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A perspective from Oregon’s mid-Willamette Valley

Queen Avenue: Why the bumps are still there

Written October 26th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

When a section of Queen Avenue was reopened this week after being torn up for utility work and then repaved, somebody complained in a comment here that the railroad crossing was still as bumpy as always.


What, another train? Already?

Written September 24th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

Yes, there’s no shortage of trains on the Union Pacific’s western Oregon mainline. And if you move around Albany much at all, whether on four wheels or two, or on foot, trains and you are often going to cross paths.


Just in time to watch another train

Written September 16th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

It has been a few weeks since you last saw a train on this site. So let’s make up for lost time.


Interlude at a small railroad crossing

Written June 19th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

It’s rare that the Burkhart Street bike and pedestrian railroad crossing in Albany is blocked by a stationary train, but on Wednesday afternoon it was.


Stuck on Queen, and seeing the danger

Written May 23rd, 2024 by Hasso Hering

On bike rides around Albany I usually avoid  Queen Avenue because of the rail crossing south of the Albany yard. On Thursday afternoon I did go that way and witnessed motorists practicing amazing patience while the crossing was blocked for what seemed like a very long time.


So what’s the stuff in those black tanks?

Written March 30th, 2024 by Hasso Hering

On a bike ride this month, I stopped at the Queen Avenue crossing to let a Union Pacific freight go by. Standing there, I wondered about all those tank cars heading south.


UP to replace trestle on Periwinkle Creek

Written December 15th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

Here’s a railroad bridge construction project in Albany that likely won’t affect anyone other than, perhaps, the immediate neighbors.


 
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