OldPoleBurner Wrote:
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> Granted, that Drew done good.
>
> But we rail fans should not blow our own horns too
> loud on this one!
>
> Yes, it's good for the railroads to have the extra
> eyes and ears that rail fans can provide, but what
> do you suppose that clown was doing down there in
> the first place (with only his sons in the truck
> with him no less) - besides "Rail Fannin"! There
> certainly ain't anything else doable down there -
> unless you're a UP employee - which this guy
> wasn't! (he'd have known how to communicate with
> the railroad and would've known how to drive
> around the tracks - if he was)
>
> Yup - We were one point up with Drew's action, but
> we were also one point down with that idiot's
> action == net ZERO! But if we are ever going to
> get the railroads to recognize the value of having
> rail fans around, they are going to have to get
> net positives from us - most of the time.
>
> But I fear there are too many Darwin Award
> candidates among us to ever accomplish that. We
> could however, at least only blow the horn when
> there actually IS a net positive.
>
> Just a thought anyway.
>
> OPB

I wasn't there... so I can't say if you're right or wrong OPB... and I will be the first to admit that there are railfans out there who make life miserable for us by doing stupid things (I see it constantly myself), no way around that... but even still, I stand by my original point 100%. There are enough responsible folk out there railfanning who know what they are doing, know how to get in touch with the railroad in an emergency and are a legitimate additional set of eyes and ears.