Queen Avenue crossing

Queen Avenue: Why the bumps are still there

Written October 26th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 3 responses.

When a section of Queen Avenue was reopened this week after being torn up for utility work and then repaved, somebody complained in a comment here that the railroad crossing was still as bumpy as always.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Portland & Western, Queen Avenue crossing, railroad, rails, Union Pacific

Stuck on Queen, and seeing the danger

Written May 23rd, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 23 responses.

On bike rides around Albany I usually avoid Queen Avenue because of the rail crossing south of the Albany yard. On Thursday afternoon I did go that way and witnessed motorists practicing amazing patience while the crossing was blocked for what seemed like a very long time.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News, Videos
Tags: crossing arms, crossing danger, Portland & Western, Queen Avenue crossing, railroad, traffic, Union Pacific

So what’s the stuff in those black tanks?

Written March 30th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 17 responses.

On a bike ride this month, I stopped at the Queen Avenue crossing to let a Union Pacific freight go by. Standing there, I wondered about all those tank cars heading south.

Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: LPG, Procor, Queen Avenue crossing, rail cars, tank cars, Union Pacific

Locomotives: Old, not so old, and really new

Written June 15th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 4 responses.

Back on March 1, the Albany Parks Commission heard something about an aging railway switch engine that had been at work in the Albany and Millersburg yards for years.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Albany railroad yard, Amtrak, Charger locomotives, Engine 1501, locomotives, Portland & Western, Queen Avenue crossing

It’s less bumpy on Queen Avenue tracks

Written October 7th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 8 responses.

Judging by their speed, motorists are finding Albany’s Queen Avenue railraod crossing much easier to navigate now that the pavement has been repaired.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Portland & Western, Queen Avenue crossing, Union Pacific

At this bumpy crossing, a fix is in sight

Written March 10th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

Comments: 14 responses.

Well, here’s a surprise likely to be welcomed by Albany motorists: After planned improvements were delayed year after year, the uneven railroad crossing on Queen Avenue now will be fixed in a matter of months.

Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: ODOT, Oregon DOT, Portland & Western, Queen Avenue crossing, railroad crossings, Union Pacific