Taking a look at the Albany Station clock tower at 3:40 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023.
This is getting old. Still, let’s take yet another look at the top of the tower at Albany Station and check what it says on the clocks.
It was 3:49 p.m. Saturday when this photo was taken.
The clocks on the tower have been somewhat irregular since at least September 2020.
Every time the clocks lose track of time, the city finds a way to set them or to fix them, at least for a while.
Then, months later, on some random bike ride past the station, I look up to see how the clocks are doing.
Sometimes they are fine. But not on Saturday, when I stopped at the station for another reason, unrelated to the time of day.
It was about twenty to four. The clocks had different ideas.
The station is owned by the city of Albany. So are the grounds and the tower, which was donated by the Greater Albany Rotary Club along with the clocks when the station was restored in 2006.
Worn-out clocks high above the Albany train station are not a high priority for city council attention, let alone action. So don’t expect them to be permanently fixed. Eventually maybe the clocks will stop entirely and be right twice a day. (hh)
It was 3:38 when this photo was taken Saturday.
Twice a day same as the clock tower painted portion of the new mural on the Chamber of Commerce wall. Every time I drive by the mural I laugh thinking about the clock towers at the Train Station. Check it out for yourself.
When I drive by said mural to mail a bill at the P.O., I can’t crain my neck enough to see it.
Must be a good one?!?!
Too bad the County does not own the property. They may take more pride in the fact that we even have the Amtrak stop in Albany. No one utilizing this property has access to time, or restroom capability. I expect more things will be left unattended to before Amtrak does not even stop here. That will make this ‘transportation hub’ for Albany null and void.
It will then be a paved parking lot, period. Amtrak shall be advised.
I think this is hilarious. Like living in Mayberry! Thanks for posting.
Whoever built this should be shamed into fixing it…. it’s just a clock.
The technology has been around for a couple centuries.
Every time we drive by the “clock,” I check the visible clock faces. They are always wrong! It is such a shame to have such a beautiful clock greeting us and visitors always showing incorrect time. Please City Council DO SOMETHING TO FIX THIS!
The incorrect time on Albany’s premiere attraction to new visitors should be used as a promotional tool. “Come to Albany…Lose Track of Time.” The allusion to “track is particularly strong as the clocks are hard by the train tracks.
“Come visit Albany … where time doesn’t matter”
“Welcome to Albany, where the clock doesn’t govern you.”
“Stay in Albany … your wallet is more important than time.”
“That’s the ticket” to success in Albany. Except the “visitors” here that don’t worry about time are the people who only have money that they pick pocketed out of the taxpayers wallets.
hasso- how about finding out who made that clock? posting that name here will be holding someone, or company accountable for the taxpayers who feel ripped off. the city may have installed it, but albany did not make the clock. it seems to me after so many posts concerning that clock, we should be able to point a finger at who is responsible for it :)
No taxpayer got ripped off. Pinning blame on the makers of the little motors that drive the four clocks (two per clock) is not the point of this website.
Given the number of times you’ve beaten this story into the ground, it seems that “pinning blame” is precisely the point of this website.
as a taxpayer, i feel ripped off. and by reading these replies, i am not the only taxpayer who feels ripped off. exactly how much did we pay for that clock? im a common sense, common logic type guy. my grandmothers timex she wore for 4 decades, getting banged around on her wrist still works. pointing a finger at a person, or outfit responsible for a clock that does not function properly is simple accountabilty for the taxpayers concerned about it.
Maybe it’s time for an LED time and temperature on each side (like a bank). digital., or just remove the clock hands altogether…no time is better than wrong time. Apparently Albany is not alone in this…https://www.lohud.com/story/news/investigations/2018/07/31/public-clocks-wrong/847449002/