No more swerving to keep your bike tires from catching in the rails on this part of Water Avenue on Albany’s riverfront. The spur that used to slice across the street is gone.
On Queen, smoother ride is two years away
Written April 23rd, 2019 by Hasso Hering
If you mention railroads in Albany, the reaction you get most likely is a complaint about the grade crossing on Queen Avenue. So here’s another update on how much longer you and your vehicle can expect to endure the bumpy ride across those tracks.
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Tags: Albany railroads, crossing improvements, Queen Ave crossing, Union Paciific
Tags: Albany railroads, crossing improvements, Queen Ave crossing, Union Paciific
Train horn complaint lands at city council
Written March 26th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
[youtube video=”r4AVIWF5_a8″] Doug Hiddleson and some of his neighbors on S.W. Washington Street are fed up with the volume of the horn of Switch Engine 1501 of the Portland & Western Railroad, and they’ve turned to the city for help.
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Tags: Albany railroads, Doug Hiddleson, Portland & Western Railroad, Queen Avenue crossing, Train horns
Tags: Albany railroads, Doug Hiddleson, Portland & Western Railroad, Queen Avenue crossing, Train horns
The riddle of the Baker Street rails
Written January 11th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
I’ve looked for clues in various archives, but so far I haven’t been able to learn why there are remnants of a railroad track buried in Baker Street downtown.
Progress on crucial Albany rail link
Written December 3rd, 2013 by Hasso Hering
Passersby can see that work has resumed on the so-called Santiam Lead, a stretch of new railroad track parallel to the Union Pacific Mainline in Albany. High time, too. Under an agreement between the Portland & Western Railroad and ODOT-Rail, the project is supposed to be completed by Dec. 31.
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Still a railroad town after 152 years
Just about every weekday afternoon, a Portland & Western feight train enters Albany on the Toledo branch from the direction of Corvallis. If you like trains and happen to be cruising past on a bike, you’re likely to stop and watch, like this:
Tags: Albany history, Albany railroads, Ben Holladay, Oregon & California, Railroad history, Railroads