I HAVE NEVER BEEN TREATED SO BADLY BY A RR EMPLOYEE

[Anonymous]

QUOTE: Originally posted by edblysard

Ah Ha!
The secret is out; Anti Gates is really a PR guy for CN!

Ed

The job really sucked under canadian ownership, we were expected to smile and pass out flowers.

Now, under USA control with it's liberalized view towards firearms, the job is finally FUN again!!!

[Anonymous]

[(-D] Good one!!!! Very funny[bow]

[Anonymous]

I feel really sorry that you and your father had to get treated rudely by a RR employee, I sometimes go railfanning and I've never recieved any complaints, I once saw a BNSF truck on the train tracks and it was parked there and a few minutes later a train went by and I counted the freight cars from about 30 feet away from the tracks and after the train went by I walked off and the guys in the BNSF truck never said anything to me.

[samfp1943]

As some of the previous responses have mentioned and intimated, a railfan that succeeds is one who has done his/her homework and some planning. A little time networking railroad employees can be a really good thing, consideration that one is on another's job is also a good thing. Around this area there are plenty of public access to good locations for photos of all kinds of motive power, and MOW equipment that is used in the area..I have found that when you meet the employees and treat them with respect they will return it in kind.