taking photos

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Thu May 27 13:11:26 EDT 2010


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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