>Jeff Robertson wrote: >> >> Has anybody else experienced something odd or ironic while railfanning?
I managed to meet most of the Pueblo, Colorado police force all at one time! I was checking out the yard in Pueblo one Saturday morning in 1974. I had a new Pentax ES II with a long lens and my new crystal controlled scanner listening to the Santa Fe ( I think). Unfortunately, I also had a camouflage jacket that I had traded to get from a Special Forces trooper while In Viet Nam. I guess, I might not have shaved that morning. I was happily shooting away when I heard sirens from many directions. Oddly, traffic on the overpass I was on stopped. I next noticed police cars and flashing lights on each end of the bridge. At this point, I think I realized that something strange was going on. That thought was crystallized when an officer with a shotgun started walking toward me. As he got closer, he shouted "What are you doing?" In true rail fan fashion, I respond "Watching trains" This is greeted with skepticism and a cautious approach weapon at the ready "Do you have a gun" he asks "NO" I respond. Things are calming down when the scanner proceeds to start talking. The officer comes back to full alert and says "What are you listening to?" "Trains" I respond weakly --- More skepticism! This whole thing ends when he finally creeps close enough for me to show him that I am a real Major in the real Army and that the GUN reported by a passing motorist is really my new camera and that the guy dressed as a terrorist is really just me. Chuck Donaldson Somewhere West of Denver http://www.teleport.com/~cdonald/ -> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs
