Some people have nothing better to do. I may be new to this site,but it never appeared to me that you cross the line. Keep making the videos I enjoy them immensely.

bet the person involved is watching this video

The guy that called the cops needs to be charged for false report.

If it's the same guy that bitched to the police last time, Rail Road foreman, He has to worry that his bosses will see the crappy work he is doing in general. We had a pipe line supervisor here that was up to all kinds of shoddy maintenance. He was always on the defensive when we questioned what he was doing on our property. The ancient leaky pipe crossed our farm, and he would just show up unannounced and tear up the place with out first talking to us. Last time I called their main office and raised hell about it, they called back in less than 15 minutes and got the facts. Within a few hours a big boss from Tulsa, arrived via company helicopter, handed us a check for damages, and took control of the situation! I don't think they were aware of the situation at the home office as local guy didn't want them to know how bad he screwed up. Never heard from that local jerk again, and guess what, no more pipe line troubles here after that.

I guess if I was that cop I would go back to the railroad employee and ask them to see the supposed Facebook post they say you made. If the reporting railroad employee couldn't produce that post, my next topic of conversation with that employee would be informing him that filing a false police report is a crime. They tied up and wasted the time of the Sheriff's Deputy when he could have been needed elsewhere (ie. Traffic crash, etc). You have video proof of your conduct, I'm pretty sure the employee does not.

I’m always impressed how you are aware of your surroundings and avoid trespassing on railroad property. I follow several other railfan sites and I have to say some of their videos make me nervous because they appear to be way to close to moving equipment.

I was bullied and harassed by two NS employees for simply standing on a public bridge (Ohio State Rt. 4 ) which crosses the Eastern throat of Bellevue Yard. I was only observing some workers at some distance below working on a switch... In retrospect, I should have stood my ground and let those fools try to have me arrested. For what?

Railroad is trying to escalate by saying that you are making threats.

Iam a Locomotive Engineer for a Class 1 Railroad, we have special agents to handle issues, outside Sheriffs deputies or any Police agency has "NO JURISDICTION" on our railroad or any Class 1 railway. Our railroad actually welcomes any photographer to photograph or film our trains, you can actually go to the regional office and they will take your pucture and make you an I.D. allowing you to film or photograph on Our Railroad (Federal Property) We welcome videographers simply because it curbs "Train Roberies" and yes, there are train robbers and rip off trains daily taking hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars worth of goods of the trains constantly. Being that the railroads have their own "Special Agents" and Sheriffs and Police have no jurisdiction, trains are easy pickins, and there aren't enough Special agents to go around. Although your dealing with a private shortline, I can't see any reason whatsoever why they are giving you a hard time, they sound like a bunch of "Karens" that have nothing better to do!. I would tell them to fuck off!!!🤣👍

Hey Jason !!! Sure it wasn't your ""BUDDIE"" Matt in the shadows on the trail bike ??? HAHA !!! Since when is a road crossing considered RR property ??? Have a good week & Thanks for the update !! 😉😊😮🙄🤠😎👍👍👍👍👍

You need to make a records request for the call and everything associated with the in incident number.👍

That's unbelievable. We have rights to railfan and film trains.

Just think, if not for you all they would have to do is their job. They are jealous that you are doing something that makes you happy and a little bit of money. Be safe buddy.

Employee lied out his ass...just to cause trouble since they don't like you....I love watching trains and I'll sit for hours watching them...Your Police Dept. is cool...They know you and you never pose a threat ...

“Matt” has definitely got Issues and needs to be Warned about “Making a False Police Report” which is a Felony. Railroad Matt Works for must be Desperate to Employ him. 🤪👎

On the upside of the lawman’s visit, - - he was cool!

I wonder if they aren't just being pissy about their track condition and equipment issues being shown far and wide. Clearly there was an issue and you caught it. This makes twice the ELS called the police on you for nothing illegal. At some point I'd consider putting a lawyer on it.

Amazing they accuse you of trespassing driving on a Township road. WTH!!! Those guys should be proscuted for making a false complaint to police.

Makes me wonder what they're doing that they don't want you to see.

This poor excuse for a railroad should concentrate on improving their deplorable track conditions and unsafe operating practices. I am a retired conductor, 43 years of railroad service, plus military and part time police. The deputy was responding to a chicken shit report, but has to since a report was tendered. I'm almost positive that the MOW employee is the one since you are a You Tube celebrity. Jealously is one of the greatest sins and I'm sure that this might be the reason for this phony report. I enjoyed rail fans and went out of my way to assist them in their efforts. Yes, I have Lionel and Marx layouts in my basement and perform repairs. Don't be dismayed, we enjoy your informative and wholesome videos. By the way, I also helped transients (hobos). Best to you and all those who give us these videos. Take care and God bless!

Jason it’s never a dull moment my dude in Michigan. Keep up the good work.

Usually something like this occurs because mistakes were made and they’re trying to cover them up. I’m talking about the railroad workers. And they are just like the police, they don’t want people videoing them. Decades ago the ordinary citizen couldn’t do that and now everyone can do it that has a cell phone, they don’t adjust very well.

By the looks of the railroad ties laying all over the place, the railroad is is violation of Federal laws stating all railroad ties cannot be left over six months due to ground pollution of the cresote.

You are cool 😎 don’t worry about it. We stand for you

Railroad enthusiasts are the best public relations advocates any railroad could want. For some reason a limited number of railroaders seem threatened by the interest these enthusiasts have. The people who should be concerned are the railroads’ executives. They allow rights-of-way to become overgrown with weeds. They allow derelict engines and rolling stock to sit rusting in yards, spurs and sidings. Railroad buildings are abandoned only to become community eyesores. Profane words spray painted by vandals on railroad bridges and abutments are allowed to remain while other businesses would address such ugliness immediately. Nonetheless, railroads get upset when some enthusiast is amazed with the skill of locomotive engineers, the bravery of switchmen, the amazing strength of the engines and the power to pull 250 cars. Go figure!

I remember in the old days railroad workers used to be friendly

Another good reason to stay AWAY from Fakebook.

Fill out a Freedom Of Information form to request a copy of the file and you can find out who made the call. Request audio and file. Hang in there buddy!

I enjoy your vids Jason. I work for the railroad and some of the guys I work with look down upon railroad enthusiasts and refer to them as foamers etc. the majority of us don’t mind having pictures taken of our equipment and we enjoy seeing the pictures and vids.

I agree with some of the other comments that you shouldn't freely talk to the police like that. Just say you have made no such Facebook post as they describe. You don't need to / shouldn't go into all the unrelated info you shared. Never show them your phone. You might want to stop provoking them also by always bringing up the trespassing claim from so long ago. Let it go. All you are doing is triggering them.

At this point you could probably file a harassment lawsuit against them.... You could at least threaten them with legal action and that would probably get them to leave you alone. Enough is enough, you've broken zero laws.

Just stay out of their right of way,whatever that is and thank you for the excellent update and video!

As long as your off RR property, they can’t do anything, just keep recording for proof, and after a while if you get sick of it, you could take them to court for harassment, false accusations, and probably some other things too

In Yorkshire UK, we have a saying "There's nowt so queer as folk". There are some very odd people about who seem to get fun out of trying to stir up trouble for others. Over here they would be charged with wasting police time. Someone must have a grudge. Probably they don't like the fact that you manage to make a living by filming trains for the enjoyment of others. Don't let them put you off. Your videos get seen by railfans worldwide so keep them coming son. Jaw tooth has also had railroad staff report him just for being there so it's not just you! Made a good video for your fans anyway. Keep on keeping us informed. We like to see a bit of life in the films but this takes the biscuit. I hope it gets you a lot more fans by going viral.

This is how a life of crime starts. 😀

I have a friend that lives along railroad tracks and has for about 30 years. The tracks were owned by SP and are owned by UP. This is in California. Anyway after UP took over they started to give my friend a bad time. The UP police broke into his house one night, this guy is a Vietnam veteran special forces. One cop lost his gun and the use of his right arm and the other ended up in the ICU. The courts found my friend was well within his rights. My friend told UP that the next time he would send them in body bags. They never come back.

This is what we call turning lemons into lemonade

One or more people at that railroad must hate your guts?

~ Jaw Tooth had an encounter last year or so with some high and mighty Railroad person. 🙄🤦🏻‍♂️

The sheriff dept should go back to the person who phoned in the issue. Listen to what they have to say, then if they detewrmine it not true. Advise them if they are calling in false police reports they will be held accountable for that.

They're mad at you because you are showing the truth of what is going on out there and the RR doesn't like it.

The railroad should have been charged with wasting police resources

It’s starting to border on harassment. You might want to get a copy of the report with a foia.

i would sue the railroad foe making false acusations about you

Wouldn't it be funny if people from all over that part of the country just started showing up to take pictures and record videos of the railroad and its operations there?

Wow Jason this was a major trip, I think your old stalker who used like watching properly called. and if they did he won't have any good luck.. BTW hands down of tell the cops about those bad azz kids LOL

Exactly what you said.. WOW.. I once got officially arrested for video taping from a public dirt road by the then, B&M police.. It of course got thrown out because the charge said I was standing on the rail head.. yep, I was literally sitting in my car on a dirt road belonging to the town. You must have pissed off that RR employee asking him a mundane question.. no sense of humor..

We'll disguise you as a log that fell off a LP car. Perhaps someone mistook the installation of new ties a a big event?

It almost seems like this officer knows McGee is a nut job. And I'd like to know why the RR would call a nut job in Chicago to voice a complaint they have against some one.

I deal with these kind of situations all the time, but most of the time when people call me in it's usually not the railroad but actually people that drive or walk by and see me taking videos of trains. Couple weeks ago some woman walked up to me and tried to tell me that filming trains was a federal crime.🤣

Unfortunately, some people enjoy making life miserable for others.Thanks Jason

Dang nab it you just broke my nose 😄

Thing that beats me, as a Brit, is how it's worth tying up a cops time with so little prior investigation. "Something about you posting on Facebook about a big incident about to happen..." I mean, wouldn't the cops actually look into that before committing resources and coming to talk to this guy? Shouldn't the police have some idea about what matter they are actually supposed to be investigating? Don't cops in the US have access to Facebook? No crime has been committed, obviously, yet it looks like the local police are working at the behest of the railroad company, intimidating citizens, rather than policing independently. Not good optics...

You bad, bad , boy! Hahahahaha! Keep the cameras rolling......👍📸

remind the officer not to eat yellow snow and don't listen to the untruthful railroad phone jerks and don't piss into the wind etc .......

Jason, the only thing, IMHO, you messed up with was questioning 'if' the real trespassers would be talked to... Take the oath, "I shall not talk to railroad employees about other people." In fact, I would 'not' talk to them for any reason, other than if a life or death situation came up. Non-railroad employed, railroad photographers pledge: "I take nothing but photos, I leave nothing but footprints, I never trespass, and never interact with the employees unless they say "Hi" first". The lower your profile, the less likely you're bound to be noticed.

My wife and I are historians, train chasers, we take photographs not only for money, but as historical documentation, we are tour guides, and we write books. We found corruption in our local government, and the cops started harassing us hard-core. I'll just leave it at we discovered millions in misappropriated funds and no one was going to investigate/prosecute themselves. Every activity in our lives was/is still disrupted and we were falsely accused of everything under the sun and harassed by our badged domestic terrorists. The cops even told us that we did NOT have the appropriate licenses to take photos of trains, we had to apply for official town train photographer status next year, and interfered with our photo taking as one of their uniformed buddies went over to a D&RGW special (containing a tour that we were waiting to lead) and started taking photos of the train at one foot away from the engine. One assifer actually grabbed me from behind and kept jiggling me as I was trying to take photos, everytime with a comment like "Oops, you're not licensed to be here." I was on the public platform. However, the badge gave his deputy buddy permission to get up close and personal with the train and get good photos. One RRer even told the photographing cop he needed to back up to a safe distance and he just pointed at his badge and kept taking photos. A couple of days later, the local train crew called us and parked an engine at a location where I could take photos of a different engine while standing on the raised street and proceeded to tell me about the problems that the RR was having with the local cops too. Personally, I would demand documentation and source of the "accuser" because it can become a decade+ long pattern (it's amazing how many body/dash cams "malfunction and the footage is lost" and how many times the cops have an anonymous -- but "good" -- source), then the next problem is finding a good lawyer. Things change after you have a list of non-incidents contacts and you discover that even though the cop is in uniform and in a cruiser he is "off-duty" and harassing you for a buddy while on "his personal time." Sadly, recording one of their "information sources" who showed up at my front door and demanding $50k cash to "reverse their false charges" doesn't improve the cops' dysfunctions. So, long story short, document everything in detail and could your false accuser be a corrupt politician or a "rival" making false accusations for their own personal reasons?

Great video

My algorithms sent me here. I think I watch too much police.

As a former railroad employee, railroad workers don't like Railroad 'Buffs" because you interfere with their screwoff time. The only people who don't have a problem being filmed on the job are the people that are actually doing their job!

It must be someone who dislikes railfans 🚂

I guess the plain and simple truth is some people simply do not like to be filmed when they are working or out in public. The place I work has cameras everywhere inside the building and we don`t give them a second thought. I guess the people that don`t like it are either afraid that they will be recorded just standing around when they are supposed to be working, or they are doing something they shouldn`t be doing, or they are just paranoid. Hey man, they`re out there everywhere and you never know what`s going to set them off. Stay safe brother!

The train company wants you to stay away from them for some reason…

Well, that was interesting. The Police Officer’s demeanor was great, he told you why and for what reason he was speaking to you. And then he listened to your explanation to him, why and what you were doing there in the area. Obviously the MOW personal on the scene called the Police. I remember you saying in previous videos that there was some interaction between you and one or more railroad employees that was not a good interaction. There must be a stigmatism by the railroad employees placed on you and that other employees only know you by what those employees say about you. You know the old saying, make a mountain out of a mole hill. From my experiences, sometimes you get a call, get there and find out the original call was not what dispatch said it was, not the fault of dispatch. That’s human nature, every person has their own personality, sometimes it’s normal and others, well it’s not. Just keep documenting your surroundings around the railroad area, this will show that you do not trespass and it may save you of any problems in the near future with the railroad. Sorry for the long reply, Jason.

How does going to the end of your yard is considered trespassing or filming them doing nothing

The railroad needs to be more concerned with the FRA and DOT...

Keep doing what you do... The world is full of pathetic people... Respect to the Officer who you spoke with 👏👍.

Stay strong don’t let those jerks intimidate you !

🤣🤣 im at the csx tracks alot recording . Waiting for my turn to be approached ! Lol

I think it's stupid how people play favorites (or in this case, least favorites). There was like one or two people literally climbing on the locomotive (or at least it seemed that way) and you were just driving by in your car. So who does the railroad call the cops on? The guy just casually driving by in his car.

well the police officer told you to stay off Railroad property? well kindof impossible to really do that thought. Cause well you kindof have to drive over the railroad tracks at Crossings. I mean that is Railroad's Property too.

The deputy sounded cool. Yup, someone at the RR is weird. There are weirdos in the world. You do everything ok as far as I can see - so please continue to make your great videos!

Matt

you have to be kidding me!! this is such a joke, and a good example of how dangerous this can get

The cop was professional and didn’t harass you. If he had an ounce of evidence you would have been arrested. He was doing what he needed to do. Your buddies on the RR obviously exaggerated and created a story. I’d be back ASAP to stand my legal ground. If he can’t behave the cops will tire of him and take corrective action. My experience is that the cops always take the most passive easiest person to task for an altercation because it’s less paperwork!! Carry-on my good man, keep your chin up!

Mr.Matt. Thats who called. Guaranteed

Look at all the other people that have videos of trains on KZfaq. Someone is messing with your brain Jason

What a weird SWATTING attempt...

Open records request. Ask them who made the call and ask for a copy. They likely phoned 911 or the non emergency and recorded should be avaliable for both.

Word of advice don’t go around them anymore because could be a bad thing…

Your first mistake is being on Facebook. Your second is thinking you can say anything about anything.

I hate mosquitos !!

FOIA the 911 calls

Well it sounds like the train people are kinda sketchy…

Seems you might have a neighbor, RR worker or jealous railfan that doesn't like what you do. Just treat them as the petty idiots they are and live your life. The sheriff seemed quite personable, a really nice guy. Good video and thanks.

Jason, what I am about to write is not a judgement of you or an indictment of your passion. In another lifetime, I used to work for a model rr manufacturing and distributing company. I frequently traveled for trade shows and conventions. There were always these guys who we cringed at seeing. The guys with complaints or unreasonable expectations of what was produced or criticisms of lack of accuracy. “The SP didn’t have that. Why are you making it that way”? My gut tells me that there is a railroad employee or two that don’t care for you for whatever reason. They see you coming down the road and say to themselves S###, here comes that guy again.. what they have that we didn’t is a company that can throw some weight around because of the perceived threat posed by the general public to disrupt operations. They just have to make a call to the police and hope that the cops coming to talk to you will scare you away. But dude… as long as you’re staying within the boundaries of public rights of way… keep on doing what you enjoy..

It has to be the beard. The government doesn't trust people with beards.

Sounds like someone was up to no good.

What did the kid who was trespassing have in that bag? Maybe just cans or bottles? Cant tell on my phone

Cop was pretty cool about the whole thing!!! Your buddy M*tt probably called them!! Keep doing what you are doing Jason!!! Enjoy your videos too much!!

that is harassment, if it was someone you know doesn't like you. That employee then make a formal complaint. That's just crazy.

My husband and I have been following you for years now and I honestly just can’t understand what their problem is with you videoing the trains ? People love trains, we don’t watch your videos for the trains we watch for the other videos and we are fellow Michiganders and my family is buried in Calumet. Is there someone we can call and ask why they have such a huge stick up their rear end and that they need to remove it because people in this state actually enjoy your videos and maybe people would actually like the people who drive the trains a bit more if they weren’t such as$ hat’s? Thanks for the videos Jason, we enjoy the effort you put into making them and appreciate what you do especially what you did for Ray. By the way is Matt an employee of the railroad or does his boyfriend work there?

Wow that's really strange..

One step short of swatting . Had to be a RR employee called

I think you need to go "undercover" dye your hair and beard (you promised) and expose the railroad of having a LITTERED right-of-way.

Hi Jason. Just ignore the railway staff unless they want a friendly chat with you. Keep up the good work lots of people appreciate your videos. ELS is now famous the world over even in the UK!

You got to remember in America some rules apply to some people some rules don't apply two other people

That guy u had problems last time he told that stuff to see if u would get arrested I bet u on that

False accusations are up, charging with false accusations is down.

I would never give up railroad "trespassers" unless they were in danger, or vandalizing railroad property.