HASSO HERING

A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Watching Coast Starlight leave the station

Written November 1st, 2025 by Hasso Hering

On Saturday afternoon, I was cruising through the parking lot of Albany Station when the Amtrak’s Coast Starlight just happened to pull into the station.


All aboard, but new platform’s not finished

Written June 26th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

On Monday I stopped at Albany Station to see how the construction of a raised concrete platform was coming along. Just then Amtrak’s Train 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, pulled in.


 
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