Cape Cod Rails

The following photographs are of the Cape Cod Central Railroad, on Cape Cod, Mass.  Click on any of the thumbnails below to view the full size file in a new window.

RS3m No. 1201 leads an afternoon dinner train over Bridge Creek in West Barnstable in 2000.	Hyannis Yard, from left to right:  Surplus ex. Long Island RR coaches on track 6; Privately owned Budd RDC PEGX 6143 on track 5; Borrowed CSXT GP38-2 No. 2764 with the scenic train on track 7; RS3m No. 1201 with the dinner train on track 9. Summer 2000	Fireman Richard "Tink" Tinkham poses with GP7 No. 1501 at Wareham.  The train is a "Great Train Escapes" charter.  1501 had only been in service for a matter of days when this photo was taken in October 2000.
Crossing the railroad bridge, as viewed from the cab of trailing engine RS3m No. 1201, on a "Great Train Escapes" charter in 2000.	Cohasset Narrows, with Buzzards Bay and the railroad bridge in the background, as viewed from the cab of trailing engine GP7 No. 1501, on a "Great Train Escapes" charter to Wareham in 2000.	ex. South Central Florida (SCFE) 9012 sits on the enginehouse lead in Hyannis.  After considerable repairs (and some new paint) it will emerge as Cape Cod Central No. 1502. Summer 2000
Borrowed CSXT GP15-1 No. 1531 (ex. Conrail No. 1607) in the Hyannis yard on a summer 2000 morning.	ex. SCFE GP7 No. 9011 is in the process of being transformed into CCCX No. 1501 inside the Hyannis enginehouse in 2000.  Work included lowering the short hood by several inches, constructing a new front wall and installing two new front windows, moving the headlights and numberboards up, and of course new paint.	Bay Colony GP9r No. 1702 sits on the RIP track at Hyannis, with ex. SCFE 9012 sitting on the enginehouse lead, in summer 2000.  BCLR 1702 was in Hyannis to use the inspection pit.
RS3m No. 1201 has just returned to Hyannis with a combination scenic/luncheon train. Summer 2000	GP7 No. 1501 sits on the enginehouse lead in Hyannis. Winter 2001	Left to right: RS3m 1201 and GP7 1502 on the RIP track; GP7 1501 on the enginehouse lead; Lounge car "Cape Codder" on track 9. Winter 2001