COLUMBIA SPY: About Town - August 25, 2024

This week's photos of Columbia

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At least four people climbed across a stopped train to enter or exit Columbia River Park Friday morning. A woman leaving the park narrowly avoided tragedy when the train began moving as she was crossing.

Here's why you shouldn't try to cross a stopped train. Another train could be traveling on the track beside it, as happened here.

The train was stopped for about an hour. According to a post by the Columbia Borough Police Department, the train became disabled and stopped for repairs.

Police arrived to monitor the situation.

Adding to matters, a second train had stopped behind the first.

At about the same time the train incident was happening, a tree in front of the Lloyd Mifflin House up the street was damaged by a vehicle. According to witnesses, a moving van delivering furniture hit the tree. The photo above shows the result after the Columbia Borough Public Works crew cut the damaged tree trunk.

Workers also removed the debris shown here and below.

Here's the final result.

Earlier in the week, the doors and part of the facade at Tollbooth Antiques still remained.

By Friday morning, that part of the building was gone, too.

On Sunday morning, things looked like this.

Meanwhile, near South 4th and Manor, these two car carriers have been squirreled away in the weeds for about a week.

Bridge inspectors were back yet again at the Veterans Memorial Bridge this past week.

Traffic on Front Street was delayed when the bucket from the inspection truck hung under the bridge for several minutes.

Speaking of the bridge, it's not looking too healthy in several spots.

Super ego or superego? Some people have super egos without justification.

Why park your FedEx truck in or at that open parking space when you can park it at the turn on Route 462?

Work continues on the billboard project at the former visitors center.

Meanwhile, at the National Watch & Clock Museum . . .

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Cloudy skies

Memorial at Rotary Park

This sign might become useful again, since Covid is making a comeback.

Two items at Columbia Curiosities on the 300 block of Walnut

Be happy.

A "squirrel" guarding the squirrel trap

Late afternoon sun

At the same time firefighters were fighting the fire at 2nd & Walnut on Wednesday, other emergency personnel covered a river rescue. Personnel staged at Columbia River Park.