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To clerify for everyone especially the person who said dont get any closer than a crossing arm will allow a car.  If you are not at a crossing just say out in a field, the railroad owns the land from the center of the tracks out to 50 feet.  So if you are as close to the tracks as the crossing arm will allow the cars to get, you are tresspassing.  If a railroad employee ask you to wait in the office for the police to show up I would strongly advice you go to the office.  Railroad employees are federal employees.  If you are 50 feet from any track you are on public property, but if the police show up they can still confiscate your camera or film which ever they choice if the railroad wants it.  Granted you should get it back in a day or so if the railroad does not find your photos to be a threat.  You have to realize that 911 here in America did a number on every type of transportation industry.  Infact there were 2 guys in Chicago that got arrested for taking pictures of a rare locomotive that had to be put back into service by METRA.  Just be careful, if you can make sure you wear something that is highly visible so that the trains can see you and not scare the crap out of them when they come around. 
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