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Posted by Kiwigerd on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 1:39 PM

 

All right then. Thank's to all, I will try it. As I said, I never ever trespass as long as I'd be aware of. The story of parking in a public car parking many feet away from tracks and still asked to move seems a bit strange to me. In such a situation I'd like to be given some reasoning. Because if you stand in front of crossbucks you are certainly closer to the tracks and I would not believe it if told that it is not permitted to shoot a photo while waiting in front of a rail crossing. If it were I would think that I'm in the old GDR, there everything was forbidden but it was a communist state, whereas the US to me still is one country representing the free world. Maybe Canada is even more free, as I had made very good railfanning experience in Australia and New Zealand 2 years ago. I have found the athmosphere in that 2 Commonwealth countries really very relaxed, just like home.

I will let you know and if I can make good shots and somebody explains to me how to load them up here I will share a few good ones with you. Thank you again.

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Posted by Paul_D_North_Jr on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 1:55 PM

Paul_D_North_Jr
Look for replies from AgentKid, Kootenay Central, TrainBoy H24-66 [or similar], and at least 1 other member who photos out that way frequently [can't remember his screen name right now].

For example, trainboyH16-44 / Matthew Hicks just posted the link to a very nice photo of a CPR train along the Bow River at Exshaw, Alberta, Canada, in the thread captioned as ''Blue skies, red locomotives, and a river like glass'' at - http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/t/157701.aspx 

- PDN.

"This Fascinating Railroad Business" (title of 1943 book by Robert Selph Henry of the AAR)

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