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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 01-cv-2531-JLK GENERAL COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT GO-245 UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION, Plaintiff, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION, BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS, and GENERAL COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT GO-009 Defendants. _______________________________________________________________________________ BNSF'S RESPONSE OPPOSING GO-245'S MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE _______________________________________________________________________________ The BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) 1 asks the Court to deny the motion to consolidate the Petition for Review that petitioner Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen, IBT (BLET) filed on September 7, 2007 with GO-245's pending suit and as grounds therefore states that it opposes the motion to consolidate on the same grounds it opposed the motion to reopen as set forth in BNSF's Response Opposing GO-245's Motion to Reopen. Since it is improper to reopen the case, it would be improper to consolidate the cases. Specifically, BNSF states: 1. First, GO-245's sole remedy, if any, is to seek enforcement of Special Board of

Adjustment (SBA) No. 1155, not to reopen this case. Second, the remedy for any contractual violations must be sought in arbitration, not federal court. Third, the motion is premature in light

While this matter has been pending, The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company changed its name to BNSF Railway Company.

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of the suit by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) to have SBA No. 1155 set aside. Fourth, any dispute over BNSF's new application of the Flow Back Agreement is a minor one. Wherefore, for the reasons stated, BNSF asks the Court to deny GO-245's motion to consolidate. Dated this 19th day of October, 2007. Respectfully submitted, s/ Walter J. Downing Walter J. Downing, Esq. Hall & Evans, L.L.C. 1125 - 17th Street, Suite 600 Denver, CO 80202-2052 Telephone: 303-628-3300 Fax: 303-628-3368 E-Mail: [email protected] David M. Pryor Texas Bar No. 00791470 BNSF Railway Company 2500 Lou Menk Drive Fort Worth, Texas 76131-2828 (817) 352-2358 (817) 352-2399 FAX Attorneys for Defendant BNSF

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE (CM/ECF) I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 19th day of October 2007, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following e-mail addresses: Martin D. Buckley Michael J. Belo Berenbaum, Weinshienk & Eason, P.C. 370 Seventeenth Street, Suite 4800 Denver, CO 80202-5698 [email protected] [email protected] John O'B. Clarke, Jr. Highsaw, Mahoney & Clarke, P.C. 1050 17th Street, N.W., Suite 444 Washington, D.C. 20036 [email protected] Thomas B. Buescher Buescher, Goldhammer, Kelman & Dodge, P.C. 1563 Gaylord Street Denver, CO 80206 [email protected] John A. Edmond Carmen R. Parcelli Guerrieri, Edmond & Clayman, P.C. 1625 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20036-2243 [email protected] [email protected] Richard Rosenblatt Richard Rosenblatt & Associates LLC 8085 E. Prentice Avenue Greenwood Village, CO 80111 rrosenblatt@cwa-union-org Harold A. Ross 23195 Stoneybrook Drive North Olmsted, OH 44070 [email protected]

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s/Debra K. Baumgard, Secretary Walter J. Downing, Esq. Hall & Evans, L.L.C. 1125 17th Street, Suite 600 Denver, CO 80202-2052 303-628-3300 303-628-3368 ­ Fax [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant

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