As I was heading east on First Avenue Wednesday, a peculiar smell in the air made me wonder if there was a fire upwind. Then, after a left on Columbus and another left on Water, the nature and the source of the odor became obvious: Creosote fumes from batches of new railroad ties being stacked […]
Not your ordinary railroad train
Now that was a weird-looking train that inched its way across Albany streets on Wednesday morning.
Tags: Madison Street, maintenance of way, Railroad ties, Railroads, Santiam Road, Union Pacific, work trains