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Rambling while watching a freight roll by

Written March 26th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 9 responses.

This is probably getting old for some of you. But not for me. When I’m on the bike and meet a train at one of Albany’s many grade crossings, I just have to take its picture.

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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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Another crossing and another train

Written August 22nd, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 2 responses.

As you may have gathered by now, I have a thing for trains. So when the gates at a railroad crossing go down just as I get there on the bike, I welcome the delay so I can watch. Or try to get a video, like this one: This freight came through Albany a few […]

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Long train, long wait at Albany crossings

Written January 21st, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 5 responses.

For most of its history Albany has been a railroad town, and I like it that way. For drivers this comes with the occasional inconvenience of long waits at grade crossings, as happened Thursday.

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