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[Junctionfan]

Some woman did that except she called the police because somebody was fooling around with the locomotive; turns out it was the engineer doing a look over because the motors were acting strange.

Actually I made that up but with some of thease no-life folk who have nothing better to do, I wouldn't be surprised.

[tmcc man]

I am 14 and love trains, real, and as well as modeling (every scale)My grandparents house is right near the NS mainline, and i always sit in the Weinstien Supply companys parking lot and watch the trains go by. I was sitting there one day, and an employee came out of the building, and i thought I was i trouble, but the guy said come back whenever you want. The thing is you should find a place where people would welcome you rather than tell you off. My friend Tom from my garden railroad club went on a road trip to colorado, and a guard blew him off, but then he went to another yard, and the guard actually told him to move up further. By the way, if yoou are interested in model railroading go to this site, and you can join this club. the best part is you don't have to have a layout, and all we talk about is trains. We welcome members in the Pennsylvania area, and in other states, and we do train shows, and other things

[tmcc man]

sorry the site is called www.sepgrs.com

[coborn35]

I had a simialar incident down by the BNSF line. I am 13 and suppose i looked supicious with my camera and all[:D] She asked me if was going to kill myself, i thought about saying, yes, want to come?, but then politeness got the better off me so i said, no mam i just like trains and she said, a little odd isnt it?, and then i showed her my North Shore Scenic Railroad hat and told her that i worked there and knew what i was doing. She "huffed" and walked away!!

[coborn35]

QUOTE: Originally posted by trainman2244

That has happened to me once before...Some dumb@$$ lady called the cops because I was at a museum on the switch engine they have. She said it was railroad property and i said no it isnt, it is a museum. So she called the cops, they came down and she got HER FAT @$$ hauled away in a police car becauseshe called the cops for a false alarm [:D]

Heck, i work on and around museum locomotives and it would be very embarrassing if somebody called the cops on me for doing my job!!

[Anonymous]

I never ahd a problem well a couple years ago my brother graduated from college in Madison and I was wating for a WSOR train to go by and stood on the tracks and by them for a very log time. Never got in trouble. I saw people walking on the tracks with their dogs, or just walking on them for no reason. People like that should get in trouble, railfans should not!

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by BNSF railfan.

QUOTE: Originally posted by trainman2244

That has happened to me once before...Some dumb@$$ lady called the cops because I was at a museum on the switch engine they have. She said it was railroad property and i said no it isnt, it is a museum. So she called the cops, they came down and she got HER FAT @$$ hauled away in a police car becauseshe called the cops for a false alarm [:D]

GOOD!

LOL!!!

[emd_SD_60]

QUOTE: Originally posted by trainman2244

That has happened to me once before...Some dumb@$$ lady called the cops because I was at a museum on the switch engine they have. She said it was railroad property and i said no it isnt, it is a museum. So she called the cops, they came down and she got HER FAT @$$ hauled away in a police car becauseshe called the cops for a false alarm [:D]

LOL! If that happened to me, i'd be making funny faces (esp. rasberries) and gestures to her as she passed by in the Tijuana Taxi! [:o)]

[coborn35]

QUOTE: Originally posted by amfleet

I never ahd a problem well a couple years ago my brother graduated from college in Madison and I was wating for a WSOR train to go by and stood on the tracks and by them for a very log time. Never got in trouble. I saw people walking on the tracks with their dogs, or just walking on them for no reason. People like that should get in trouble, railfans should not!

WAIT! Why were you standing on the tracks!?!! That was kinda of stupid to be in on this post about safety and then you tell us you stand on the tracks???

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the help guys!!!
It just so happens that she was yelling at me agiain and walked across the tracks and a cop saw her and finned her HAAHAHAHAHAHAHa[:D]

[Anonymous]

That's VERY funny.

[Gluefinger]

Yeap, I believe that one.....

[Anonymous]

I can't think of a single thing you did wrong unless you were blatantly on the railroad's property and/or interfering with railroad business. Nothing wrong with listening to a scanner, and I do hope for the dumb cop's sake he realized you were using a scanner, NOT a walkie-talkie that also broadcasts.

I notice nobody's said much about that huge fine. Whether it's five dollars or five thousand dollars, APPEAL it! Get an attorney to do it for free if you can--sometimes they can call the right people and "make it go away" -- after all, think how much your local paper or TV station think of a big huge corporation, a nasty old lady, a cop who should have known better and a kid who's being bullied for no real reason...After all, if you'd flown a kite over the RR's yards you would have posed a bigger threat; but it's all a kind of that exaggerated reaction to terrorism today, or should I say people finding scapegoats because they are afraid of the unknown.

Don't let yourself be a scapegoat. Don't pay the fine unless you are ordered to. APPEAL. Even if you don't have a lawyer (especially!), show up in court ON TIME and argue your case. You want to bring a parent along, or some other adult who knows you're bright and well-meaning, some authority like a minister, scoutmaster, teacher, coach. A railroad official or worker would be even better, if they are prepared to say what a "nothing" thing you did or didn't do, but we can't always have perfection. Just remember that if you do pay the fine without a court hearing your are admitting guilt: of what you didn't say but since the fine is "huge" I assume whatever that cop found to charge you with must have found something pretty signifiant--but that doesn't mean there's a bit of truth to it, does there? And while I'm on the subject, if the cop doesn't show up in court on your hearing date your case gets thrown out -- no harm no foul. In the American system of justice the accused (you) gets to face his accuser (cop).

"For evil to triumph, all that is necessary is for good people to do nothing." You apparently did not commit even the tiniest form of evil, but you will have to be a good man and do something within the bounds of your local justice system. You will be doing a good thing not only for future railfans, but for us Americans who care deeply about the slow erosion-by-apathy of our civil rights and liberties. Good luck!!

Allen Smalling
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[wctransfer]

Well, see , in my case , i once and a while get closer to trains , but it doesnt bother the engineer, first of all because they all know me, and i talk to them all teh time, and i get rides, and after they are doen they let me "check out " the power . If someone called the cops on me and they were standing there, id be polite in teh rude way, by making a point and shovin it in her face. And what i dont like is that when im on a bridge takin pics of trains comin into Northtown, people look at me like some cat with a gun! But i shrug it off because why they get mad because they are stuck waiting for a coal train, i can just sit and laugh at them cuz im having fun [}:)][:D][(-D][yeah][tup]

Alec

[Anonymous]

I'm 14 and I also do a lot of railfanning. I'm glad that lady got what she deserved. When I railfan I usually try to stay atleast 30-40ft away and off the ballast. I do most of my railfanning in a yard so I've had RR personel come up to me and ask me what I'm doing. I calmly reply I'm just watching the trains, and my friend usually has his scanner with him so the RR guys can usually tell we're just mere railfans and nothing more. Still haven't gotten invited into the any of the locomotives though, darn it. Someday..........