System and method for railroad tie management

A rail tie processing system, comprising:

• a data storage device comprising a first database with a plurality of tie mark files;
• and
• a networked computer processor operably coupled to the storage device via an encrypted network and capable of executing machine-readable instructions to perform program steps, the program steps comprising:
• accessing one or more railroad tie files from memory, each railroad tie file having a file identifier;
• determining a railroad tie file status for each tie file;
• sorting the railroad tie files according to the file status;
• displaying the file identifiers for the sorted railroad tie files on a client device;
• generating a file action indicator to selectively process a selected railroad tie file;
• receiving the location of a client device;
• indicating, on the client device, a start point and a direction of travel to a plurality of rail ties for a section of track based on the selected railroad tie file;
• and
• displaying a graphic showing the plurality of rail ties for the section of track associated with the selected railroad tie file.