Spotted this engine on a siding in Hyannis on Cape Cod. The engineer was getting ready to throw the switch.
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How much track is there on Cape Cod?
Originally Posted by Number 90:
How much track is there on Cape Cod?
No more than 35 miles, 27 of this is the Buzzards Bay to Hyannis "Cape Main" that is used by the 3-season Cape Cod Central (capetrain.com) and the summer-only MBTA CapeFlyer (capeflyer.com). A subsidiary freight operator, Mass Coastal, runs the approx. 8-10 mile Falmouth branch handling the daily waste to energy unit trains to a mainland destination, all other freight traffic appears to be very light.
Almost 100 miles of track were operated by the New Haven up to the 1940s. Much of this is now rail-trails.
My last sighting of a train on the Cape was around 1976, a Penn Central GE with a gaggle of freight cars crossing the Buzzards Bay Bridge.
Thanks for the information. I had imagined a few miles of creaky 20 MPH track, but it's apparently not that way at all.
The ROW from Harwich to Chatham.
Peter
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The Cape Cod Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society has scenic train rides departing the West Barnstable Station each Saturday until Halloween.
Website ==> http://www.capecodnrhs.org/
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Originally Posted by Borden Tunnel:
Originally Posted by Number 90:
How much track is there on Cape Cod?
No more than 35 miles, 27 of this is the Buzzards Bay to Hyannis "Cape Main" that is used by the 3-season Cape Cod Central (capetrain.com) and the summer-only MBTA CapeFlyer (capeflyer.com). A subsidiary freight operator, Mass Coastal, runs the approx. 8-10 mile Falmouth branch handling the daily waste to energy unit trains to a mainland destination, all other freight traffic appears to be very light.
Almost 100 miles of track were operated by the New Haven up to the 1940s. Much of this is now rail-trails.
My last sighting of a train on the Cape was around 1976, a Penn Central GE with a gaggle of freight cars crossing the Buzzards Bay Bridge.
Back in 2008 I bike most of the rail trail. Nice the right of way is preserved but sad the rails are no longer there. Did the dinner train, not bad.
I routinely go from Chatham Station to Harwich, then across the Cape to Brewster....then into Orleans.....If I get picked up at the Orleans Rotary, it's about 20 miles.....if I go on to WellFleet it's another 7 or so.
Great ride, great scenery...and lots of fun.
Peter
This is the Chatham Station.....my son and I are getting ready to leave for a ride. I believe it's 2013.
Peter
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