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<blockquote data-quote="Sandpatch" data-source="post: 684606" data-attributes="member: 10543"><p>I suppose all of us who enjoy rail photography have had incidents with law enforcement, some with good outcomes and others less so. I think in this post 9/11 era, cops are more vigilant than before, thinking they've found the next Bin Laden masquerading as a railfan.</p><p></p><p>Like crashton, railfans should be tolerated as welcome protection. A few years ago I saw smoke and flame rising from a crack in a mainline crosstie. I looked closer and it was red hot throughout. I'm not sure how it ignited, but the fire was certainly going to delay the next train or worse.</p><p></p><p>My friend had some bottles of drinking water and I poured a number of them into the tie to extinguish the blaze. Despite my trespass, I'm quite sure I saved NS from trouble and did it all very safely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sandpatch, post: 684606, member: 10543"] I suppose all of us who enjoy rail photography have had incidents with law enforcement, some with good outcomes and others less so. I think in this post 9/11 era, cops are more vigilant than before, thinking they've found the next Bin Laden masquerading as a railfan. Like crashton, railfans should be tolerated as welcome protection. A few years ago I saw smoke and flame rising from a crack in a mainline crosstie. I looked closer and it was red hot throughout. I'm not sure how it ignited, but the fire was certainly going to delay the next train or worse. My friend had some bottles of drinking water and I poured a number of them into the tie to extinguish the blaze. Despite my trespass, I'm quite sure I saved NS from trouble and did it all very safely. [/QUOTE]
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