That's probably why the RR won't sell him any treated ones. I have been trying real hard not to mention preservatives for wood, because it is a real sore spot with me and the regulations that have been changing over the past 10 years. They want us all to reuse/ recycle, and go green but then we can't preserve a natural resource which leads the market to use more plastics, etc.
He'll just have to go visit esshup's neighbor in IN... Who would know if he changed a RR tie once in a while on that bridge, eh.

I will try to see what my buddy says again.