Back At Back River. Returning to a familiar location, I skipped my usual photo spot on the roadside and found a good spot overlooking the water, as MC 2010 takes four empties to the... (more)

Early Riser. Mass Coastal's morning run on the Falmouth Branch takes empty garbage cars to the transfer station on the Massachusetts Military Reservation. The crew crossed the Cape... (more)

The Cape Cod Central's diner train prepares to depart the Hyannis station. Power is a rare GP28. EMD only produced 31 of these locomotives from March 1964 through November 1965. It is essentially ... (more)

MBTA 010 leads the Caper Flyer across the bridge into Canal Junction. 010 must be the stud of the MBTA fleet; it seems to be a constant on the run to Hyannis, although I keep hoping they'll send a... (more)

Waiting Their Turn. A trio of pedestrians hold their ears while the horn and C&NW-style gong bell announce MC 2010's arrival at the Jarves Street crossing. The newly-rebuilt crossi... (more)

On a perfect Sunday morning, the CapeFLYER rolls across the absolutely massive Cape Cod Canal bridge, destined for Hyannis.

Waiting Their Turn. Now that the Cape Flyer has crossed the Cape Cod Canal and continued east to Hyannis, the morning MC freight can back off the Falmouth Branch onto the bri... (more)

Opening Weekend. The first MBTA Cape Flyer to Hyannis slowly retreats across the iconic lift bridge over the Cape Cod Canal, returning to Boston on the first day or service.

Cousins. Mass Coastal 2008 Cape Cod Central 1501 spend the night in the yard at Hyannis. Though both are owned by parent company Cape Rail, they carry different reporting marks, so... (more)

Rare Bird. EMD built only 31 GP28s in the mid-1960s. One of the twelve built for the Illinois Central now enjoys a quiet retirement on Cape Cod. Here she spends the night in Hyann... (more)

The Condemned. EMD-repowered RS-3m #1201 was on hand and in service on CCCX's opening day back in 2000, when she was a regular on the summer passenger trains. By the time the Massa... (more)

Leaving The Cape. The Fourth of July weekend is over, and crowds are leaving Cape Cod in droves, in deference to having to be at work Tuesday morning. While motorists slog through t... (more)

Cape Cod morning train prepares to load and depart Hyannis. Cape Cod Railroad was one in a series of tourist train operators on Cape Cod between Hyannis and Buzzards Bay. They adopted this Great N... (more)

Q364-26 rolls by the Lorain County fairgrounds powered by a pair of SD50-2's. In the consist is Mass Coastal 2010, shining in the sun with a brand new paint job.

For The Mileage Collectors. Massachusetts Bay Railroad Enthusiasts' chartered Day Cape Codder performs a spirited photo runby along the Cape Cod Canal, showing off the result... (more)