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In June we fly again from Switzerland to Albuquerque NM, stay with friends, then travel along the old Santa Fe main line to Gallup, Flagstaff, Seligmann, Barstow, mostly route 66. At the end there's a business meeting on the West Coast. I 've been visiting the USA frequently since 1985, I'm a railroad professional and I've photographed hundreds of trains in your magnificent scenery. I am familiar with photography restrictions: in Eastern Europe under the Communists, and in Spain under the Fascists. I understand that there is a security awareness and protection problem, and it will worsen if, as today seems threatened, President Bush starts his war against Iraq; but there are much more effective ways of 'getting at' strategic targets than by photographing trains in the desert sunshine. Please encourage the Federal officers not to be foolishly paranoic about this matter, because we all are part of their (and the railroads') volunteer militia to observe and protect their interests, and to guard against unauthorised interference with rail installations along the line. By the way, is it a Federal offence to use a cell-phone to tell a colleague to watch out for the next train because it has two SD 40-2s at the front? Or to listen to a scanner? I hope to return to Switzerland in July with many more incomparable photographic memories of trains in that beautiful country of the west. Bryan Ettingen, Switzerland
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