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Skip the news and watch a train go by

Written October 20th, 2022 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 7 responses.

Guess what: It’s time to watch another Portland & Western freight train make its way, slowly, past the Sixth Avenue crossing in Albany.

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Crossing on Queen to be fixed next week

Written September 23rd, 2022 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 12 responses.

The Queen Avenue railroad crossing, long the bane of Albany motorists because of its extreme bumpiness, is finally going to get fixed starting next week.

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Just wondering — why no crossing arms

Written October 21st, 2020 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 13 responses.

  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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Hope this doesn’t happen often

Written December 15th, 2015 by Hasso Hering
Comments: 5 responses.

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.

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