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That old RR track: Where it once led

Written March 19th, 2024 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 3 responses.

If it was up to me, they’d put a historical marker on the rusted railroad track that runs from the Albany yard past Crabtree Automotive and ends in the bushes before it gets to Hill Street.

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On the centennial of a notorious crime

Written May 14th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 7 responses.

If you’re interested in American railroads and Oregon history, and even if you’re not, this is an important centennial year.

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An Albany opening worth waiting for

Written May 2nd, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 7 responses.

Here’s the news from the Albany Regional Museum: It will reopen to the public on June 10.

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Still a railroad town after 152 years

Written August 25th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 9 responses.

Just about every weekday afternoon, a Portland & Western feight train enters Albany on the Toledo branch from the direction of Corvallis. If you like trains and happen to be cruising past on a bike, you’re likely to stop and watch, like this:

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Those old iron rails: Keep them, or what?

Written January 5th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 7 responses.

The news is mostly bad and getting worse, so let’s consider something completely different: What should Albany do with the remnants of long-abandoned railroad tracks in its streets?

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