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Erikthered, I am going to agree with what you said 100%. I am a Deputy Sheriff in the North and things here are identical to what you said. I have patroled my county for 11 years and have seen all manner of idiocy take place on or near the tracks as well. My last incident involved college kids trying to - you guessed it- photograph each other doing stupid things involving a passing train. It was a miracle none of them died doing the things they did ( I won't mention here) but if one of our other patrol officers didn't confront them they would have appeared as railfans because they were at least smart enough to try to hide their activities when passing motorists or locos passed them, so obviously no one called as this was taking place in a rural area obscured by trees. All you or the engineer maybe would have seen was a grougp of 3 guys with a camera and a video camera. So yes, further checking on this did prove negative activity. <br /> <br />My point is that most all law enforcement is good. As in every profession from Dr.s, lawyers,postal service employees down to your local sanitation person, there can be jerks. I too thoroughly enjoy watching trains and Mookie makes a beutiful point that I couldn't agree with more. The bad eggs though do ruin it for the most part. If you do gets chased off, try not to blow a gasket, try to understand the big picture of what else may be going on before you got there. Explain what you are doing and cooperate and Im fairly certain you won't have any problems after that. Happy railfanning! J1 [:)]
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