If you like watching trains, Albany is a good place to be: Lots of crossings, and many trains coming through.
Long train, long wait at Albany crossings
Written January 21st, 2021 by Hasso Hering
For most of its history Albany has been a railroad town, and I like it that way. For drivers this comes with the occasional inconvenience of long waits at grade crossings, as happened Thursday.
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Tags: Albany, Albany Station, freight trains, grade crossings, Railroads, Union Pacific
Tags: Albany, Albany Station, freight trains, grade crossings, Railroads, Union Pacific
Just wondering — why no crossing arms
Written October 21st, 2020 by Hasso Hering
On a leisurely bike ride through old Albany the other day, I noticed something that wasn’t there. Where the Portland & Western Railroad crosses Sixth Avenue, there are no warning lights, bells or arms that come down when a train comes through.
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Tags: bike rides, crossing protections, Hackleman District, old Albany, PNWR, Portland & Western, railroad crossings, Railroads, Sixth Avenue, trains
Tags: bike rides, crossing protections, Hackleman District, old Albany, PNWR, Portland & Western, railroad crossings, Railroads, Sixth Avenue, trains
Hope this doesn’t happen often
Written December 15th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Last week, somebody went across the lowered gates at an Albany railroad crossing and lost his life, and people were shaking their heads why anyone would ignore all the warnings at grade crossings. And then I came across this today: Gates, flashing lights and bells being activated at the Main Street crossing without a train anywhere in sight.
A visit from a ‘Southern Belle’
Written May 17th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
When I see a locomotive I don’t remember seeing before, I can’t resist taking its picture. So here you are: Locomotive 4816 of the Kansas City Southern Railway Co. was parked off Seventh Avenue in Albany on Friday afternoon.
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Another crossing and another train
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 […]
Tags: Albany railroad town, freight trains, railroad crossings, Railroads, Union Pacific