Have you ever under-reacted to a situation? :blink:
lets see getting into Boston at 2am is not a ideal time when you got a hotel revvy and have to be at the station at 8am the next day for the gathering train rides. what does the border patrol want with the LSL. it does not cross the border. its not near the Canadian border. i will react how i want. the LSL is not known as the late for sure limited for nothing. track work is one thing but i don't need to get into boston at 2AM cause some border guards decided they need a extra train to inspect. if you don't like me overeacting they put me on ignore thats what its there for. i get a few on that list already.
Boy how I wish that border patrol could learn how to do that. It makes no sense to delay 300 in the hopes of catching 1 illegal.
Under US law, the border patrol can stop any train, car, bus, truck, and bicycle that is within 100 miles of a US border. The Lake Shore spends most of its run within 100 miles of the Canadian border. They do it because people do slip across the border without going through customs, and then board trains & buses, even hitch hike to get where they want to go.
Were they tired of hassling pax @ the airport so decided to come do the same @ the train station?Did yall have to take everything off,dump all your liquids and jells and get "selected" for special screening?I know Birmingham is known for all its International suspects,its so close to the borders! :blink: Whats next,running a drag net in that well known hot bed of terrorism Salt Lake City? :lol: When those clowns get through it wont be them that is known by 'thousands stand around" but the delayed train pax that will be known as "hundreds are delayed"!!! :angry:
Last time I rode the Lake Shore, we were boarded by Customs people twice, according both to my scanner and the Conductor. I saw them one of times. In any case, that is exactly what they did.
I'm on board with Alan on this, with one minor exception. I agree that the agents should NOT delay a train, as others have said, "Get on and ride, while doing your work".
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I'm not real sure why anyone needs the names of the agents to complain. They're only doing what they were told to do. People just need to write letters to the agency expressing their dismay and outrage at being delayed.I'm on board with Alan on this, with one minor exception. I agree that the agents should NOT delay a train, as others have said, "Get on and ride, while doing your work".
But we as American Citizens, if we DO NOTHING, while this "inspection" is taking place, well it just condones it. You can be sure that the agents will tell you, in no uncertain terms, to "back off or be arrested". Big threat, VERY LITTLE chance of it happening. (I'm not advocating getting in there way at all, just asking them to do their job while train is under way. I would request names of all agents on board, (they HATE that) and then write a letter to supervisors, stating displeasure.
If they get enuff of these letters, they will not be as "eager" to board the trains and delay the trains in the future. If you do nothing, you get nothing..........
Yes, I've noticed that too and while I'm glad that I'm not being directly bothered by them, it's also profiling at its best. And they aren't supposed to be profiling. In fact, it’s against the law.On the TE/SL at Del Rio, TX on Monday, I saw 1 BP agent standing on the end of the platform as the train pulled in. I was in the last car, so I don't know if there were more and/or if they boarded - but they certainly did not come to the sleeper. (Illegals don't take sleepers!
Sorry, but I think the law is stupid. The people who destroyed the World Trade Center were not red-headed Irishmen with a brogue. We know who they are, where they came from, and what they look like. I feel profiling should be allowed, but not abused.Yes, I've noticed that too and while I'm glad that I'm not being directly bothered by them, it's also profiling at its best. And they aren't supposed to be profiling. In fact, it’s against the law.On the TE/SL at Del Rio, TX on Monday, I saw 1 BP agent standing on the end of the platform as the train pulled in. I was in the last car, so I don't know if there were more and/or if they boarded - but they certainly did not come to the sleeper. (Illegals don't take sleepers!
No, they were the terrorists\brave freedom fighters that some of your countrymen gave cash and weapons to.
That time, it was that particular group of people, granted. But who is to say that, say, the IRA won't decide they hate you for some reason in the future and mount an attack? Al Qaeda does not have a monopoly on hating Americans, I can assure you.
Would you have applied the same logic after OKC? That McVeigh feller sure stuck out like a sore thumb...
IIRC the law limits Border Patrol agents to looking for illegal aliens during routine stops/checks,they can use dogs and tear apart vehicles (or trains!)
