Railroad officials say trains won’t regularly block Minto-Brown crossing
After visiting Minto-Brown Island Park Thursday, April 9, Kimberly Morrison was looking forward to an afternoon at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival. She had a ticket with an entry time of 3:30 p.m.
Instead, she spent over an hour stuck behind a stalled train. She and her sister, Julie Farrell, were among an estimated 100 cars barred from leaving the park through the only road to the major parking lots.
Salem residents have reported multiple…
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Portland & Western Railroad has some of the worst vehicle crossings in Salem, especially from Salem Industrial Drive, Cherry Ave and Pine St to downtown. I’ve reported them to the number on the crossing as well to ODOT Rail over the last couple of years but nothing has been done.
I’m a regular at that dog park for a few years now, we go almost daily now. I was at the dog park when this happened and a friend who left suddenly came back, told me what happened. While 1 hour blocking is rare, long blocks do happen more frequent than not. I’ve sat there and watched them move things more towards Salem and then not dropping anything, move it back. There really needs to be a second more accessible way on and off the park.