The railroad runs right behind where I work. Their switch and signal division has had a small station across the street from us for years. I know most of those guys and we help each other out time to time. I do a little spraying and mowing on their side to keep the city happy and they will help me with lifting or moving things with tractor or boom truck. We have probably put more in than we got back, but all in all has worked out well. Recently they replaced all the rubber material from their major RR crossings and dumped the old here. I thought this would make really good creek crossing material, so I asked what they were going to do with it. The reply was they would sort it and reuse the best of it for rural sideroad crossings and I could have the rest if I would haul it. Proper form was filled out and submitted. The guys sorted it this week. Meantime, new manager for this division has come in and the whole deal went out the window. When I asked why the reply was "I don't want to mess with it" This morning they brought several big dumpsters from the local refuse company and loaded all the material in with a Cat loader. Now they are PAYING to put this in the local landfill. For some reason I am no longer feeling inclined to do much mowing and spraying on their side of the property line. Ah, the corporate mind at work.