Railway Security Question (got your ears on Gabe?)

[blhanel]

Goes with the territory- I work for a Defense Contractor, and even though alot of the equipment produced is unclassified, it's still a no-no to bring a camera to work and take pictures. The military is much more paranoid than Homeland Security.

[techguy57]

Because I'm an admitted rail nut and I want to do what I can to give railfans a good name, I recently signed up for BNSF's Citizens for Rail Security program. After receiving my ID card I noticed the following bullet point on a portion of the card

"Do not take photographs of military trains and equipment."

I'm sure this is a Homeland Security issue and I'm willing to write it off as such, but I'm curious as to why? Why is photographing military equipment being moved by train a no-no?

Mike