Bicycling

On the riverfront beat: A fine place for bikes

Written November 19th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

The Albany riverfront is my beat, one of them anyway. That includes the Willamette Neighborhood, and you can see a small sampling of it in the video below.

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A slow train to China? Not really, but …

Written November 15th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 11 responses.

When you’re standing on Albany’s Third Avenue watching a slow freight train go by, as I did on Saturday, you may not realize you’re looking at a tiny part of a huge business enterprise that spans the globe.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Brookfield Infrastructure, Genesee & Wyoming, GIC, Portland & Western, shortline railroads, Singapore, Willamette & Pacific

Hazelwood: Sale of little city park is complete

Written November 13th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 15 responses.

In case you’ve not been keeping track, the sale of Albany’s Hazelwood Park to neighboring property owners has now been completed.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: 17th avenue, Albany City Council, Albany parks, City of Albany, Hazelwood Park, saving woodland, Schukow

A Halloween ride on the Simpson Park Trail

Written October 31st, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

A sunny autumn afternoon makes for a perfect day for checking up on one of Albany’s best trails. So that’s what I did on Halloween — take the bike down the Simpson Park Trail and back.

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Tags: Albany parks and trails, autumn excursion, First Lake, Simpson Park, Willamette River

Up for yet another train-watching episode?

Written October 22nd, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 6 responses.

You’d think that sooner or later, I’d get tired of watching trains go by. But as you can see, that day has not yet come.

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Tags: freight trains, Portland & Western, Railroads, watching trains rail fans

If you like trains, here’s something for you

Written October 20th, 2021 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 5 responses.

There’s a little paved path across the old Oregon Electric Railway tracks at Burkhart Street in Albany. It’s on one of my bike routes through town, and I spent a few minutes there on October 8, trying to decipher the lettering that graffiti artists had left on the cars.

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Tags: Albany crossings, Burkhart Street, pedestrian crossings, Portland & Western, rail crossings, Railroads