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It is perfectly legal to take pictures of anything from public property!



Walter Gay
Grumpy ex-car knocker





On May 27, 2010, at 9:11 AM, NW Mailing List wrote:


> Skip Salmon in his post to the group wrote this:

>

> Passed around also was the latest "Trains" magazine which has an  

> article "Amtrak plans photo program" which outlines the new policy  

> of Amtrak for rail fans to photograph trains from their platforms.  

> Now you must "notify Amtrak officials BEFORE taking pictures".

>

> I’m not an avid photographer, so I don’t keep abreast of these  

> things.  What’s behind the policy?

>

> Just 2 days ago a friend of mine related his photography experience  

> around the Norton, VA, area.  Recently he was taking pictures of the  

> yard area from PUBLIC right-of-way.  The yardmaster saw him, and  

> intentionally went out of his way to tell the photographer that  

> photos were NOT allowed!

>

> Comments?

>

> Kim Hensley

> Huntsville

>

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