Customer Responsibilities
These items are commonly the responsibility of customers:Interior repair work:
- Interior linings and/or touchups unless otherwise noted in the contract
- Interior blast for commodity preparation
- Nitrogen pads
- Interior oil wipes
- Interior fabrics
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Damage due to commodity corrosion
Exterior repair work:
- Damage due to neglect or abuse
- Damage due to commodity spillage
- Damage due to commodity corrosion
- Replace or repair missing or damaged parts
- Cargo handling equipment/freight car fittings
- Special customer requests such as gasket replacements
- Special exterior paint schemes, decals, or multi-coats above GATX paint specifcations (Note: GATX specifications for corrosive service rail cars have upgraded paint standards)
- Improvement orders including but not limited to special fittings, upgraded fittings and reconfiguration of cars for special commodities that require engineering expertise.