Re: NS sues manufacturer of defective ties ... defective "wood" ties
Author: Agent 99
Date: 10-30-2017 - 13:29
"Who is supposed to make sure of the quality of RR ties?"
The customer. Sounds pretty blatant if Boatright did what was alleged. On the other hand, creosote is a pretty distinctive (emphasis on the "stink") treatment and 4.7 million ties treated with nothing but motor oil, etc. seems like a lot to go unnoticed before they got put into the track. Maybe no one out in the field cared - "these ties smell more like my '72 Pinto - oh well, who cares"? I guess it takes a while for a big corporate behemoth like NS to notice such things.
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