On 05-17-97 ROY SCHULTZ wrote to KEN FREEMAN... 
 
 RS> You forgot the most important part, Money !  When the dim witted fools
 RS>  
 RS> get hurt they want to sue the railroad companies, and often win.  
 RS> Since  
 RS> they are trespassing on private property anyway, the railroad's best  
 RS> weapon against this kind of foolishness is to prosecute for 
 RS> trespassing. 
Certainly. For the most part, if you stay the heck out of the way, there's no 
problem. It's when someone starts acting like a jackass........... 
As I said in a later post, the great American pasttime now seems to be 
litigation.  
No offense to any legal types who might be here. Used to be though, if you 
had 
a problem with your neighbor, you went over and talked it out. Now, ya call 
Shapiro and Shapiro.  
 
Anyway, back to railfanning. I see by your address you're from Richmond. From 
the city proper or nearby? My ex brother in law used to live in Hopewell,  
went down there a couple of times. Friend of mine now lives in Richmond and 
is also a railfan and model railroader. When he was up last time was showing 
some shots from around the area. Lots of raqilroad history down there, as 
most of the railroads date from before the Civil War. Found a great book a 
while 
back called "The Railroads of the Confederacy". Fascinating reading if you 
can 
find it.  
                                   K 
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