smitty195 Wrote:
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> It is my understanding from someone on-board the
> 4449 special that the BNSF Police Department has
> been following the train the whole way. I don't
> know how effective their enforcement has been, but
> at least one railfan was pulled over and cited for
> almost running head-on into a cement truck. After
> he received his ticket, he went back to doing the
> exact same thing.
>
> Pacing and the dangers associated with it are not
> restricted only to steam specials. An idiot did a
> pacing shot along Cajon last week, and was
> following side-by-side with a UP freight at about
> 30 MPH. This took place on a dirt road with lots
> of rocks. At one point in the video, the person
> almost ran head-on into a pickup truck as he
> rounded a blind turn. The pickup truck had to
> swerve to the right and put himself dangerously
> close to the moving freight train. The video can
> be found here:
>
> [www.trainorders.com]
> 966931
>
>
> You have to be a member in order to see the video,
> however. I made my comments as to how unsafe this
> was, and I was promptly banned from the website
> and kicked off for making an "attack". I don't
> know what it is going to take for certain railfans
> to understand how dangerous this practice is.
> Monkey see, monkey do---someone sees it and then
> they want to try it, and in the process they get
> hurt or killed. Not a good situation for anyone.

You got kicked off because you attacked (unknowingly)a friend of the Toad or his clan.