Shaner took offense to this, and set about getting some type of foamer vengeance on Strasburg. One afternoon Shaner sets up his camera and tripod along the one sharp curve on the Strasburg line, he then sets a couple of tie plates down on the rail in an attempt to derail the train and get it on film. What he didn't count on was that a track crew was out that day to go and fix a signal along the line. They hit the plates and pushed them off the rail (rail equipped trucks have brushes or flaps ahead of the rail wheels to keep debris from derailing the truck). The crew got out to check what all the track clatter was, saw the tie plates, and Shaner waddling as fast as he could back to his truck. No real proof that he put the plates down, but more than enough for Strassburg and the PRRM to ban him from the properties.