Head-end View wrote:I'm surprised to hear that it has always been illegal to take photos on PATH. Back in about 1990 I stood at the end of the platform at Journal Square and at Harrison for a while taking pictures, and no one even seemed to notice. I even took them from the front windows of a train that same day. The conductor did politely ask why I was taking photos but when I explained about being a rail buff, we had a good friendly conversation. He didn't tell me not to continue.Awesome conductor. I was taking some friends from Canada to NYC for the day, and one of them took a few pictures out the window of the Manhattan skyline. The conductor (not very pleasantly) told her to stop taking photos and put the camera away because it was illegal on PATH. When she point-blank asked him why, and what the rationale was behind it, he couldn't even come up with an answer beyond threatening to call police and have her removed from the train. Another deadheading employee who overheard the conversation could only come up with "because they don't want anybody taking photos of PATH property." The police officer who came on at Journal Square couldn't even answer the question, simply saying "it's been the rules since I've been here and that's going back to the 80's."
Luck of the draw, I guess. As for myself, if I ever want to get video of PATH trains, well I guess I'll have to find a street or bridge in Jersey City to work from....
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