Putting aside the perennial grumbling about noise and delays, we in Albany should be glad we still have functioning railroads to watch as they work, relieving highways of some of the burden of moving heavy freight.
Here you find me on one of the Willamette River piers in Albany, where I stopped for a few remarks on my afternoon bike ride on Christmas Eve:
Friday’s bike ride along the Albany riverfront was totally routine except for one brief interruption. On the Dave Clark Path, someone had left what you see in the photo above. This made me stop and dig out my phone for this: The “guys” I mentioned in the video turned out to be three ladies out […]
On a bike ride Wednesday, I finally managed to be at the Queen Avenue railroad crossing in Albany at the right time.
If you haven’t been downtown lately, you ought to go there just to see the Albany Christmas tree at the corner of Second Avenue and Ferry Street.
Over the years Albany drivers have developed a great deal of patience when it comes to waiting at the railroad crossing on Queen Avenue. But what choice do they have?
Stepping into the coming year, slowly
Things might be wild on the international scene, but New Year’s week on the local front it usually dead. Now is no exception, so what does one do? One option is taking a little walk: Let’s hope things will pick up when people get back to work on Jan. 5. (hh)
Tags: 2026, new year, walking