Manifest destiny on the UP’s track

There I was, riding my bike through the Willamette Neighborhood of east Albany just before 7 o’clock Friday evening. Then, for a while, I waited at the Burkhart Street pedestrian crossing of the Union Pacific and Portland & Western tracks.

I had just left the crossing when I heard the raucous blast of a horn. I hustled back, dumped the bike and was rewarded with this:

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