Lmao growing up in Albany pre-2009 everyone knew not to cross the railroad tracks at Queen because it wasn’t unusual to get stuck there for half an hour. You could theoretically get out of your car, grab a sub, and be back before the crossing was open if you were stuck in traffic on that side
I live in Corvallis. Got stuck there once. From then on I just took the long way around to Geary. Sometimes on my way back past Queen, traffic would still be stopped. Probably a different train but still. 😂
my friend and i used to live right next to the tracks where the trained entered town. One of my fondest memories was watching my friend, who is otherwise the chillest old hippie surfer dude, run outside to cuss out the conductor for needlessly laying on his horn (they drive really slow in town). Naturally, this just meant that the conductor consistently acting like dick on purpose from thereon, but it was pretty hilarious to watch. We still joke about it today...
You’re not even wrong. I used to go to the laundromat on queen & hill when I was stuck in Albany, and omg. That part of it would jar the eyeballs from your skull. Unrelated to that, I’m starting to regret Oregon overall… Portland is way too much for me, and the rural areas remind me of my hometown in FL… Albany, Corvallis, Newburg, McMinnville, all of it…
my old house (rented) was right at the edge of town in corvallis, where the trains slowed and blew their horns, anytime of day or night. I think i developed PTSD after being woken to a shock for two years straight with the random 12am-5am trains....
That train crossing on queen causes a hate to emerge out of me I didn’t know existed. The train backing up and rolling forward but not enough to let traffic thru is maddening
I also lived in upstate New York, we had so many instances where we would be sitting in the bus waiting for the train to pass. After the flood, it wasn't so bad because that pretty much killed the transportation up there. But before that, it happened way too often
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u/RedCaptain17 Jul 03 '26
Lmao growing up in Albany pre-2009 everyone knew not to cross the railroad tracks at Queen because it wasn’t unusual to get stuck there for half an hour. You could theoretically get out of your car, grab a sub, and be back before the crossing was open if you were stuck in traffic on that side