Jan Lindahl wrote: > Some 19 years ago I went on my first railfan tour to the US. I din't > know much about how american railroads were back then, but since I > know I would be in the Sherman Hill area, I wrote a letter to the UP > for a permit. <snip> > He looked for quite a while at my release, beeing quiet all the time. > Then he shook his head and said: "Oh my, they do write some funny > papers back in Omaha!"
Back when they used to have offices on the second floor of the Cheyenne depot, I walked into the Union Pacific's Manager Of Administration's office, asked to speak to him, stated my business (photographing trains for my hobby), handed him my card, gave him my cellular phone number and asked for a liability release (system-wide, no expiration date). He made me three extra copies, gave me the original, and filed a copy. I don't know if they still do this (in Omaha). And it's probably a good idea to have a railroad release for other reasons than the railroad: A couple of years later, while photographing on the Union Pacific on the west end of Fremont, Nebraska, a Nebraska State Trooper pulled over to tell me that I couldn't be parked between the main tracks and the grain elevator lead, in a ditch. Since I thought I had used my common sense and was not parked in a dangerous position close to a track, I decided that I was right, and he was wrong. When I showed him my UP liability release with the UP shield on it, he walked back to his car and drove away. He didn't say a thing. I looked at my friend (also on this list), then I looked at the piece of paper. I think he said something to the effect of, "damn, I'm going to have to get one of those". Dave Cohen Photographer Action Photographic Webmaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/home/ -> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs -> Message © SPORRS® 1998 - All Rights Reserved
