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Hyannis is located in the heart ot Cape Cod and is among New England’s favorite summer vacation destinations.
Mass Coastal 2009 (née-IC GP28) and 2011 (née-NH FL9) are parked in the yard at Hyannis, MA at nightfall. The crew of the passenger train has just tied down after a day of hauling Cape Cod tourists in the summer heat.
MC 2008 sets out a privately-owned caboose into a siding in the yard at Hyannis. The caboose, Boston and Maine 456, previously resided on the Old Colony & Newport Railway and now calls Hyannis its new home. The caboose was trucked from the OC&N to Fall River, and by rail to Hyannis.
Tied down for the night in Hyannis, MC 2011 (ex-NH FL9M) rests for the night after handling the Cape Cod Central Dinner Train out of Hyannis.
HYANNIS July 4, 2015 An amazing acrobatic antic at the Hyannis 4th of July parade. Photo by Alan Belanich
Mass Coastal 2012 moves some equipment around Hyannis Yard putting things away after Railfan Day 2023. Various equipment was on display for this event including private cabooses and freshly painted MBTA GP40MC 1138.
Sachem Iyanough was a young chieftain that befriended the first English settlers living on Cape Cod. After the first full year with very poor crop yields and the failure of a supply ship arriving he was instrumental in gathering food for the settlers to survive the winter. However there were more food shortages the following years and the English led by Myles Standish attacked the Massachusetts tribe killing several warriors including the lead warrior for the tribe Wituwamet cutting off his head and putting it on display at the entrance of the fort at Plymouth and hanged his teenage brother. The native people fearful of their lives fled into the marshlands and remote islands and unable to grow crops and many starved to death. It was believed Iyanough died from starvation and or exposure during this time. In 1861 a kettle with human remains was found by a farmer and believed this to be the remains of Iyanough. The kettle and remains were put on display in a glass display in Pilgrim Hall for many years and in 1964 the remains were finally returned to the local tribal leaders for proper burial.
HYANNIS December 19, 2106 Views of Nantucket Sound from Hawes Avenue in Hyannis. PHOTO BY ALAN BELANICH