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Will a railroad ask permission to enter an industrial siding. Yes, especially if it is withing the hours that the plant switcher works. It's a coordinated event. Can a carrier refuse to enter unsafe tracks. Yes, absolutely. Can a carrier force a industry to repair their tracks. No, but they can embargo the industry until it is safe. Can a railroad force an industry to buy better or repair current equipment? No, they can refuse to handle those types of cars and again if the cars that are in bad condition(bad ordered...this is a railroad term meaning equipment needing repair) create a safety hazard as agreed to by mechanical departments, embargo the industry. If a carrier crew were to see what it considered a dangerous piece of equipment to handle it should notify its own mechanical department before doing so. It could be that the defect is not what the crew thought. Such conditions can sometimes be touchy and require agreement between labor organizations, carrier line supervision, carrier labor relations departments and the industry. It's really hard to quantify a definative response from this post. gdc
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