                              November 10, 2003
BNSF Railway Co.
TEXAS DIVISION

                            GENERAL NOTICE NO. 208

TO ALL CONCERNED,

SUBJECT: Request to Carry Over UTU Personal Leave Days
Subdivisions: All


Former BN trainmen requesting their year 2003 unused personal leave
days to be banked or carried over must submit their personal leave
day requests to the TY&E Compensation Systems office no later than
January 15, 2004.

Once the requests have been validated, the personal leave day
files will be updated. Employees do not have to call the
Compensation Systems department to verify reciept of request.



The following form should be completed by the employee and either
mailed or faxed to the appropriate manager:


JTD/FWD/SLSF                              GN/NP/SP&S/CB&Q/C&S
-----------------------------             -----------------------
George Smith                              Barry Stoltz
Manager Compensation Systems              Manager Compensation Systems
920 SE Quincy                             920 SE Quincy
Topeka, Ks 66612                          Topeka, Ks 66612
Fax 785-435-4265                          Fax 785-435-7983






Copies of the form and fax confirmation sheet, if faxed, should be
retained by the employee for their file.
















              REQUEST TO BANK UTU PERSONAL LEAVE DAYS
        ***APPLIES TO JTD, FWD, SLSF, CB&Q AND C&S ONLY***
        --------------------------------------------------

The below employee requests.......UTU personal leave days remaining
in 2003 to be carried over to 2004 as "BANKED" personal leave days.


          REQUEST TO CARRY OVER PERSONAL LEAVE DAYS

To assist TY&E Compensation System in record keeping, the below employee
requested and was denied........UTU personal leave days in 2003 and
wish to carry them over to 2004 as "carryover days". These days must
be used by May 1, 2004.



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(Signature)                             (Employee Number)


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(UTU Seniority Date)                    (Date Submitted)

************MUST BE SUBMITTED BY JANUARY 15, 2004********


                    D J GALASSI
                    GENERAL MANAGER
APPROVED:
M D DEALY
V.P. OPERATIONS

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