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While terrorists are a factor, it is the loonies (aka: criminals) out there stealing RR property such as in the recent Strasburg RR heist, that are the bigger threat to the hobby. That said, I am rather bemused over A) why it took Trains 19 months to come up with this article when the whole railfan community has been floundering trying to understand how their hobby has been affected and what the new "rules" of behavior are; and, B) in a search for legitimacy in the eyes of law enforcement, why has no one taken action to form a national organization of railfans as exists for several other hobbies. Somehow, I don't think the AAR RailFanClub would be so inclined, nor would a hobby magazine such as Trains -- in an effort to stay in the industry's good graces. The most intelligent comment I read in the Trains article was the idea to use railfans as eyes and ears. That was obvious and leads me back to query no one has attempted to form a national organization to support that effort. I used to (and still am) concerned about including postings of military train movements seen on some message boards, but agree with another poster here that this war buildup has been so publicized, with knowledgeable pundits (usually retired generals) revealing war scenarios, troop deployments and destinations on national TV, that I can't imagine how railfans could even remotely be considered a threat. Links of interest on this topic: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A56984-2002Nov14 http://www.krages.com/ThePhotographersRight.pdf http://archive.aclu.org/library/know_your_rights.pdf Rob 3ri.com
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