I don't want to stir up any bad feelings but felt I should bring this up:
Last Sunday I stopped at the station in Ayer to observe the Pan Am action. There were a number of other Fans around, all very friendly and respectfully staying in the public areas, off the tracks and such. I had two friends with me, one an active RR employee and the other like myself, a retired RR employee. The latter happens to be a retired RR police captain.
So we all were having a nice time and there was quite a bit of action in spite of a Signal system cutover in progress when we saw something a bit unusual. One of the Fans was rummaging through a pile of Signal equipment stored in the middle of the Wye tracks behind the station. We knew he should not have been there but figured he was just looking and would exit the area, no harm done.
Well, he did start to leave but he decided that he needed a used Signal Head for his collection. At that point the three of us mentioned to him that he was stealing and should put the item back in the pile immediately. He feigned ignorance and responded with "I just thought it was a junk pile". Well we told him it may be junk but it's somebody else’s junk!
Anyway, if we want to keep our welcome and be allowed to enjoy our hobby none of us can be doing stuff like that. You never know who is watching.
Last Sunday I stopped at the station in Ayer to observe the Pan Am action. There were a number of other Fans around, all very friendly and respectfully staying in the public areas, off the tracks and such. I had two friends with me, one an active RR employee and the other like myself, a retired RR employee. The latter happens to be a retired RR police captain.
So we all were having a nice time and there was quite a bit of action in spite of a Signal system cutover in progress when we saw something a bit unusual. One of the Fans was rummaging through a pile of Signal equipment stored in the middle of the Wye tracks behind the station. We knew he should not have been there but figured he was just looking and would exit the area, no harm done.
Well, he did start to leave but he decided that he needed a used Signal Head for his collection. At that point the three of us mentioned to him that he was stealing and should put the item back in the pile immediately. He feigned ignorance and responded with "I just thought it was a junk pile". Well we told him it may be junk but it's somebody else’s junk!
Anyway, if we want to keep our welcome and be allowed to enjoy our hobby none of us can be doing stuff like that. You never know who is watching.