There was a battered old rail car sitting on a spur in Albany Saturday. When I got off the bike to take a look, I learned something I hadn’t known before.
A home base for rail maintenance work
Written January 10th, 2023 by Hasso Hering
Once again, a reader’s question sent me on a little ride to see for myself what he was asking about.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Linn County Fair & Expo Center, Railroads, track maintenance, Union Pacific
Tags: Linn County Fair & Expo Center, Railroads, track maintenance, Union Pacific
Still a railroad town after 152 years
Written August 25th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
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:
Posted in: Commentary
Tags: Albany history, Albany railroads, Ben Holladay, Oregon & California, Railroad history, Railroads
Tags: Albany history, Albany railroads, Ben Holladay, Oregon & California, Railroad history, Railroads
New trestle: Wondering about headroom
Written June 14th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
The way the construction crew has been making progress, the new railroad trestle on Cox Creek in Albany should be spanning the bike and walking path there any day now.
Posted in: Commentary, News
Tags: Cox Creek, Cox Creek path, Railroads, trestles, Union Pacific, UP mainline
Tags: Cox Creek, Cox Creek path, Railroads, trestles, Union Pacific, UP mainline
Crossing Cox Creek: UP makes a move
Written June 10th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
There’s some massive construction work happening on Albany’s Cox Creek, just off the trestle that carries the Union Pacific’s main line. I didn’t know what I was seeing when I went by there a week ago, but now I know a little more.
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Tags: Cox Creek, Railroads, temporary trestles, trestles, Union Pacific, wooden trestles
Tags: Cox Creek, Railroads, temporary trestles, trestles, Union Pacific, wooden trestles
Old railroad track spurs memories of years ago
Written May 16th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
There’s a short length of rusty railroad track, just south of Crabtree Automotive, that reminds me of stories the Albany paper reported many years ago.
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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