Something you don’t see every day: A Portland & Western maintenance pickup parked on the trestle where it crosses the Dave Clark Riverfront Path.
Queen crossing: Now, a noise complaint
Written January 24th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
[youtube video=”GHc_DcfEbo4″] Albany’s Queen Avenue railroad crossing has long annoyed motorists because of the condition of the pavement and frequent delays. Now comes a new complaint: The length and volume of the air horn blasts of switch engine No. 1501.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Portland & Western, Queen Avenue crossing, railroad crossings, yard engine 1501
Tags: Portland & Western, Queen Avenue crossing, railroad crossings, yard engine 1501
Eighteen years (or so) of tagging…
Written September 23rd, 2018 by Hasso Hering
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.
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: DARE rail car, Dave Clark Path, Oregon and Oregon state rail cars, Portland & Western
Tags: DARE rail car, Dave Clark Path, Oregon and Oregon state rail cars, Portland & Western
Going slow: Rattling down Water Avenue
Written July 14th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
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.
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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
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Trains blocked by sewer work? Not really
For weeks the Portland & Western’s Water Avenue rail line has been blocked by equipment to build a sewer pump station, and you may have thought this has crippled railroad operations. But apparently it hasn’t, because the track is opened up again every night.
Tags: old Oregon Electric track. Pacific Excavation, Portland & Western, Sewer construction, Water Avenue rail line