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This is just my two cents worth. I don't know if I'm trying to make a point or just comment...Bear with me, sometimes it's fun to ramble on! You know, there aren't too many people who know who railfans are, or that the hobby of railfanning exists...Including policemen. So to the general public it might seem odd that someone would spend all day or all night watching and taking pictures of trains, because they don't do it. So it surprises them and maybe scares them that someone else would. There are tons of hobbies out there that we, as railfans, don't know exist. Perhaps if those hobbies were done in public it might surprise or scare us as well. I think I can understand that after the bombing in Spain that people would be more aware, even in this country, of what's going on around trains and tracks, but only because they don't know why we do it, not that they think it's wrong. I doubt if anyone wants to get blown up. Who knows what the government has heard or knows about regarding railroads. I'm sure lots of incidents that have happened since 9/11 would scare the crap out of us. They're just not taking any chances. The government, the railroads and the police are erring on the side of safety rather than the side of our rights. Perhaps all the press this issue is getting will eventually educate the population that we're all pretty harmless and are just pursuing something we see as fun and not subversive. Then they can start seeing us as eyes and ears and are to be trusted to help out. A nod and a smile go a long way. mike
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