The BNSF just doesn't get it

Ok, I am now convinced that the Omaha Gibson terminal is crazy and hell bent on finding a terrorist under every stone and behind every tree. Case in point for today.

I decided to see how high the Missouri River was in the S. Omaha area and see what affect it might have on the railroad and the waste treatment plant. While down there I stopped and photographed the BNSF units from the very public Omaha S. 8th St. The scanner revealed that an inbound train was coming in from Oreapolis shortly and I parked in the Hills Bros packaging plant drive way to get a shot of it coming in along the Bluff. While parked I heard on the scanner a crew (who I could see) call me into the yardmaster. Now I'm on private property but not the BNSF's and they really can't say anything about me being there, so I activate the camcorder on my phone and wait for the confrontation. After about 15 mins of waiting for the train and seeing that it had not shown up there  I headed out for Council Bluffs.

I noticed that there were two KCS units parked in the BNSF CB yard so I drove down S 5th St to get a shot. While doing this a crew van showed up and one of the crew proceeded to exit the van and walk across the open space to confront me. He asked if he could help me and I asked him the same as it appeared he was after something. I proceeded to video tape the encounter and informed the individual he was being recorded.

I also informed him he was violating FRA GCOR rules by harassing me on public land. He proceeded to call the Gibson terminal and inform them I am of Middle Eastern descent (which I am not) just to get the hornets nest stirred. I left after that and continued to listed to him on the radio.

In the video you can clearly see the street sign. These are Council Bluffs, Iowa street signs and the roads are Council Bluffs, IA maintained and owned roads. The road in the fore ground is the BNSF access road which the individual is clearly on the other side of. The individual was clearly violating GCOR 1.6 and 1.7:

1.6 Conduct

• Employees must not be:
• 1. Careless of the safety of themselves or others
• 2. Negligent
• 3. Insubordinate
• 4. Dishonest     <--
• 5. Immoral
• 6. Quarrelsome
• or
• 7. Discourteous <--

1.7 Altercations

• Employees must not enter into altercations with each other, play practical
• jokes, or wrestle while on duty or on railroad property.

I already have a open complaint with the ACLU concerning the railroads disregard of the First Amendment and ongoing harassment and this will be shared with them.