Cape Cod Rails - Bay Colony Railroad Photographs

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This page of photographs covers the Bay Colony Railroad on Cape Cod, from the late 1980s through the mid-1990s. Special thanks to Doug Scott for sharing these photos.

Bay Colony 1501 as it looked when delivered in 1987, still wearing the paint of it's previous owner, the Detroit Toledo & Shore Line. This shot is at Buzzards Bay, in the late 1980s.	Bay Colony Alcos at Buzzards Bay, late 1980s.	BCLR 1501 and 1751 cross Back River, on the Falmouth line, with a passenger-extra commemorating the opening of SEMASS and the start of the "trash trains."
The ceremonial "first trash car" crosses Back River in Bourne.	BCLR 1751 and 1501 lead a passenger-extra at Buzzards Bay, celebrating the opening of SEMASS.	Bay Colony 1751 leads a passenger-extra across the Bass River, on the South Dennis line, in the early 1990s.
Bay Colony 1751 brings a load of lumber over the Bass River, on the South Dennis line, for delivery at Mid Cape Home Center, a short distance down the track. Early 1990s photograph.	Bay Colony 1751 has a load of lumber in tow, destined for the Wood Lumber Company in Falmouth, as it passes the Cataumet station.	Bay Colony 1751 leads the afternoon trash train from Yarmouth past Hoxie Pond in East Sandwich, in this early-to-mid 1990s photograph.
Bay Colony 1751 runs light engine past the Monument Beach station, in Bourne, on the Falmouth line.	Bay Colony 1751, possibly in emergency service for sister road Cape Cod Railroad, runs around its train at Sagamore, as a friendly bicycle rider waves.	Bay Colony Alco RS-1 No. 1064 on display on track 8 at the Hyannis yard for "Railfest '96."
Wearing fresh paint, BCLR 1501 has a new lease on life, now a GP-8 No. 1750, seen here in Hyannis for "Railfest '96."	Another shot of the "new" BCLR 1750 at Hyannis.