[silverfoxcc]

Years ago, when there was regular stem on the LSWR main line, i was at woking with several ozen others waiting for 60103 to arrive, Was on the london end of the platform, with tripod, as were sevel others and behind th yellow line ,but one leg of tripod wa over it bt 3in at most. We could hear muffled announcements but took no notice as they are quite frequent there , WHEN a staff member rushes up to me and demands that i remove myself from th station as i am a safey hazard, and bcause of ME, note not the others all over the yellow line, he had to hold all the trains in the Wokin area as far back as Waterloo!! This statement brought hoots of derision from the other guys, but he was insistent, and cose accompanied me out of the station. I could even dismantle my gear.
Pushed me out of the entrance warning me he had my face etched on his brain etc etc etc. A Few weeks later i was chatting to the staff at Farnborough, great bunch of lads, past and present, and relayed this episode to them.
Nw according to them this chap had boken the camels back with this action nd had been demoted so far down the chain, they believed he was carriage cleaning somewhere.
Whether this is true i know not, bu if so it did give me a warm feeling fo a while
Oh and toda at Harrow on the Hill, the LU? staff were brilliant in allowin m to stay on platform videoing the fast dissappearing A Stock. Aain great PR at little cost to the system

[Simon Poole]

Originally Posted by Mr Spock

Basically he told him that he had to ask permission before taking any pictures then added that you can't take any pictures or video here. A little later he said will you come with us please, again will you come with us please, then stop it please.

There is also 'Excuse me hello, did you ask permission and then your right with the rest Mr Spock

Originally Posted by bAzTNM

Where do you think he was going to take the guy?

To a office just to go through with me that i had to sign in blah... blah... blah but i went back on the 2nd March and had no encounters and also 2nd May and nothing happened even know the same person was there

[bb21]

Just to add that we were well-served at Stratford International on Monday. The ticket office clerk was perfectly happy that we wanted a platform ticket to get downstairs and do a bit of spotting, and allowed us to keep the tickets by letting us through the manual barriers.

Might be a confidence-booster for all those of you who want to visit during the Olympics.

[alexdodds]

I went to London today and Network Rail staff at Waterloo are not as friendly as the other network rail managed stations as today I almost got refused from spotting. As usual I went to station reception, asked permission and the lady said I should have a letter in advance from South West Trains because there in charge of the platforms. She had to radio the SWT duty manager to inform him of what I was doing, also I had to show ID, my citizencard almost got refused, Passport ideally she said. Also had to do another safety briefing. Then got my badge and went on platform 5/6 she had to know exactly which platform I was going on so she could radio the dispatcher of the platform.

In the end I did get some decent footage but the way Network Rail operates at Waterloo has sort of put me off going to that one again.

[causton]

Originally Posted by alexdodds

I went to London today and Network Rail staff at Waterloo are not as friendly as the other network rail managed stations as today I almost got refused from spotting. As usual I went to station reception, asked permission and the lady said I should have a letter in advance from South West Trains because there in charge of the platforms. She had to radio the SWT duty manager to inform him of what I was doing, also I had to show ID, my citizencard almost got refused, Passport ideally she said. Also had to do another safety briefing. Then got my badge and went on platform 5/6 she had to know exactly which platform I was going on so she could radio the dispatcher of the platform.

In the end I did get some decent footage but the way Network Rail operates at Waterloo has sort of put me off going to that one again.

Clapham Junction is just as terrible. I have asked a few times and they have blatantly refused, I was talking to one staff member while taking photos and another staff member came up and shouted at me for photographing and the staff member for 'turning their back'...

hint: try the SWT stations further out if that's what you're after... you don't get disturbed by passengers or staff and get much better views

[455driver]

There are always a few spotters at Clapham jn and the staff dont seem to care as long as you stay out the way, most spotters stand at the London end of P11/12, never had a problem there at all, where abouts on the station were you when you had the problem?

[causton]

Originally Posted by 455driver

There are always a few spotters at Clapham jn and the staff dont seem to care as long as you stay out the way, most spotters stand at the London end of P11/12, never had a problem there at all, where abouts on the station were you when you had the problem?

In the middle of platform 12 (or was it 14? It would have been the fast platform for services to Victoria, as a GatEx passed through which I was taking pictures of)

Usually I stick to the overbridge and try to avoid the canopies and dirty glass - but as I was waiting for a train at that point I decided just to stay there!

[Geezah1984]

Thing is, its not just railways where you get attitudes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJJkjjpc4GQ

[Davidj1178]

as far as I am concerned, you guys are an extra pair of eyes to help with our security checks

[60163]

I found myself at a station on the line between Bham New Street and Lichfield Trent Valley, which sees 323s ninety-nine per cent of the time, sitting on a bench with my camera perched on my tripod, ready to test it. A litter-picking staffer came over looking genuinley worried, and spoketh to me in hushed tones:

"Are you filming?!"
"Er...just testing"
"Cuz you're not supposed to film on the station, because of the Olympics"
"Er....rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiig ht"

This is a station far, far away from the damn Olympics. No freight, movements and tours are incredibly rare through here, and...TWO PLATFORMS! I wanted to bleat "This isn't King's Cross!"

[NSEFAN]

I was wondering how long it would take for the Olympic excuse to materialise!

[455driver]

I would ask to see a copy of the document stating that photography is banned for whatever reason.

Sounds more like somebody on a power trip.

[Charlie2555]

I haven't had any problems from staff at Clapham Junction but when I was filming a few trains, A Southern driver leant out his window and said "no cameras" to me... Every other driver I have seen didn't mind at all- if he was camera shy then perhaps being a train driver is not the best job?

[scotsman]

Originally Posted by Charlie2555

I haven't had any problems from staff at Clapham Junction but when I was filming a few trains, A Southern driver leant out his window and said "no cameras" to me... Every other driver I have seen didn't mind at all- if he was camera shy then perhaps being a train driver is not the best job?

I imagine they could well have been joking.

[Charlie2555]

Originally Posted by scotsman

I imagine they could well have been joking.

He looked and sounded pretty serious though but you might be right. Still, not the funniest joke in the world.