From time to time I’ve wondered about the speed that the Portland & Western’s freight trains maintain on the line down the middle of Albany’s Water Avenue. Now, based on some fortuitous data gathering, I have a pretty good idea.
Work upgrades trestle on P&W line
Written January 23rd, 2018 by Hasso Hering
For weeks there’s been heavy construction on the Portland & Western’s long trestle bridge across the Calapooia River and its floodplain outside Albany. The work is upgrading and strengthening the structure and will probably make it last many decades more.
On the riverfront: Stuff’s going on
Written October 11th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Things have been quiet on my waterfront beat, but there’s stuff going on, mainly including the installation of a new and improved railroad crossing at Water Avenue and Hill Street, a main entrance to the Edgewater Village development.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany riverfront, Denver Street, Geary Street, Hill Street crossing, Portland & Western, Water Avenue
Tags: Albany riverfront, Denver Street, Geary Street, Hill Street crossing, Portland & Western, Water Avenue
Queen crossing on state’s agenda
Written August 12th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
The Oregon Transportation Commission is poised to approve a project to make Albany’s Queen Avenue railroad crossing safer and, for cars, smoother. But it won’t deal with traffic delays when the gates are down.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Oregon Transportation Commission, Portland & Western, Queen Avenue crossing
Tags: Oregon Transportation Commission, Portland & Western, Queen Avenue crossing
Queen crossing to remain bumpy
Written July 31st, 2017 by Hasso Hering
Albany’s busiest railroad crossing on Queen Avenue will be improved for safety one of these days. But it won’t be soon, and when it’s done it will still be a bumpy ride for cars.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: ODOT-Rail, Portland & Western, Queen Avenue crossing, Rick Shankle, Union Pacific
Tags: ODOT-Rail, Portland & Western, Queen Avenue crossing, Rick Shankle, Union Pacific
Why the path would be better
Written January 27th, 2017 by Hasso Hering
A day after the Albany City Council narrowly confirmed its longstanding commitment to an off-highway bikeway from Spring Hill to Scenic Drive, I got on my bike and took another look at how things are now.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Bikeway, Hickory Street, Portland & Western, Scenic Drive, West Thornton Lake
Tags: Albany-Corvallis Bikeway, Hickory Street, Portland & Western, Scenic Drive, West Thornton Lake
Eighteen years (or so) of tagging…
If memory serves, these woodchip hopper rail cars got their new paint schemes — honoring the Oregon Ducks and the anti-drug DARE program — in about 2000 or before. And look at the colorful messes created by taggers in all the years since.
Tags: DARE rail car, Dave Clark Path, Oregon and Oregon state rail cars, Portland & Western