It just really burns me that some guy is willing to selfishly think that their photo is more important to capture. Who is really to make that descision? Squatter's rights seems to come into mind in a photo line. But in the air? Some special interest group, production company, whatever- have some respect for the people on the ground. Your cameras have a zoom function- use it!

Railfanning is much like the hunting metaphor. It just sucks when someone steals your bullets.

I'm still sure that a lot of fans had a memorable experience that day, and look forward to the next time the mainline can be used for another outing. there was a lot of planning involved (and even for those ingenious morons in the helicopter), and next time I'll be flying a kite while railfanning to protect my "airspace".

almo