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I worked for for the railroad. Nothing is fixed ever. I witnessed hundreds of code violations every day for years. Doesn't matter if a rail car or locomotive meets code as long as it "can travel" its good to go.
When an employee inspector finds a defective rail car management determines if it will get fixed. If the supervisor "feels" like "it's not that bad" then the rail car is "let go".
Oh, so like ambulances in the USA.
"The ambulance had issues making it unsafe (or even illegal) to drive? But it can still drive down the road? Doesn't seem too bad: keep an eye on it."
You'd think they'd have money to keep it pristine, with how much a short ambulance ride costs in the USA
With the amount of money a 3 mile ambulance trip costs, you could buy a beater car and drive yourself there.
Just like hospitals, that money is going straight to the top and staying there.
"That busted wheel bearing isn't so bad." -Rail inspector in Ohio
US? Or somewhere else? Not saying that it doesn't happen other places just curious.
The use of 'railroad' instead of 'railway' would seem to indicate American English
There's three ways to do a job. The right way, the wrong way, and the rail way. Also it was the great white north!
What do they call those in other countries?
If I had to guess, 'railway'.
Oh wow, I can't read apparently haha. Thank you.
OOOOOOOH CAAAAAANADAAAAAA!
Usdefaultism says US.
A lot of US freight railroads seem to love to manage themselves into the ground.