Parkdale was founded by David Eccles and R. J. McIsaac in 1910 to serve as a terminus for the Mount Hood Railroad. Geography Parkdale is located in central Hood River County at (45.516976, -121.596923), in the Upper Hood River Valley It is 2 miles (3 km) southwest of the neighboring community of Mount Hood and 16 miles (26 km) south of Hood River, the county seat. Oregon Route 281 is the main road through the community. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Parkdale CDP has a total area of 0.62 square miles (1.6 km 2), all of it land.
KXL Pipeline Project. The Keystone XL (KXL) Project is a proposed 36-inch-diameter crude oil pipeline, beginning in Hardisty, Alberta, and extending south to Steele City, Nebraska. This pipeline is a critical infrastructure project for the economic strength and energy security of the United States. On March 24, 2017 the U.S. State Department issued the Presidential Permit for the Keystone XL project, marking a significant milestone for the project.
They are sometimes referred to as the upper Main Line and include Rosemont, Villanova, Radnor, St. Davids, Wayne, Strafford, Devon, Berwyn, Daylesford, Paoli, and Malvern. In recent years, the service has extended even further west than Malvern.requent Amtrak trains run from the 30th Street Station North to New York City, Connecticut, Boston and South to Delaware, Baltimore, and Washington, DC, and the Amtrak Keystone route stops in Ardmore, en route to Harrisburg. The Main Line is ideally located mid-way between New York City and Washington, DC.