I believe I saw that as well. I had forgotten about that...there was even a
cover article recently on one of the mags entitled "is train watching
un-American?" They used to worry you'd get squished. Now they're worried
you'll shoot something other than film at them (or worse). I was thinking of
going out and getting some shots of my town at the wee hours of dawn
recently, and it occurred to me that I'd have some explaining to do when the
cops showed up. Which they would, 'cause they're good at what they do. Geez,
things used to be easier.
MB
On 7/11/03 7:06 PM, "olympus-digest" <owner-olympus-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Times have changed, it's more than your safety they're worried about
> now. With all of the terorist alerts in the shipping world, the first
> thought when railroad emmployees see someone photographing trains is
> that the photographer is making plans for some sort of attack. I read
> an article in a recent issue of Trains (or some other train magazine,
> I can't remember) about a guy that was out shooting trains and a train
> crew reported him and his license plate number and the police showed
> up at his house before he even got home.
>
> Johnie
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