As far as at-grade railroad crossings go, the one on Albany’s Northeast Columbus Street wasn’t exactly a busy one. Now it’s even less busy because the street has been closed where it crosses the track.
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Tags: Albany crossing closures, BNSF, Columbus Street N.E., Edgewater Village, Portland & Western, Water Avenue rail line, Wheelhouse
Tags: Albany crossing closures, BNSF, Columbus Street N.E., Edgewater Village, Portland & Western, Water Avenue rail line, Wheelhouse
Trains blocked by sewer work? Not really
For weeks the Portland & Western’s Water Avenue rail line has been blocked by equipment to build a sewer pump station, and you may have thought this has crippled railroad operations. But apparently it hasn’t, because the track is opened up again every night.
Tags: old Oregon Electric track. Pacific Excavation, Portland & Western, Sewer construction, Water Avenue rail line