Beautiful Back To Back Bourne Bulldogs
The Cape Cod Central / Mass Coastal Railroad hoated their third annual Railfans Day this year, offering the rare opportunity to photograph their two serviceable (they also own a third) classic original New Haven FL9s coupled back to back just as they would have when new leading the Neptune or Day Cape Codder up from New York City back in the early 1960s.
New Haven 2011 and 2026 (blt. Sep. 1960 ans Sep. 1957 as NH 2038 and 2007 respectively) are leading the first of three trip back to the festivities in Hyannis yard from Bourne as they belch out a puff of exhaust as they notch up headed south at MP 59.7 on the MassDOT owned and Mass Coastal Railroad Cape Mainline near the former location of the New Haven Railroad's Sagamore station.
The train is paralleling the blue waters of the Cape Cod Canal as walkers and cyclists enjoy the adjacent path while rising overhead is the Sagamore Bridge. Built between 1933 and 1935 by the Public Works Adminstration along with its sister span the Bourne Bridge to the west, it is 1408 ft long and 275 ft high and a rather narrow 40 ft width with four lanes. The bridges became necessary after the government purchased the privately owned toll canal in 1928 and began widening and deepening it between 1935 and 1940.
Bourne, Massachusetts
Saturday August 16, 2025
Beautiful Back To Back Bourne Bulldogs
The Cape Cod Central / Mass Coastal Railroad hoated their third annual Railfans Day this year, offering the rare opportunity to photograph their two serviceable (they also own a third) classic original New Haven FL9s coupled back to back just as they would have when new leading the Neptune or Day Cape Codder up from New York City back in the early 1960s.
New Haven 2011 and 2026 (blt. Sep. 1960 ans Sep. 1957 as NH 2038 and 2007 respectively) are leading the first of three trip back to the festivities in Hyannis yard from Bourne as they belch out a puff of exhaust as they notch up headed south at MP 59.7 on the MassDOT owned and Mass Coastal Railroad Cape Mainline near the former location of the New Haven Railroad's Sagamore station.
The train is paralleling the blue waters of the Cape Cod Canal as walkers and cyclists enjoy the adjacent path while rising overhead is the Sagamore Bridge. Built between 1933 and 1935 by the Public Works Adminstration along with its sister span the Bourne Bridge to the west, it is 1408 ft long and 275 ft high and a rather narrow 40 ft width with four lanes. The bridges became necessary after the government purchased the privately owned toll canal in 1928 and began widening and deepening it between 1935 and 1940.
Bourne, Massachusetts
Saturday August 16, 2025