Millersburg yard – Hasso Hering

When you hear that horn, you stop and wait

Written September 11th, 2026 by Hasso Hering

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There I was, crossing the old Oregon Electric rail line at Burkhart Street Thursday night when I heard the horn of an approaching train.

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Tags: bicycling, Burkhart Street crossing, Millersburg yard, PNWR, railroad

The nightly train along Water Avenue

Written July 24th, 2026 by Hasso Hering

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While we’re on the subject of trains, let’s have brief look at one of the many freight trains rolling through different parts of Albany on most days.

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Tags: Millersburg yard, PNWR, Portland & Western, railroad, Water Avenue

A brief diversion on a sunny winter’s day

Written January 29th, 2025 by Hasso Hering

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Wednesday was supposed to be the last dry and sunny day for a while. The afternoon found the bike and me on Albany’s Cox Creek Path, where I noticed two things.

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Tags: Cox Creek path, Cox Creek Trail, Millersburg yard, Portland & Western Railroad

Watching a log train being built

Written November 22nd, 2013 by Hasso Hering

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I was riding my bike along Albany’s Cox Creek path on Thursday (Nov. 21) — a sunny, cold and windy day — when a train carrying logs was being assembled at the nearby Millersburg yard of the Portland & Western Railroad. The yard figures in the long-standing effort to do more train building there and […]

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Tags: Cox Creek path, Millersburg yard, Portland & Western