When I received my first 35MM SLR camera in the early 70's I used to go to the CNJRR Elizabethport shops and later on to EL's Croxton shops. Both places RR workers would just tell me be careful and 'watch out for the Bulls'.
But a few years after 9/11 I did get hassled by local police when I was taking pictures of planes taking off and landing at Newark Airport. I was across the NJ Turnpike in a big box store parking lot. Cop came up to me in his car and wanted to know if I was a Taliban. After questioning me for a few minutes, I was told to beat it.
If it is not a station platform, I no longer go on RR property and if it's not at an air show, I don't photograph aircraft anymore.
