TriMet and Linnton - Let our People Go!

Oregon Live article on proposed service cuts impacting Linnton.

http://www.oregonlive.com/happy-valley/index.ssf/2012/01/post_9.html

Outlying areas always seem to suffer first when a transit agency makes service cuts. I think that if a public agency abandons these areas, that citizens of these areas should be able to form their own locally controlled transit systems, and be exempt from most regulatory impediments. An entrepreneur with a passenger van should be able to transport passengers to downtown Portland if our public agencies are failing the needs of the populace.

Council Crest Line - Part 2

Photos by Pdxrailtransit


The Council Crest line lives on in the form of the Portland Vintage Trolley (Website.) The replica Brill cars no longer run on their old Lloyd Center route due to increased LRV traffic on the Steel Bridge with the addition of the Yellow and Green Max lines. The cars run on Sundays on the new transit mall on Fifth and Sixth Avenues, also known as the "shadow" Union Station Loop route.

Take a Trip to Council Crest - Part 1

TriMet Line 51, Council Crest

Photo by Pdxrailtransit

It is 61 years to late to catch the narrow gauge trolley car to Council Crest, but taking a ride on the nearest bus equivalent is worthwhile, even if your bus does break down, and you have to walk all the way back to Goose Hollow, as happened to me!

Casey at the Bat

 

  

All photos by Pdxrailtransit

Rossisle - One Handsome Tugboat

Photo by Pdxrailtransit

Ross Island Sand and Gravel's Tug Rossisle, takes an empty barge back to the pit.

Doin's on the River

A skiff carries contractors on an inspection tour of the Zidell Brownfield Cleanup site.

Photo by Pdxrailtransit

Zidell Brownfield Cleanup Project

The third big project going on, is the Zidell Brownfield Cleanup Project (Link) Years of contamination from shipbuilding and dismantling, including heavy metals and asbestos, is being removed (Link.) This project has resulted in a substantial increase in river traffic, with towboats and barges coming and going with loads of gravel. A 5mph wake zone for recreational boaters has been established, and the channel has white buoy markers to keep boaters away from the barges and cranes. 

Photos by Pdxrailtransit