Most railroad police will just tell you to leave, especially if your a
photographer. (That is, with no camera in hand or on a tripod, why ARE you
there?)
John
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From: <ClassicVW@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Depth of field
>
> Shari Rose wrote:
>
> << A friend of mine recently [who is a train engineer] turned in someone
> caught on the tracks his train was rolling on and the guy went to jail for
3
> yrs
> and fined $5,000.00 on top of that. >>
>
> Richard Schaetzel asked:
>
> >>Do I understand this right, you can be inprisoned in the USA for
> standing on the side of a railway track? <<
>
> IMO there HAD to be more to the story than just standing on or near the
> tracks.
> Either, 1.- It occurred on a military reservation or other sensitive spot,
> and/ or
> 2.- The person was there either committing another crime, or attempting to
> commit a crime.
> Perhaps Shari can enlighten us further....
> After all, it is not a "crime" to stand on or near RR tracks in the U.S.
> Most tracks are not fenced off, nor do they have warning signs stating to
> stay off them, in most places.
> It IS a crime to interfere with the train, however, and may involve
Federal
> penalties.
>
> This _could_ involve, (OM content) standing there innocently trying to
get a
> photo with your OM- whatever, and as the engineer sees you, he hits the
> emergency brakes. If they were able to catch you, they _might_ press some
> charge... but you won't do 3 years in jail unless you were a paroled
criminal
> or something.
>
> George S.
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