Since I was already on the Cape for a wedding, I decided to take the opportunity to shoot the Cape Cod Central's regular 11:30 excursion train. The train is seen at the Barnstable Great Marsh.

NAUG 2019 leads a Mass Bay RRE excursion over the Naugatuck River in Watertown, CT

Illuminated by a platform light, MC 2026 idles at Buzzards Bay as passengers detrain after an evening of wine tasting. The setting moon is seen on the right of the frame.

It has become an annual tradition for me to shoot the Cape Cod Central Polar Express with the New Haven FL9 locomotives running on home rails. The 2 pm train is seen crossing Cohasset Narrows lea... (more)

It has become an annual tradition for me to shoot the Cape Cod Central Polar Express with the New Haven FL9 locomotives running on home rails. The 2 pm train is seen crossing Cohasset Narrows lea... (more)

MC 2026 leads the Dinner Train through Hoxie Pond in East Sandwich, MA.

Mass Coastal 2026 leads the Dinner Train at Marstons Lane in Cummaquid, Barnstable, MA.

Mass Coastal 2026 leads a dinner train across the bridge over Cohasset Narrows in Buzzards Bay, Bourne, MA at last light.

Cape Cod Central's dinner train crosses the 1935 New Haven Cape Cod Canal bridge as it approaches Buzzard's Bay station, where it will make a brief stop before returning to Hyannis.

Cape Cod Central's dinner train crosses the 1935 New Haven Cape Cod Canal bridge as it heads into Buzzard's Bay Station for a brief stop.

The Friday 12 PM Canal Train rolls west past Jarves Street after a brief stop at Sandwich Station to pick up food supplies for tonight's dinner train. It is 13:30 local; the train departed Buzzard... (more)

The Friday 12 PM Canal Train makes a brief stop at Sandwich Station to pick up food supplies for tonight's dinner train. It is 13:30 local; the train departed Buzzard's Bay eastbound at noon, out ... (more)

Mass Coastal 2026 leads the dinner train southbound at Sagamore in Bourne, MA. 2026 is right at home, being on former New Haven rails. The train skirts along the Cape Cod Canal at sunset. The 1935... (more)

The 2 pm Polar Express is seen departing Buzzards Bay and passing along Butler Cove. Mass Coastal 2026 is an EMD FL9 built as New York New Haven & Hartford 2007 in 1956.

With current events, there were not many Christmas trains this year. Cape Cod Central still managed to have Polar Express trains. The 2 pm train is seen crossing Cohasset Narrows leaving Buzzards ... (more)