Portlanders who commute through the city's inner southeast neighborhoods are familiar with delays caused by mid-morning freight trains.

Cyclists near Southeast 12th Avenue and Clinton Street took to fording across the tracks like players in a particularly "Portlandia"-ish sendup of "The Oregon Trail" game Friday when a car blocked their way for more than five minutes.

Oregonian/OregonLive multimedia reporter Mark Graves caught the train-hopping in a 30-second video clip. Cyclists in the footage, three in all, can be seen in various states of crossing the tracks.

Blocked crossings are the number one complaint the Federal Railway Administration receives every year, the agency's chief administrator said in a 2015 speech.

Last year, a freight train on Naito Parkway blocked traffic in downtown Portland for approximately 45 minutes. Transportation heads for the state and city expressed safety concerns about the blockings to The Oregonian/OregonLive at the time. But ultimately, it's up to rail lines to regulate themselves on the matter.

Calls to the Portland Bureau of Transportation and BNSF Railway for comment were not immediately returned.

--Eder Campuzano | 503.221.4344

ecampuzano@oregonian.com