Arrogant or not, or using silly metaphors thinking you are simplifying the answer to this situation gets us nowhere UDEUH. Come up with a compromise or people will still break the law and none of your "property rights" arrogance will get this situation solved. Technically you are very right but ever since railroads weree built in this country people have enjoyed the freedom to use the ROW as an observation platform for taking photographs and it's only in recent history that we're seeing the railroads start to enforce.



IUDEUH Wrote:
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> Typical Arrogant foamer response, I did not expect
> any better from this forum. Nevertheless, I shall
> make one attempt at civil education.
>
> How would you feel if someone decided to cross
> over your personal property, set up camp on your
> property and then sue you when they are too dumb
> to watch their step?
>
> It is no different between your home and the
> Railroad.
>
> Doug Wrote:
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> > I love this kind of answer - let's just solve
> it
> > with lenses and not deal with finding
> solutions.
> > First off I don't know one railfan who has died
> > because he trespassed. I do know of many, many
> > instances where a railfan saw a serious problem
> > either on the trains or in rails themselves and
> > called the railroad to notify them of these
> > problems and probably saved lives and lots of
> > $$$'s. I hate to say it, UDEUH, but all done by
> > trespassing railfans. Check out all those
> > beautiful photographs in calendars put out by
> the
> > railroads....most taken by trespassing
> railfans.
> > I'd like to see some solutions and some leeway
> > given for a hobby that means more good then
> harm
> > to the railroads and UDEUH, your solution will
> > never happen.
> >
> >
> > Better a felony record than death by train.
> >
> > Is it absolutely necessary to railfan and
> trespass
> > at the same time? If you think it is then
> you've
> > got no place in the Gene Pool in the first
> place.
> > Just buy a zoom lens for your camera and move on