[Scan-DC] SEPTA Railfan Guide and Signals

[Blair Thompson]

Hi. Your page http://www.railroadsignals.us/septa/ needs an update. 

By the way, there used to be a site, http://felttip.com/svmetro/septawatch/signals/, with animated gifs of NORAC signals. When I could no longer find it, I wrote the author. He said he took it down and won't be restoring it. Do you know if anyone saved a copy of that page? I used to have it, but I lost what seems to have been my only copy.

Thanks.

Copy to SCAN-DC for the "prohibited" photography angle.

http://www.railroadsignals.us/septa/

"I'm guessing most of us are aware of the federal law prohibiting the photography of government buildings, and unfortunately, railroad stations DO fall under this law...."

http://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/you-have-every-right-snap-picture

"01/27/2011

Snapping a picture of a federal building from public property is every photographer’s right. Unfortunately, in recent years, pointing a camera at federal building seems to magnetically attract suspicion from federal security officers.

The New York Civil Liberties Union has encountered several cases of people who were unjustly harassed, detained and arrested by federal agents while photographing or videotaping federal buildings from public plazas and sidewalks.

Last year, we sued the U.S Department of Homeland Security in federal court to end this practice. In October, a judge signed a settlement in which the government agreed that no federal statutes or regulations bar people from photographing the exterior of federal buildings. It also agreed to issue a directive to members of the Federal Protective Service (the agency responsible for all government buildings) on photographers’ rights."

http://gizmodo.com/5745720/you-can-now-photograph-government-buildings-without-being-shot

"The next time you're hounded by the police after trying to snap yourself a pretty little photo of the White House, show them this printed-out document from the Homeland Security department, stating you're allowed to do so."
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