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The Railway Tie Association (RTA) is a trade association in the railroad and rail transit industry. The purpose of the RTA is to promote the economical and environmentally sound use of wood crossties.[1] The RTA is involved in research into crosstie design and ongoing activities dealing with sound forest management, conservation of timber resources, timber processing, wood preservation, environmentally sound used tie disposal, and safety of industry workers.[2] The Association's mission statement is: "Our mission since 1919 has been to ensure that the engineered wood crosstie system continues to evolve and improve in order to remain cost-effective and to meet the ever-changing requirements of track systems around the world."[3]

  1. ^ Krislov, S. (1997) How Nations Choose Product Standards and Standards Change Nations. University of Pittsburgh, Pre.
  2. ^ "Railway Tie Association (RTA) – from Tree to Track « mikeroweWORKS". Archived from the original on 2011-01-02. Retrieved 2013-01-16.
  3. ^ "Home". Rtax.memberclicks.net. Retrieved 25 April 2022.

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