MC 2007 (ex-ATSF GP9u) leads the southbound Rochester, MA-Yarmouth Energy Train at Sagamore in Bourne. The train is seen passing along the service road by the Cape Cod Canal. The 1935-built Sagamo... (more)

Mass Coastal Railroad GP9u 2007 crosses the Cohasset Narrows Bridge outside Buzzards Bay, MA with northbound train "MC2" headed from Yarmouth to Rochester, MA. Behind the engine are 4 MassDOT hopp... (more)

Mass Coastal 2009 (ex-IC GP28) crosses Cohasset Narrows in Bourne, MA with a ballast train and a transformer load on the head pin. The transformer is destined for Hyannis, and the ballast will be ... (more)

Mass Coastal 2007 (ex-ATSF GP9u) passes the ex-New Haven Railroad Buzzards Bay Station (blt. 1912) with the southbound Energy Train.

Mass Coastal Railroad operates the energy train five days a week. The empty train travels from Rochester onto Cape Cod where it picks up trash from a facility in Yarmouth. The loaded train returns... (more)

Mass Coastal Railroad operates the energy train five days a week. The empty train travels from Rochester onto Cape Cod where it picks up trash from a facility in Yarmouth. The loaded train returns... (more)

On May 8th, 2020 Mass Coastal Railroad ran an extra train to Hyannis. The train included four hopper cars that dumped ballast at points along the way. More intersting was a depressed flatcar behin... (more)

On May 8th, 2020 Mass Coastal Railroad ran an extra train to Hyannis. The train included four hopper cars that dumped ballast at points along the way. More interesting was a depressed flatcar behi... (more)

Mass Coastal Railroad GP9u 2007 crosses the massive 544ft lift bridge over the Cape Cod Canal, entering Cape Cod from the mainland.

Mass Coastal 2009 (ex-IC GP28) leads a train from North Falmouth through Bourne, MA at the Back River, bound for Middleboro. The train is traveling on MC's Falmouth Line, which was once New Haven'... (more)

Mass Coastal 2009 (ex-IC GP28) heads north with 2 loads from Cavossa Disposal Corp. in North Falmouth. The train passes through Monk's Park on it's way to Middleboro to interchange with CSX.

Mass Coastal 2008 (ex-CN GP9RM) leads the northbound loaded Energy Train at Buzzards Bay, MA. The 1935-built vertical-lift railroad bridge is in the background.

Mass Coastal GP28 2009 rolls through a coastal scene as it passes Monks Park on the Falmouth Line header north with two loads for Middleboro

Railfanning on the Cape especially in the winter is a generally solitary enterprise, so doing my part with social distancing. Mass Coastal GP9RM 2008 leads a short consist of 4 loaded municipal wa... (more)

MC 2006 (ex-ATSF GP7u) with the Cape Cod Central's Dinner Train at the Pocasset River in Bourne, MA as the sun sets on a fine summer evening.