To the fan I had arrested today...

[coborn35]

Dont use the word retard and no it wasnt me but idiot is more appriot.

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Oh yeah...what locomotive was it? lol

[chad thomas]

Sounds like you had a interesting day Ed.

Another jerk giving railfans a bad name. That sucks.[:(]

[cherokee woman]

Ed, you've hit the nail on the head, BIG TIME!! I'm proud of you. You had every
right, legally AND morally to do exactly what you did.[tup][tup][tup][tup]

[Randy Stahl]

*** ! I mean ...WoW !

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[edblysard]

So, now that you spent the afternoon in jail, and have to post a bond tonight to get out...

Was it really worth arguing with me about being in my yard, taking photographs of that locomotive?

Have you finally figured out that why I was angry with you was not because I dont like fans, but because you were standing in the center of live yard tracks?

Smack dab dead center of track 43, between the rails.

Did it ever click with you how much danger you were in?

Didnt you understand that we were down in the yard working, not just hanging out on a locomotive?

Have you any idea how dumb you were, and how mad it made me when the answer to all my questions about why you were here was "All I want to do is to take some photos" .

I politely explained to you why you couldnt be where you were, I even offered to take your camera, and take some photos for you...but you insisted you had the right to drive into private property, park in the middle of our emergency road, and block it with your car (which is why your car was towed) then wander across live tracks that I was switching into, climb around on a flat car that was part of a track we were kicking cars into...because "all I want..."

Your "want" in no way supercedes the safety, and well being of my crew.

You put yourself in harms way, with total disregard to your safety, and the safety of my guys....

I tried to get you to leave, on your own...but no, "All I want is to take some photos" must, in your mind, justify you breaking the law, and getting yourself killed.

You refused to listen to me when I explained what we were doing, and what was happening in those tracks...

Didnt the railcars crashing into each other give you any clue as to how dangerous a place it is?

I really dont care if you saw that locomotive in California years ago, nor do I care that you feel it is safe to stand in the middle of live tracks "because I have been around a lot of trains before"....

You were in my yard, in my tracks, jacking with my crews lives and livelyhood, and doing your best to get coupled up....

When you go to court, remember, I asked you to leave, I even offered to take some photos for you, with your camera, so you would leave on your own, gave you every chance I could to understand that railyards are dangerous, even for those of us who work in them...and you couldn't see beyond your "want".

Because of narrow minded, selfish people like you, all the legitimate fans, those who play by the rules and the law, will suffer...

Why was it so hard for you to understand that what you were doing was dangerous, illegal and just plain dumb?

Or, did you know that, and just didnt care, or allowed your "want" for photographs to overule your common sense?

Do you even have any common sense?

I doubt it, everyone I know is smart enough to not stand in the center of tracks, and certainly not argue with the guys working there that you have the right ot be there because you "want to, and the Constitution says I can"

Wrong, the Constitution says nothing about your wants, but it does say you cant tresspass on private property.

It does say you can take all the photos you "want" to, from public property...
but not in the middle of my yard, in tracks I am kicking cars into.

So, I hope the afternoon in jail, and the fine the judge will enforce on, along with the probation you will have to serve, because I plan on asking for that, will wake you up to how close you came to being killed.

I have enough problems with the jackasses at grade crossings trying to get killed, I really dont need them to sneak into the yard, and do it where I have to walk every day.

We took your "mug" shot for a reason, and have passed it around to the rest of the crews, so if I, or any of my crew, ever find you with one foot on PTRA property, we will have you arrested for tresspassing, again...and the fine will be even bigger.

And yes, I am sure you have realized by now that they are police officers, not security guards, and now that you have seen the inside of the Harris County Jail, remember, you brough it upon yourself.

You refused to listen to me when I explained what we were doing, and what was going to happend.

It is not because we dont like you, but because even though you dont seem to care if you get yourself killed by our train, we do!

And trust me, your lucky the gumshoe got to you before my engineer did...he was going to stuff you in the trunk of your car, and have it towed to a storage lot...


I will personally ask the judge to give you jail time, if you ever show up again.

And yes, I am a little sorry about the thread I started on that locomotive...yup, thats me, Ed Blysard...the guy who almost killed you by accident today.

Do not ever, ever let me catch you in my yard again.

I know who you are...and now you know who I am.
I am pretty sure I know what name you use on the forum, both this one and the one about models...

Do not tempt fate again.

Ed