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.
Rambling while watching a freight roll by
Written March 26th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
This is probably getting old for some of you. But not for me. When I’m on the bike and meet a train at one of Albany’s many grade crossings, I just have to take its picture.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: Albany crossings, freight trains, Railroads, Union Pacific
Tags: Albany crossings, freight trains, Railroads, Union Pacific
Up for yet another train-watching episode?
Written October 22nd, 2021 by Hasso Hering
You’d think that sooner or later, I’d get tired of watching trains go by. But as you can see, that day has not yet come.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, News
Tags: freight trains, Portland & Western, Railroads, watching trains rail fans
Tags: freight trains, Portland & Western, Railroads, watching trains rail fans
If you like trains, here’s something for you
Written October 20th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
There’s a little paved path across the old Oregon Electric Railway tracks at Burkhart Street in Albany. It’s on one of my bike routes through town, and I spent a few minutes there on October 8, trying to decipher the lettering that graffiti artists had left on the cars.
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary
Tags: Albany crossings, Burkhart Street, pedestrian crossings, Portland & Western, rail crossings, Railroads
Tags: Albany crossings, Burkhart Street, pedestrian crossings, Portland & Western, rail crossings, Railroads
Another crossing and another train
Written August 22nd, 2021 by Hasso Hering
As you may have gathered by now, I have a thing for trains. So when the gates at a railroad crossing go down just as I get there on the bike, I welcome the delay so I can watch. Or try to get a video, like this one: This freight came through Albany a few […]
Posted in: Bicycling, Commentary, Videos
Tags: Albany railroad town, freight trains, railroad crossings, Railroads, Union Pacific
Tags: Albany railroad town, freight trains, railroad crossings, Railroads, Union Pacific
When the crossing gates come down …
Written August 16th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
If you like watching trains, Albany is a good place to be: Lots of crossings, and many trains coming through.
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Crossing Cox Creek: UP makes a move
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.
Tags: Cox Creek, Railroads, temporary trestles, trestles, Union Pacific, wooden trestles