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.
Well, what do you know! The bike trap at the Queen Avenue railroad crossing has been eliminated. It’s smooth sailing now, or rather riding.
Last week I got word of a development regarding the collapsed railroad bridge on the Marys River in Corvallis. So I went over there to take a look.
Guess what’s back again. It’s our old friend the logjam in the Willamette River under the Albany railroad bridge.
About once a week or so, the bike takes me west on Queen Avenue and across the tracks south of the Albany railroad yard. Each ride reminds me of a potential hazard left by a paving project in 2024.
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?
Short trip for a short train
On a bike ride through Albany’s Willamette Neighborhood on Thursday evening, I got to the Pine Street crossing about the same time as a Portland & Western train.
Tags: frain, Pine Street crossing, PNWR, PNWR 3546, Portland & Western, railroad