Burkhart Street crossing

Something makes this locomotive special

Written August 17th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 10 responses.

That, my friends, is no ordinary train engine you are looking at here.

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Tags: Burkhart Street crossing, diesel electric locomotive, General Electric, railroad, trains, Union Pacific, UP 7964

What, another train? Already?

Written September 24th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

Yes, there’s no shortage of trains on the Union Pacific’s western Oregon mainline. And if you move around Albany much at all, whether on four wheels or two, or on foot, trains and you are often going to cross paths.

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Tags: Burkhart Street crossing, Railroads, train length, trains, Union Pacific

At Burkhart crossing, seeing a new railway

Written July 13th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

Having torn myself away from the national news Saturday night, I was taking my usual bike ride through the east end of old Albany when I heard the horn of a train coming down from the north.

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Tags: Burkhart Street crossing, Canadian Pacific, Canadian Pacific Kansas City, Kansas City Southern, Railroads

Take a look at this handy little RR crossing

Written January 13th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

There’s a nice little path people can use to walk or bike across the Union Pacific mainline track at Burkhart Street. Nothing much has happened there lately, as far as I know, but I thought I would show it to you anyway.

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Tags: Burkhart Street crossing, pedestrian crossing, Portland & Western, railroad, Salem Avenue, Union Pacific, Willamette neighborhood

HASSO HERING

Something makes this locomotive special

What, another train? Already?

At Burkhart crossing, seeing a new railway

Take a look at this handy little RR crossing