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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard Because that part of the GCOR isn’t directed towards the general public... I thought you might have caught on by now... Go to any book store and ask for a copy of the GCOR, or NORAC rule book... Your smooth out of luck, bet on it. Because the rule books are not for consumption by the public, they were never intended for general publication, and are directed towards railroad employees and customers, not fans. You mentioned that railroaders work in a "public atmosphere"...nonsense...we work on private property, it just dosnt have walls around it. Try waltzing into any refinery down here, and see how "public" the atmosphere gets...this aint the shopping mall, and we dont have door greeters... What the GCOR is referring to is directed towards the railroad's customers, and other railroad employees...used to be if you didn’t have a pint in your back pocket, you couldn’t get on the motor...fights amongst employees were common, they were a little rougher around the edges than they are today, and a lot of times, conductors and engineers would "explain" how a new brakie made a mistake with their fist... Go ahead, do as was suggested in another posting...call any trainmaster on any railroad, and complain that a employee would not let you take a photo of a locomotive, in fact, tell him how rude that employee was.....I would be surprised if he didn't hang up on you. What you guys don’t seem to get is that you are allowed to take pictures only by our good graces... Trust me; if we didn’t want you taking photos, we would "ruin" every one you tried to take. Imagine how many photos Railpictures would post if all of them had crew members fanny’s hanging out the window, or the engineer and conductor were "shooting the bird" out both windows... Ever get the full blast from a locomotives air horn? I doubt it, because at full blast, they can cause real harm to your ears, and make enough vibration to rattle a camera on a tripod, not to mention make you flinch if your holding the camera in your hand. Fact is, most of us don’t mind you shooting photos, it is a kinda ego boost in a way...but we do mind when you do things that endanger you or us... If you read most of the postings here, you should realize that the majority of the fans have good experiences, not bad, and most railroaders are not bothered by fans, in fact, most railroaders are a pretty friendly bunch. Sure, every once in a while, you run across a jerk, but that’s the exception, not the rule. Ed [/quote] Well said, Ed... LC
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