You May Not Photograph This

These are the platforms at Amtrak's Pennsylvania Station in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Amtrak's policy is that you may not take photographs here. Not even Amtrak's CEO can explain why this goofy policy exists. It does, though. I have asked Amtrak for permission to photograph and been told, in writing, that I was forbidden to photograph on station platforms. I do it anyway. This is alienating a lot of people (railroad photographers) who would otherwise be active Amtrak supporters.