924-1931 period, or in a 

similar occupation. 

E2. How Employer Reported Occupational Title 

If an applicant claimed service before 1937, the Form AA-2p released to the employer 

indicated the number of months the employer needed to verify to establish 360 months 

and requested the occupational title for those months. The occupational titles were 

requested for only those months that were used to determine the average monthly 

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compensation. (See Appendix F of this chapter for instructions on determining prior 

service average.) 

a. Employee Claimed At Least 18 Months during Base Period (1924-1931) - The 

employer was requested to report occupational titles for all months in this period 

which were then included in the "years of service." 

NOTE: Beginning with 1-1962, service in the 1924-1931 period was not needed 

for 360 months when the employee had service in each month after 12-1931. 

However, it was necessary to request the occupational titles for the latest 18 

months in the base period, even though these months were not used as service. 

The occupational titles reported for service in the base period were necessary to 

determine the prior service average. 

b. Employee Claimed to Have Worked Less Than 18 Months during Base Period 

(1924-1931) - The employer was asked to verify all service before 1937 that were 

included in the "years of service" and was ask to report the occupational titles for 

those months in the period 1924-1936. 

c. Employee Claimed No Service during Period 1924-1936, But Claimed Service 

Before 1924 - The employer was asked to verify all of the service that was 

included in the years of service and to report the exact title of the employee's last 

occupation in the last month for which service was verified. 

d. Occupational Titles Required From More Than One Employer - When service 

with two or more employers was claimed or indicated during a period needed to 

determine the prior service average, the occupational titles were obtained from 

each employer for all months involved. 

E3. Verification of Express Commissions 

A claim for express commissions was not solicited unless there was a definite indication 

of joint service with a carrier and an express company during a period used in 

determining the prior service average. 

If an employee claimed joint service with a carrier and express company during the 

period used to determine the prior service average and the records were available at 

the RRB, the case was handled as follows: 

a. Creditability of Express Commissions Earned in Joint Employment (Cases Where 

Actual Compensation was Available to the RRB Before July 1, 1974) .- The full 

amount of the verified express commissions, minus expenses, for any month in 

the period was used to determine the prior service average. When the employee 

performed joint service for a carrier and an express company during that month, 

the $300 monthly maximum was applied after crediting the NET express 

commissions. 

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b. Claimant Statements - If the "location" of the service was not shown on other 

material in file, that information was secured from the claimant before releasing 

an AA-2P. This was essential because the express company records were kept 

by "location." 

When express commissions were already available at the RRB for months in the 

period used to determine the prior service average, the claimant must have 

furnished the RRB with a certification of expenses incurred during his express 

service. 

E4. Compensation for Part of Month of Creditable Service for International 

Employer 

When the fractional part of a month is to be credited as a full month of service and falls 

within a period used for determining the employee's average monthly compensation for 

prior service, the total compensation reported as earned in the U.S. is to be included as 

creditable compensation. 

Appendix F - Determining Prior Service Average 

F1. Definition of Terms Used 

The following list of terms were frequently used in determining the prior service average: 

a. ICC Average - The combined average of employee earnings reported to the IICC 

for the years 1924-31, by Class I employers for employees in the occupations in 

which an individual was employed during the 1924-31 period, or in a similar 

occupation (see Appendix H). 

b. Months Proved - The months of service verified by any of the methods described 

in Appendix A. 

c. Months for Which Compensation Records Available - The months of verified 

service for which an employer previously submitted a complete record of 

compensation. Any month in which compensation records were wholly or partly 

missing could not be considered a month for which compensation records were 

available. 

d. Years of Service - The period including an employee's service after 1936 and his 

service before 1937 taken in reverse order up to a maximum of 360 months. 

F2. How the ICC Average was Determined 

The "Alphabetical List and Index to Occupational Classification and Reporting 

Divisions," indicated the ICC "reporting division number" that was required to determine 

the ICC average. The average for that occupation in Appendix D of this chapter is 

opposite the corresponding “reporting division number.” 

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When more than one occupation was involved, the following rules determined ICC 

average: 

A. More Than One Occupation Reported in Same Month - It was assumed that the 

employee worked the entire month in the occupation having the highest ICC 

average. 

B. Service in More Than One Occupation to Be Considered - The ICC average for 

each occupation was multiplied by the number of months reported for that 

occupation and then divided by the total number of service months in the period 

used to determine the monthly average. 

F3. How AMR/AMC was Determined 

Except for a redcap or other station attendant, Board Order 59-19 determined the 

computation of the AMR or AMC for service before 1937, in accordance with F4 - F6 

below, whichever is applicable. 

The provisions of Board Order 59-19 applied in all cases in which the annuity was 

awarded on or after 1-28-59. Since it was not possible to compute the AMR under the 

provisions of this Board Order on the day of approval, some awards as late as 2-9-59 

were NOT based on an average computed under B.O. 59-19. When an annuity was 

awarded on or after 1-28-59 and the AMR was not determined in accordance with B.O. 

59-19, the case was not reopened solely to recompute the monthly average under the 

new rules. 

If the AMR was properly determined under rules applicable at that time (whether before, 

on, or after 1-28-59), the case may have been reopened if compensation records 

become available for one or more months for which the records were considered not 

available when the previous determination was made AND the redetermination will 

increase the AMR. This applied even when an annuity was terminated for any reason 

(i.e., return to LPE or recovery from disability) and the employee became re-entitled to 

an annuity at a later date. 

F4 Actual Compensation Prior to 1937 Considered In Determining Prior Service 

Avg 

a. At Least 18 Months of Service Proved in the Period 1924-31 Were Included in 

"Years of Service" 

1. If compensation records WERE available for at least one-half but not less 

than 18 of the months proved, the creditable compensation earned during 

those months was divided by the number of months in the period 1924-31 

included in the "years of service" for which compensation records were 

available. 

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2. If compensation records WERE NOT available for one-half or for 18 of the 

months (whichever is higher) of service proved in the 1924-31 period, the 

monthly compensation was the higher of: 

	 The monthly average of the compensation earned in the months in the 

1924-31 period which are included in the "years of service" and for 

which compensation records are available; or 

	 The ICC average. 

b. At Least 18 Months of Service Proved in the Period 1924-31 - Less Than 18 

Months Included in "Years of Service" 

1. If compensation records WERE available for all of the last 18 months of 

service verified in the 1924-31 period, the monthly average was the 

monthly average of the compensation earned in those months. 

2. If compensation records WERE NOT available for all of the last 18 months 

in the period 1924-31, the monthly compensation was the higher of: 

	 The monthly average of the compensation earned in the last 18 

months of proved service in the 1924-31 period for which 

compensation records were available; or 

	 The ICC average. 

c. Service Began Before 1932 - Less Than 18 Months Service Proven in 1924-31 

Period.-The AMC was the higher of: 

1. The monthly average of the compensation earned in the months in the 

1924-36 period which were included in the "years of service" and for which 

compensation records were available; or 

2. The ICC average. 

d. No Service Proved in 1924-1936 Period but Service Prior to 1924 is Proved 

Which is Included in "Years of Service" - The monthly compensation is the ICC 

average for the last occupation for which service prior to 1924 is proved. 

e. Service Began After 1931 - The monthly compensation is the higher of: 

1. The monthly average of the compensation earned in the months in the 

period 1932-36 which were included in the "years of service" and for which 

compensation records are available; or 

2. The ICC average. 

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F5. Actual Compensation for all Prior Service Months was not Reported 

a. Years of Service Included At Least 18 Months of Service Proved in the Period 

1924-31 - The prior service average was the ICC average for the months in the 

1924-31 period which were included in the "years of service". 

b. At Least 18 Months of Service Proved in the Period 1924-31 - Less Than 18 

Months Included in "Years of Service" - The prior service average was the ICC 

average of the last 18 months of proven service in the 1924-31 period. 

c. Service Began Before 1932 - Less Than 18 Months Service Proven in 1924-31 

Period - The prior service average was the ICC average for the months in the 

1924-36 period which are included in the "years of service." 

d. No Service Proved in 1924-1936 Period But Service Prior to 1924 Was Proved 

and Included in "Years of Service" - The monthly compensation was the ICC 

average for the last occupation for which service prior to 1924 was proved. 

e. Service Began After 1931 - The monthly compensation was the ICC average for 

proven months in the period 1932-36 which were included in the "Years of 

Service." 

F6. Both ICC Average and Actual Compensation was Included 

There were some cases where both the actual compensation and the ICC average were 

included in the prior service average. This occurred when we had actual prior service 

compensation in file and additional prior service was later claimed. Verification of the 

compensation for the additional prior service months was not requested. Instead, the 

applicable ICC average was applied to all additional prior service months verified and 

the prior service average was computed in accordance with F4 above. The ICC average 

used for the additional prior service months was considered as actual compensation. 

Appendix G - Agreements Covering House Rent, Meals, and 

Miscellaneous Facilities 

Employer 

Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, The 

Position Period Covered Allowance 

(Sou. Ry.) 4/1/26 to 1/15/28 $ 5.00 per mo. 

Section Foremen 1/16/28 thru 10/13/37 $ 7.50 per mo. 

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(Sou.) 

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, The 

Section Foremen 8/1/29 to date 

Yard Foremen Employer letter 

(M of W) 4/3/46 

$ 5.00 per mo. 

Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company 

Section Foremen 7/30/23 to 9/1/37 

Yard Foremen 

Apprentices 

Asst. Foremen 

B&B Foremen, with 

Families 

$15.00 per mo. 

Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad Company 

Section Foremen 10/16/41 thru 9/19/44 $15.00 per mo. 

Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company 

Section Foremen 1/21/23 thru 12/18/41 $12.00 per mo. 

Augusta and Summerville Railroad Company 

Section Foremen 5/16/22 to 9/1/37 

Yard Foremen 

Apprentices 

Asst. Foremen 

B&B Foremen, with 

Families 

$15.00 per mo. 

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, The 

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Agent 10/8/28 thru 2/4/41 $15.00 per mo. 

Greenville, Ohio 

Belt Railway Company of Chattanooga 

Section Foremen 9/21/29 thru 10/13/37 $ 7.50 per mo. 

(Sou.) 

Canadian National Railways 

Agent, Fraser (rent, light, fuel & water) $200 per annum 

Central of Georgia Railway Company 

Section Foremen 10/1/22 thru 10/8/40 $15.00 per mo. 

Yard Foremen 

Apprentices 

Asst. Foremen, 

B&B Foremen with 

Families 

Extra Gang Foremen 3/1/28 thru 10/8/40 $15.00 per mo. 

without camp cars 

Charleston and Western Carolina Railway Co. 

Section Foremen 12/5/23 to 5/31/38 $10.00 per mo. 

Yard Foremen 6/1/38 thru 8/8/38 $12.00 per mo. 

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Employees' Hospital Association 

All Employees No allowance creditable 

Meals or Lodging 

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, The 

Section Foremen 9/1/23 thru 3/31/36 $6.00 per mo. 

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 (basic rental) 

More or less than $6.00 for particular houses 

Chicago and North Western Railway Company 

Agents No allowance creditable 

Section Foremen (Except in particular instances) 

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company 

All Employees No allowance creditable 

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company 

All Employees No allowance creditable 

Cincinnati, Burnside and Cumberland River Railway Company 

Section Foremen 9/16/29 to - $ 7.50 per mo. 

(Sou.) 

Cincinnati, Georgetown Railroad Company, The 

All Employees No allowance creditable 

(Unless adjudicated in special cases) 

Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company, The 

Section Foremen 9/16/29 thru 10/13/37 $ 7.50 per mo. 

(Sou.) 

Columbus and Greenville Railway Company 

Section Foremen 4/1/30 to - $10.00 per mo. 

Copper Range Railroad Company 

All Employees No allowance creditable 

Dardanelle and Russellville Railroad Company 

All Employees No allowance creditable 

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Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company, The 

Agents No allowance creditable 

Section Foremen 

Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Company 

All Employees No allowance creditable 

Felicity and Bethel Railroad 

All Employees No allowance creditable 

(Unless adjudicated in special cases) 

Florida East Coast Railway Company 

Section Foremen 7/1/22 thru 8/24/38 $15.00 per mo. 

Yard Foremen 

Track Foremen 4/12/32 thru 8/24/38 (Same as above) 

Bridge Tenders 

Pumpers 

Fred Harvey and Fred Harvey Service, Inc. 

All Employees No allowance creditable 

(Meals) 

Georgia Railroad, Lessee Organization 

Section Foremen 5/16/22 thru 5/15/37 $15.00 per mo. 

Yard Foremen 

Apprentices 

Asst. Foremen 

B&B Foremen, with 

Families 

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Georgia Southern and Florida Railway Company 

Section Foremen 9/16/29 thru 10/13/37 $ 7.50 per mo. 

Great Northern Railway Company 

Dining Car No allowance creditable 

Employees (Meals) 

Section Foremen No allowance creditable 

Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Company 

See Illinois Central Railroad Company 

Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Company 

See Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company 

Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad Company 

Section Foremen 7/1/21 thru 1/1/37 

Yard Foremen 

(1) Effective 6/16/26 this allowance raised to $10.00 

per mo. for section foremen on Sections 0 and 1 at 

Mobile and section in Meridian Yards. 

(2) Effective 7/1/27 this allowance raised to$10.00 per 

mo. for section foremen on Section 12, South 

Laurel. 

$ 8.00 per mo. 

Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad Company - Louisiana Division 

(formerly N.O.G.N. RR.) 

Section Foremen 7/1/21 thru 1/11/37 $ 5.00 per mo. 

Yard Foremen 

Apprentices 

Asst. Foremen 

B&B Foremen 

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(Effective 5/1/27 this allowance increased to$10.00 per 

mo. for section foremen and yard foremen on this 

division) 

Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company 

Section Foremen 12/16/21 to 12/31/26 $ 5.00 per mo. 

1/1/27 to 12/31/31 $10.00 per mo. 

Harriman and Northeastern Railroad Company 

Section Foremen 9/16/29 thru 10/13/37 $ 7.50 per mo. (Sou.) 

High Point, Randleman, Asheboro and Southern Railroad Company 

Section Foremen 4/1/26 to 1/15/28 $ 5.00 per mo. 

1/16/28 thru 10/13/37 $ 7.50 per mo. 

Illinois Central Railroad Company 

Section Foremen 1/1/24 thru 11/5/40 $ 5.00 per mo. 

(House rent allowances, when applicable, are included in 

the amounts of compensation reported on service report 

forms. Therefore, unless affirmative evidence of record in 

a particular case indicates that the house rent allowance 

has been omitted, amounts reported on the service report 

form shall not be questioned.) 

(Standard) 

Exceptional houses 

allowance between $5 an 

$15 per mo. 

Agents No allowance creditable 

Telegraphers 

Jacksonville Terminal Company 

Section Foremen 3/1/20 thru 9/2/42 $12.00 per mo. 

*Roadmaster 3/1/20 thru 9/2/42 $25.00 per mo. 

*(oral agreement) 

Kansas City Kaw Valley and Western Railroad Company, The 

Kansas City Southern Railway Company, The 

Foremen and 1-1-22 to 12/31/26 $10 to $15 per mo. 

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Asst. Foremen in 1/1/27 thru 7/15/38 

the M of W Dept. 

$10.00 per mo. 

Lorain and West Virginia Company, The 

All Employees No allowance creditable 

Macon, Dublin and Savannah Railroad Company 

Section Foremen 3/1/23 thru 1/1/37 $ 8.00 per mo. 

Midland Continental Railroad 

Section Foremen 

Missouri and Arkansas Railway Company 

Section Foremen 

Missouri Pacific Railroad Company 

All Employees No allowance creditable 

Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway, The 

All Employees No allowance creditable 

Nevada Copper Belt Railroad Company 

Agent 3/1/36 to 10/5/38 

Telegrapher, 

Hudson, Nev. 

$ 7.50 per mo. 

New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Company 

Section Foremen 9/16/29 thru 10/13/37 $ 7.50 per mo. (Sou.) 

New Orleans Terminal Company 

Section Foremen 9/16/29 thru 10/13/37 $ 7.50 per mo. 

Northern Alabama Railway Company 

Section Foremen 4/1/26 to 1/15/28 $ 5.00 per mo. 

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1/26/28 thru 10/13/37 $ 7.00 per mo. 

Northern Pacific Railway Company 

All Employees No allowance creditable 

Pacific Electric Railway Company 

Vacation Camp No allowance creditable 

Employees 

(Meals and Lodging) 

Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway Company 

Section Foremen 8/1/29 thru 2/9/39 

Yard Foremen 

$ 5.00 per mo. 

(AT&SF) 

Pere Marquette Railway Company 

St. Johns River Terminal Company 

Section Foremen 9/16/29 thru 10/13/37 $ 7.50 per mo. (Sou.) 

St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company 

Section Foremen 

Seaboard Air Line Railway Company 

Section Foremen 7/1/21 to 4/30/24 

Agents-Telegraphers 5/1/24 thru 1/4/38 

(CH&N Ry. Co.) 

$ 8.00 per mo. 

$12.00 per mo. 

Southern Pacific Company 

All Employees No allowance creditable 

(House Rental) 

Southern Railway Company 

Section Foremen 4/1/26 to 1/15/28 $ 5.00 per mo. 

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1/16/28 thru 10/13/37 $ 7.50 per mo. 

Extra Gang Foremen .40 per day 

on camp cars (Board) commutation for subsistence 5/22/17 thru 2/16/39 

Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Company 

All Employees No allowance creditable 

Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company 

Agents-Telegraphers No allowance creditable 

Section Foremen No allowance creditable except actual cash payments 

constituting part of compensation applicable to a position 

Texas and Pacific Railway Company, The 

Section Foremen No allowance creditable 

Union Pacific Railroad Company 

All Employees No allowance creditable 

Virginia and Truckee Railway 

All Employees No allowance creditable 

Western Pacific Railroad Company, The 

All Employees No allowance creditable 

Western Railway of Alabama, The 

Same as for Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company 

Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company, The 

All Employees No allowance creditable 

Winston-Salem Southbound Railway Company 

Section Foremen 1/21/23 thru 12/18/41 $ 8.00 per mo. 

Woodstock and Blocton Railway Company 

Section Foremen 9/16/29 thru 10/13/37 $ 7.50 per mo. 

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Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, The 

Same as for Illinois Central Railroad Company 

Appendix H - Interstate Commerce Commission Averages 

Combined Average Monthly Compensation by Occupation 

Computed From Annual Report to ICC on Employees 

Service and Compensation for Period 1924-1931 

(All Class I Railroads Combined) 

Div. 

No. Occupation 

Average 

Monthly 

Comp. 

Executives, Officials and Staff Assistants 

1. Executives and assistants $300.00 

2. Division officers and assistants 300.00 

Professionals, Clerical and General 

3. Engineering assistants (A) 248.51 

4. Engineering assistants (B) 189.85 

5. Sub-professional assistants 138.43 

6. Legal assistants 232.35 

7. Chief clerks (major departments) 239.83 

8. Chief clerks (minor departments) 184.26 

9. Clerks and clerical specialists (A) 164.97 

10. Clerks (B) 128.63 

11. Clerks (C) 101.19 

12. Office machine operators 112.11 

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13. Stenos and secretaries. (A) 157.94 

14. Stenos and typists (B) 120.99 

15. Storekeepers, sales agents and buyers 168.45 

16. Ticket agents and assistant ticket agents 165.02 

17. Traveling auditors or accountants 215.66 

18. Telephone operators and office assistants 79.04 

19. Messengers and office boys 57.64 

20. Elevator operators and office assistants 79.98 

21. Lieutenants and sergeants of police 153.19 

22. Patrolmen 113.31 

23. Watchmen (no police authority) 83.07 

24. Supervising traffic agents 300.00 

25. Traffic, development and advertising agents 220.68 

26. Fire prevention, smoke and time service inspectors and 

office building superintendent 

198.87 

27. Claim agents and investigators 222.58 

28. Real estate and tax agents and investigators 236.97 

29. Examiners, instructors and special investigators 228.07 

30. Miscellaneous trades workers (not plumbers) 145.46 

31. Motor vehicle operators 106.47 

32. Teamsters and stablemen 117.74 

33. Janitors and cleaners 75.32 

Maintenance of Way and Structures 

34. Roadmakers and general foremen (MW&S) 238.80 

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35. Asst. general foremen (MW&S) 213.44 

36. Supervisors M of W and scale inspectors 187.50 

37. M of W inspectors 177.22 

38. Bridge and bldg. gang foremen (skilled labor) 166.60 

39. Bridge and bldg. carpenters 122.94 

40. Bridge and bldg. ironworkers 149.93 

41. Bridge and bldg. painters 119.64 

42. Masons, bricklayers, plasterers and plumbers 149.52 

43. Skilled trades helpers (MW&S) 98.22 

44. Regular apprentices (MW&S) 87.87 

45. Portable steam equip. operators (MW&S) 140.96 

46. Portable steam equip. helpers (MW&S) 97.00 

47. Pumping equipment operators (MW&S) 68.92 

48. Gang foremen (extra gang and work train) 129.29 

49. Gang foremen (bridge, bldg., signal and telegraphers) 163.36 

50. Gang or section foremen 123.27 

51. Laborers (extra gang and work train) 73.89 

52. Track and roadway section laborers 72.17 

53. M of W laborers (except track and roadway) 76.26 

54. General foremen (signal and teleg.) 244.75 

55. Asst. general foremen (signal and telegraphers) 216.29 

56. Gang foremen (signal and telegraphes, skilled labor) 191.11 

57. Signalmen and signal maintainers 157.80 

58. Linemen and groundmen 148.65 

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59. Asst. signalmen and signal maintainers 127.24 

60. Signalmen helpers 105.77 

Maintenance of Equipment and Stores 

61. General foremen (ME) 276.00 

62. Assistant general foremen (ME) 235.96 

63. General foremen (stores) 175.02 

64. Assistant general foremen (stores) 166.24 

65. Equip. shop and elec. inspectors (ME) 213.72 

66. Material and supplies inspectors 179.30 

67. Gang foremen (skilled labor) 189.81 

68. Blacksmiths 150.35 

69. Boilermakers 158.93 

70. Carmen (A) 150.08 

71. Carmen (B) 145.26 

72. Carmen (C) 144.30 

73. Carmen (D) 132.64 

74. Electrical workers (A) 157.79 

75. Electrical workers (B) 146.15 

76. Electrical workers (C) 133.26 

77. Machinists 156.48 

78. Molders 143.03 

79. Sheet-metal workers 155.79 

80. Skilled trade workers (ME&S) 110.46 

81. Helper apprentices (ME&S) 108.85 

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82. Regular apprentices (ME&S) 77.37 

83. Gang foremen laborers (ME&S) 122.58 

84. Coach cleaners 82.55 

85. Laborers (ME&S) 82.21 

86. Common laborers (ME&S) 79.87 

87. Stationary engineers (steam) 138.21 

88. Stationary firemen and oilers (steam and electric) 111.98 

89. Coal passers and water tenders (steam and boiler 

rooms) 

99.26 

Transportation (Other Than Train, Engine and Yard) 

90. Train dispatchers and directors 247.62 

91. Station agents (supervisory major stations) 238.06 

92. Station agents (supervisory small stations) 163.20 

93. Station agents (non-supervisory small stations) 98.50 

94. Station agents (telegraphers and telephoners) 130.04 

95. Chief telegraphers and telephoners 176.92 

96. Clerk-telegraphers and telephoners 128.50 

97. Telegraphers, telephoners and towermen 133.90 

98. Stationmasters and assts. 180.33 

99. Supervising baggage agents 166.61 

100. Baggage agents and assistants. 118.53 

101. Baggage, parcel room and station attendants 93.11 

102. General foremen (freight stations, warehouses., grain 

elevevators and docks) 

172.39 

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103. Asst. general foremen (freight, stations, warehouses., 

grain elevators and docks) 

152.62 

104. Gang foremen (freight stations, wearhouses., grain 

elevators and docks) 

133.77 

105. Callers, loaders, scalers and sealers 105.10 

106. Truckers (stations, warehouses. and platform) 92.29 

107. Laborers (coal and ore docks and grain elevators) 104.46 

108. Common laborers (stations, warehouses, platform and 

grain elevators) 

82.71 

109. Stewards, rest and lodging house managers 127.97 

110. Chefs and first cooks (dining cars and restaurants) 112.37 

111. Second and third cooks (dining cars and restaurants) 77.89 

112. Waiters and lodging house attendants 52.95 

113. Camp and crew cooks and kitchen helpers 63.94 

114. Barge and launch officers and lighter workers 111.87 

115. Deck officers (ferryboats and tow vessels) 185.00 

116. Engine-room officers (ferryboats and tow vessels) 182.50 

117. Deck and engine-room workers (ferryboats and tow 

vessels) 

116.59 

118. Deck and engine-room officers and workers (steamers) 69.00 

119. Shore workers (floating equipment) 101.33 

120. Transport. and dining service inspectors 202.10 

121. Parlor and sleeping car conductors 142.47 

122. Train attendants 87.40 

123. Bridge operators and helpers 92.61 

124. Cross and bridge flagmen and gatemen 65.07 

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125. Laundry workers and foremen 83.36 

Transportation (Train, Engine and Yard) 

126. Yardmasters and assitants 223.40 

127. Switch tenders 127.14 

128. Outside hostlers 154.95 

129. Inside hostlers 140.59 

130. Outside hostler helpers 123.16 

131. Road passenger conductors 254.27 

132. Asst. road passenger conductors 212.48 

133. Road frt. conductors (thru frt.) 216.29 

134. Road frt. conductors (local) 256.28 

135. Road passenger baggagemen 193.04 

136. Road passenger brakemen and flagmen 171.75 

137. Road frt. brakemen and flagmen (thru frt.) 156.69 

138. Road frt. brakemen and flagmen (local) 197.47 

139. Yard conductors and foremen 203.88 

140. Yard brakemen and helpers 172.92 

141. Road passenger engineers and motormen 273.99 

142. Road frt. engineers (thru freight) 246.65 

143. Road frt. engineers (local) 300.00 

144. Yard engineers and motormen 210.65 

145. Road passenger firemen and helpers 206.40 

146. Road frt. firemen and helpers (thru freight) 172.35 

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147. Road frt. firemen and helpers (local) 221.23 

148. Yard firemen and helpers 158.92 

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