The Portland MAX light rail system is being expanded with a north-south line. I caught some pics of them installing the diamonds downtown on the east-west line. That's why they had the MAX shut down this weekend. Anybody want to see the pics?
RussNelson wrote:The Portland MAX light rail system is being expanded with a north-south line.You're referring to the Portland Mall (5th/6th Avenues) that will allow Green and Yellow Line trains (Green being the I-205 line under construction; Yellow being the Interstate Avenue line to the Expo Center currently in operation) to reach Portland State University.
Had you gone to the south end of the construction near between Montgomery and Hall Streets on the PSU campus, you would see the original narrow gauge trolley tracks poking out from the end of the pavement cut, lined in brick. Since I work a few blocks away, it'll be interesting (and I'll try to get pictures) when they start to dig away and expose the original trolley tracks before they are ripped out entirely.