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I'm surprised that there didn't appear to be any UPRR police visible in the video above.  They were certainly present at all three stops in SW Utah and Caliente, NV, when we were there about a month ago.  We also saw some of the local constabulary involved as well.  Perhaps the difference is that the train stopped in all three locations -- here it was just whistling through.  As I mentioned in my earlier post on OGR about the crowds, the RR cops had a tough time keeping everyone back -- they even used a drone with a speaker to get folks to move back as the train came into Modena, UT.  Ed Dickens got on a bullhorn after the train was stopped and locked down and politely told the crowd that they could get all the closeup pictures of the engine they wanted (no climbing on the train), but when it was time to leave, everyone had to move back -- which seemed to work

I'm guessing that UP is (understandably) more than a little risk adverse, given the unfortunate mishap about a year or so ago with 844, when a woman was struck and killed standing too close to the tracks.

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