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I was brave enough to snap a photo, while the cop was entering his car and I geotagged the location (just click the map on the right side and view as a satelite image)...Here's the photo:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/47491339@N04/6391483907/
I'm debating calling the department's main office...AARR wrote:Know your rights and stand your ground, B-Town. Does he have a boss you can report him too?
Maybe the officer does not know the law about photographing trains. Maybe he is a jerk. Either way someone above him should know.B-Town wrote:I'm debating calling the department's main office...AARR wrote:Know your rights and stand your ground, B-Town. Does he have a boss you can report him too?
The hunters were farther down the former ROW, to the south and I was not blocking any view. He originally began to tell me why trespassing on railroad property is a federal offense, but when I told him that I wasn't on railroad property, he needed to find another reason for me to leave. Thus, I was trespassing on someone else's property. I knew I wasn't going to be there long and when I saw the other vehicle down the way...Yeah.cbehr91 wrote:I brought this up on Yahoo, but since this is a different forum, perhaps you should explain more in detail how your and the hunter's cars were oriented. As trivial as it may sound, the deputy may have thought that your cars were somehow inhibiting the view of the tracks, since the crossing there is just crossbucks - no lights or gates, and the current right-of-way is on a sharp curve, and the view of the crossing by motorist and train alike is very limited.
For those who aren't familiar with the area, Penry Rd is where the original Sandusky Branch right-of-way through downtown Delaware rejoins where the current Sandusky District was build around town sometime before World War II, although I'm not 100% sure on the time frame, but it's not really important. Point is, it was a long time ago, but the original right-of-way is visible on Google Earth coming south into downtown Delaware. At the spot in question, the original right-of-way goes straight south through an open field, although there are some woods back to the east heading toward the current NS right-of-way.
I'm just trying to cover all angles here. I'm not saying anybody involved was wrong or right.
loco_engr pleaded guilty to tresspassing. Apparently there was a little more to the story than what appeared on the thread.StrayWolf716 wrote:Sort of like what happened with a board member's post about issues he had with a rail cop employed by that hapless little outfit, the Adrian & Blissfield. Would've been nice to hear how that situation was resolved. But...when the going gets tough..the whiners want the thread locked
Thanks AARR. I really wondered about that. Thats terrible that it came down to him pleading guilty to it. Based on what I read from his account, I saw nothing illegal with what he did. But as you say, there was more to it, which leaves me to re-evaluate my initial response. I thought the discussion as civil, just with quite varying opinions, viewpoints, and discussion tactics. Someone hollared for it to be locked, and **bam** is was locked.AARR wrote:loco_engr pleaded guilty to tresspassing. Apparently there was a little more to the story than what appeared on the thread.
I think the thread disappeared because it becomes a pain in the butt for the administator to police the thread and make sure it stays civil. I know I would not want to do it either.
You are correct, the whole story was not printed here, only one side of it.StrayWolf716 wrote:Thanks AARR. I really wondered about that. Thats terrible that it came down to him pleading guilty to it. Based on what I read from his account, I saw nothing illegal with what he did. But as you say, there was more to it, which leaves me to re-evaluate my initial response. I thought the discussion as civil, just with quite varying opinions, viewpoints, and discussion tactics. Someone hollared for it to be locked, and **bam** is was locked.
That would be just about as bad as being told you've had too many plates at the all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet. But that's another story..for another time lolB-Town wrote:![]()
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(If I add one more smiley, it'll tell me my message contains too many smilies. : (
StrayWolf716 wrote:Yea, dont end up in the hospital again!
Nice set of shots, B. I'm especially partial to the ones at CP Meredith. Great bright-sunshine-on-a-crisp-fall-day feel to all of them.
SHMILLER wrote:Cops will be cops. I've seen you around Brandon, and sometimes you're pushing your luck. You may not have been trespassing in this instance, but if this is the third run-in with the cop then he's obviously weary of you. I know you've trespassed very blatantly before, I've witnessed it.