West Barnstable
The Cape Cod Central / Mass Coastal Railroad welcomed a big crowd to their second annual Railfans Day on Saturday August 17, 2024. The big draw for photographers this year was the operation of their two serviceable (they also own a third) classic original New Haven FL9s coupled back to back just as they would have operated leading the Neptune or Day Cape Codder up from New York City back in the early 1960s.
The railfan festival has wrapped up and this is the third train of the day headed back south to Hyannis as an empty deadhead move after dropping off visitors at the Bourne Station who had parked and ridden in from there. The train is hustling south past the West Barnstable station at MP 69.4 on the MassDOT owned and Mass Coastal operated former New Haven Railroad Cape Mainline. Leading the train are the stars of the day, New Haven 2011 and 2026 (blt. Sep. 1960 and Sep. 1957 as NH 2038 and 2007 respectively).
The stucco clad and tile roofed station was built in 1911 and is identical to the surviving depot in Buzzards Bay and the long demolished Sagamore depot which were all built that same year. This station is owned by the town of Barnstable and leased to the Cape Cod Chapter of the NRHS which has been caretaker of the structure since 2001. A small museum is contained inside and excursion trains operated by Cape Cod Central do regularly serve the station, though the CapeFLYER between Boston and Hyannis flies right by.
Barnstable, Massachusetts
Saturday August 17, 2024
West Barnstable
The Cape Cod Central / Mass Coastal Railroad welcomed a big crowd to their second annual Railfans Day on Saturday August 17, 2024. The big draw for photographers this year was the operation of their two serviceable (they also own a third) classic original New Haven FL9s coupled back to back just as they would have operated leading the Neptune or Day Cape Codder up from New York City back in the early 1960s.
The railfan festival has wrapped up and this is the third train of the day headed back south to Hyannis as an empty deadhead move after dropping off visitors at the Bourne Station who had parked and ridden in from there. The train is hustling south past the West Barnstable station at MP 69.4 on the MassDOT owned and Mass Coastal operated former New Haven Railroad Cape Mainline. Leading the train are the stars of the day, New Haven 2011 and 2026 (blt. Sep. 1960 and Sep. 1957 as NH 2038 and 2007 respectively).
The stucco clad and tile roofed station was built in 1911 and is identical to the surviving depot in Buzzards Bay and the long demolished Sagamore depot which were all built that same year. This station is owned by the town of Barnstable and leased to the Cape Cod Chapter of the NRHS which has been caretaker of the structure since 2001. A small museum is contained inside and excursion trains operated by Cape Cod Central do regularly serve the station, though the CapeFLYER between Boston and Hyannis flies right by.
Barnstable, Massachusetts
Saturday August 17, 2024