It used to be that people would walk out onto the bridges over the rail yards to watch the trains at the yards here in Fort Worth, and I remember watching that activity at home in the Puget Sound area when our house overlooked the waterfront and you could walk to the bluff and look down at the tracks and the activity.

Ever since Sept. 11, 2001, planes and trains took on extra significance, there is more security to get into the terminals (planes) or the operational centers (near me it's BNSF) and people who are observed trying to watch the train activity in those same areas are challenged or run off. It has to do with Homeland Security now. Bummer.