The Springwater Corridor is a wonderful bike path. The fact that is it built on an old railroad line insures that the ride is going to be flat. So, for those days when we are looking for an easy spin with no long slow climbs, we can use this trail to get us to the outer east Portland area.

There are many cool things about this area. On our last ride, what I thought about was the restored Linneman Station. Named after Gresham Pioneers John and Catherine Linneman who followed the Oregon trail here with their oxen, in 1852. It is kind of halfway between the current western trail head at 42nd and Johnson Creek, and the eastern end of the paved trail, at Rugg Road. What is provides is a place to stop and look around, some tables, some shade and some nice restrooms. In its day, the station was an important link to the town.

It has recently been restored after a fire destroyed the original building.
Its a nice little building with a room full of benches that can be used for small presentations I suppose.

The Linneman station area is also significant because of the new trail connection under construction. Gresham will receive more than $2 million in federal funds to build two more sections of the Gresham-Fairview Trail, a 5.2-mile pedestrian and bike path linking the Springwater Corridor and the Columbia River. This trail would be a crucial piece to the 40-Mile Loop, a series of trails throughout the metro area. The Gresham-Fairview Trail will consist of a 12-foot-wide asphalt swatch extending from the Linneman Station trail head north through Rockwood to Marine Drive, just west of Blue Lake Park. The first section, 1.24 miles accessible from Halsey St. at 201st Avenue to Burnside Road, is scheduled for completion later this month, with a dedication ceremony planned for National Trails Day on June 2.

To me, perhaps the greatest thing about this building is the cool train ticket guy statue standing in the window of the ticket booth.