by Amtrak31
I was railfanning at Joliet Union Station yesterday taking photos. I was there to watch the fireworks. I've been photographing trains there for over six years. Everything was going fine until the Metra Sgt approached me. My six year old cousin was besides me. He saw that I was taking photos, and detained me and my cousin. He took us over to my parents who were sitting about 20 feet from us. He said we weren't allowed to take photos, and asked to see my dad's licence so he could run it. We are very good friends with the security guard. Since we knew him, the Sgt didn't run the licence. The Sgt said because of 9/11, we weren't allowed to take photos at the station. That was never a rule before. I think he's using 9/11 as an excuse to yell at innocent people.