Railroad workers dont help you out with info like they used to and On NS in Conway PA.I got reported to the railroad police twice by the carknockers. I was told by the railroad police that workers are now required to report tresspasers. He said that a snitch culture now exists on NS. Gee I would hate to work there.[V]
Welcome to the post 9-11 world. NS has been advising employees to report ALL trespassers for a while now. I think they even have ATMs that conduct stings by posing as trespassers to see how far they can get…
LC
Its not only NS but CSX is also tightning up security too.
stay safe
joe
Gee, makes me glad we don’t have a vehicle and can’t go watch the trains.[:(]
You weren’t the guy I saw getting a little talking to from NS and Conway police on the ramp into the yard the weekend of July 24, were you? Hehehe.
HA HA HA!!! [:D]
When all else fails… RUN!
Guess that’s good and bad. Bad for us railfans but good having the increased security. Never know what’s going to happen and where these days.
I don’t tresspass and have never been bothered while railfanning. In fact, one time I saw a GECX SD40T-2 still in SP paint in a train yard. I could not get a good picture from public property, so I went to the yard office and asked if I could go into the parking lot to take a picture and they let me. I was surprised.
It’s okay…there are still openings for cra***est dummies, ejection seat test pilots and those guys that dive from hign place into tiny buckets of water…equally as exciting…
Theres nothing that proves your innocence more than running from the cops![:)]
Yep. Innocent until proven guilty[:p]
Just worth repeating. take pics leave footprints. dont tresspass and if asked whats up by a RR employee or cop mind your Ps and Qs.
stay safe
joe
To paraphrase another truism: You can stand there and let them wonder if you’re guilty, or run and remove all doubt…
Truer words could not be spoken.[:)]
If you ask,usually you will receive.
I’m with Joe,and others,take pictures,and leave footprints![:)]
This is a sidebar to above,I had wanted to get
into the Russell,Ky. engine terminal for some time.
I asked an employee,and he told me,if I got stopped,and
asked questions,to tell whomever,that I was with the motive
power dept.,and I was there inspecting.
Well, I got to see the operation their,Loved it!
Never got questioned. Unfortunatly,years ago.
I’m sure I couldn’t do it now.
Well the best advice about dealing with railroad police is to be upfront and open
within reason. Most RR cops have a catch and release policy. They keep tabs on transiants moving from one end of the country to next like the railroads keep tabs on railroad cars of freight. After a while they know who are the regular riders who work seasonly and the ocasional collage kids out for the summer.
The idea here is to seperate the goats from the sheep by finding out paths of crimanal behavior and tracking down the Psychopathic[8] who ocasionaly take to the run on the rails who would pose a threat to railroad workers. The experance has been for the most part that hobos are a benign part of railroading much like the mole on your butt (More like the mouse in the rich mans house)that you know is there but would rather not tell everyone publicy.
The reality is that theives and murderers dont ride trains but use railroad property as secluded no mans land to do there dirty deeds.Many hobos are Patrotic Americans who love this country and have obsesive copulsion to travel and see this country that they risked there lives for.[|)]
Hoboing is a good way to get yourself a Darwin Award[xx(]!
[#ditto]
For the one millionth time, NS employees have always reported trespassers!!! its not a post 9/11 thing, most railroads have been doing the same for years, my advise, Stay off RR property and you won’t get into trouble.