Common use of Blocking Clause in Contracts

Blocking. o To ensure the equal and fair use of the Shared Assets Area capacity by its parent companies, the following car classification requirements will govern: - Each parent company will be required to block inbound trains for the Shared Assets Areas. Each parent will make the number of blocks called for in the split-date Operating Plan. Failure to comply with inbound blocking requirements and execute appropriate setoffs (unless otherwise directed by Shared Assets management) within the Shared Assets Area will result in an assessment of $50.00 per loaded or empty car. - Management of the Shared Assets Areas will be required to block outbound trains. Parent companies will receive the number of blocks at each Shared Assets Area terminal that is called for in the split-date Operating Plan. - Changes to the number of blocks made by or delivered to a Shared Asset terminal may be made only by mutual consent of all three parties. - Parent companies, except by joint agreement, may not compel the Shared Assets Areas management to make a greater number of blocks at any terminal, beyond the number of called for in the split-date Operating Plan. - Each parent may change the definition of its own specific blocks originating at a Shared Assets Area terminal. Hours of Service and Recrews o Train crews on parent trains approaching a Shared Assets Area must have sufficient time to terminate in or exit the Shared Assets Areas before hours-of-service laws require them to rest. Sufficient time is considered the trains scheduled elapsed time to terminate in or pass through the Shared Assets Area. The Shared Assets Areas management may grant an exception if the train can make it to its destination without undue disruption.