[Scan-DC] Wronged Side of the Tracks?

Tue, 19 Nov 2002 23:20:49 -0500

Yes, the terrorists have won. :(

Hand over your scanner.

Stay locked in your room for fear of arrest.

The government will take care of everything for you now, komrade.

Bote
F.E.C. milepost 339.3 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Alan Henney
> Sent: Monday, 18 November, 2002 22:22
> To: Scan DC
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Wronged Side of the Tracks?
> 
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56984-2002Nov14.html
> 
> Wronged Side of the Tracks? 
> 'Railfans' Complain of Police Scrutiny in Terror Era 
> 
> By Don Phillips
> Washington Post Staff Writer
> Friday, November 15, 2002; Page A01 
> 
> ...
> Some railfans are advising their brothers to remain undercover as much
> as possible, not looking like railfans, keeping the car out of sight,
> taking one photo and moving to another location. This is becoming known
> as "guerrilla railfanning."
> 
> "You mean like Poland in the 1960s?" said Nils Huxtable, a Canadian
> railfan who has traveled the world for decades taking pictures of steam
> locomotives, writing books and producing train calendars. In Eastern
> Europe years ago, he dodged the secret police to take forbidden railroad
> pictures.
> 
> Huxtable said he has started to avoid the United States for railfan
> activities. "It's just not enjoyable being in that atmosphere," he said.