Stop Taking Pictures in the Name of the Law!   Contributor's Pick!       
I guess I am in the minority with regard to trackside contacts with LEOs regarding the photography of rolling assets belonging to the railroads and their facilities. While I have been doing this for a while now in a number of places around California, today was the first time that I have ever been approached by a member of the law enforcement community specifically regarding my action(s) of standing on a platform snapping picttres of trains. It seems that Amtraks recent revamping of their system wide photo policy has placed their peace officers in quite the quandary, because while they obviously dont like having their pictures taken, there is really not a whole they can do about it when you are a ticket holding passenger in an area open to the ridilg public and not interfering with the loading, unloading, or operation of an Amtrak train. In this instance, it was my intent to capture an image of the Red Cap cart coming up the tunnel to the platform, however when the officer chose to face me and commence makinf gestures with his hand, he unwittingly became the subject of the photo. He was a nice guy about the whole thing though, so I will not be sending off a letter to the Director of Amtrak in Washington D.C. about this experience. Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal (LAUPT) (February 23, 2010)
Date: 2/23/2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Views: 543 Collection Of:   Michael Desoi
Locomotives: AMTK 459(F59PHI)    Author:  El Roco Photog|aphy
Stop Taking Pictures in the Name of the Law!
Picture Categories: Station This picture is part of album:  Amtrak in Virginia 2010
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