Cape Cod Lines
(Middleboro, MA - Buzzards Bay - Woods Hole - Hyannis - Chatham - Provincetown)

Shoreliner® Article Index

Volume 5 Issue 1 (Winter) 1974
  • "Recollections of the Old Colony" -- Warren Smith shares his memories of the Old Colony, starting in the 1930s. 6 pages with photos.
Volume 8 Issue 3 (Summer) 1977
  • Rear cover technical data page for the New Haven 60,000 Lb. Double Sheathed Box Cars series #160000-164999. 300 of the series were built by Keith at Sagamore, MA. Includes photo and diagrams.
Volume 9 Issue 4 (Fall) 1978
  • "New Haven Refrigerator Cars" -- The history of the 22001-22500, 22501-22525 and 22526-22500 series refrigerator cars. The latter two series were built by Keith at its Sagamore, MA, plant in 1919. 3 pages with photos, diagrams and roster.
Volume 15 Issue 2 1984
  • "An Old Colony 'Dude'" -- The history of the famous Flying Dude, a seasonal private train which ran between Boston, Fairhaven and Woods Hole from 1884 until World War I. 8 pages with photos.
Volume 15 Issue 3 1984
  • "On the New Haven...Today -- Cape Cod Passenger Service" -- News on the recent restoration of seasonal Boston area passenger service to the Cape by the Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad. 2/3 page with photos.
Volume 16 Issue 2 1985
  • "Gateway to Cape Cod -- Buzzards Bay Bridge" -- The history of the Cape Cod Canal vertical lift railroad bridge. 23 pages with photos (including front cover) and map.
Volume 17 Issue 1 1986
  • Cover photo of RS-3 #539 with the Neptune at Woods Hole on 31 July 1960.
  • Inside cover photos of the S.S. Martha's Vineyard arriving at Woods Hole and the Neptune ready to depart Woods Hole on 21 August 1955.
  • "A Chatham Side Trip" -- One page essay describing activity on the Chatham, MA, branch in 1932. Includes a 1932 photo of the Chatham station and yard.
  • "Route of the Cape Codders and Neptune" -- The history of interstate seasonal rail service to Woods Hole and Hyannis on Cape Cod. 12 pages with photos (including some color), consists and advertising materials.
  • "The Bay Colony Railroad" -- The story of this freight short line company, which operates freight service on Cape Cod, to Plymouth, Watuppa, Dean Street in Taunton, a short portion of the Greenbush line, and Newton Highlands. 6 pages with photos, map and motive power roster.
Volume 17 Issue 3 1986
  • "The Return of the Cape Codder" -- Report on Amtrak's restoration of the Cape Codder, which resumed service 3 July 1986. 1-1/2 pages with photos.
Volume 19 Issue 3 1988
  • "Trolley Stop: Trolley Freight and Express in Southern New England -- Eastern Massachusetts" -- Includes service on the Brockton & Plymouth Street Railway, the New Bedford & Onset Street Railway, and the Cape Cod Short Lines. 6 pages with photos.
Volume 19 Issue 4 1988
  • "Cape Cod & Hyannis Railroad Ceases Operations" -- News about the end of the CC&H, following funding cutbacks by the state of Massachusetts due to the fiscal crisis of the lates 1980s. 1/2 page.
Volume 20 Issue 3 1989
  • "The Rebirth Continues" -- Photo of nee-New Haven RS-1 #0670 at Hyannis, recently acquired by the Bay Colony Railroad/Cape Cod Railroad and painted in New Haven colors. 1/2 page with photo.
Volume 21 Issue 3 1990
  • Front cover photo of RDC-3 #128 and two sisters at Woods Hole, MA, on August 13, 1957.
  • Rear cover photos of Cape Cod Railroad (nee-New Haven) RS-1 #0670 in New Haven paint at Hyannis, MA, September 26, 1989, and New Haven RS-2 #0514 by the Hyannis roundhouse in October, 1963.
Volume 24 Issue 1 1993
  • "11-Car Wareham Derailment Interrupts Service to Cape" -- Reprinted newspaper article from the New Bedford Standard-Times, July 27, 1955. 4 pages, with some color photos.
Volume 24 Issue 3 1993
  • "Snow Storm or Not" -- rear cover color photo of the Boston Tool Train at Buzzards Bay on a snowy January 23, 1965.
Volume 26 Issue 4 1995
  • 1950s photo of West Barnstable station.
  • Centerspread color photo of RDCs at Buzzards Bay station, June 16, 1956.
Volume 27 Issue 1 1996
  • "Old Colony Commuter Service -- The New Haven's Problem Child -- Part 1" -- The history of The New Haven's Old Colony commuter service between Boston and Greenbush, Plymouth, Middleboro, Cape Cod, Taunton, New Bedford and Fall River. This 3-part series includes over 100 historic photos from the South Shore and southeastern Massachusetts. 30 pages plus cover photos.
Volume 27 Issue 2 1996
  • "Old Colony Commuter Service -- The New Haven's Problem Child -- Part 2" -- The history of The New Haven's Old Colony commuter service between Boston and Greenbush, Plymouth, Middleboro, Cape Cod, Taunton, New Bedford and Fall River. This 3-part series includes over 100 historic photos from the South Shore and southeastern Massachusetts. 24 pages plus cover photos.
Volume 27 Issue 3 1996
  • "Old Colony Commuter Service -- The New Haven's Problem Child -- Conclusion" -- The history of The New Haven's Old Colony commuter service between Boston and Greenbush, Plymouth, Middleboro, Cape Cod, Taunton, New Bedford and Fall River. This 3-part series includes over 100 historic photos from the South Shore and southeastern Massachusetts. 34 pages plus cover photos.
Volume 27 Issue 4 1996
  • "Old Colony Recollections -- of Herb Clark and Don Constantineau" -- Two former New Haven railroaders share their memories of working in Old Colony commuter and freight service in the 1940s and '50s. 18 pages.
  • "Notes on Some Old Colony Railroad Stations" -- Fran Donovan shares some historical notes on many of the Old Colony's stations. 4 pages.
Volume 28 Issue 4
  • "The Bridge at Cohasset Narrows" -- Brief story of the bridge at the Wareham/Bourne, MA, town line, which once included a draw span. 2 pages with photos.
Volume 29 Issue 1
  • "The Harwich Cranberry Harvest Days" -- Recounts New Haven president Patrick B. McGinnis' participation in July 1955 publicity for the fall Harwich cranberry festival. 6 pages with photos.
Volume 33 Issue 4
  • "The Husking Bee Trains" -- The story of these popular fall "hobby" trains, which operated between New York City and Kent, CT, from 1937 into the 1960s. Also discussed is the Husking Bee run on one occasion between Boston, MA, and Barnstable on Cape Cod in October 1948. 9 pages with map, advertisements and photos.
Volume 35 Issue 3
  • "New Haven's Rebuilt Double-Sheathed Box Cars" -- Discusses the 1920s rebuilding of the New Haven's 22,000+ 30-ton, 36-foot box car fleet built 1903-1912. Most of the rebuilding occurred at the New Haven's two major shops in New Haven, CT, and Readville, MA, and at the Keith Car and Manufacturing Company in Sagamore, MA (brief mention). From the July 1988 and December 1988 issues of MainLine Modeler. 14 pages with photos and diagrams.
Volume 37 Issue 1
  • "Cab Rides on BX-18" -- Harry B. Chase recalls four cab rides he took on the Boston Division freight extra between Taunton, MA, and Otis Air Force Base on Cape Cod, performing local freight work in Wareham, including Marion Pit on the remains of the Fairhaven branch and at the Ocean Spray plant in Onset. 8 pages with photos, including color at Taunton, Marion Pit and North Falmouth.
Volume 40 Issue 2
  • "Hobby Trains Cycle Trains" -- The story of the many varieties of special excursion "Hobby Trains" run by the New Haven from the 1930s into the 1960s, many of which provided excursions to the Cape and Islands. 6 pages with advertisments.
  • "Yard Check – Photos and Memories" -- Richard K. Hurst shares his photos on unusual visitors to the Walpole, MA yard in the 1960s, including U.S. Government switcher #7321 that may have spent time at North Eastham. 1 page with photos.
Volume 40 Issue 4
  • "New Haven's Worcester Gateway and the Railroads of Worcester Part 2" -- A detailed history of the railroads and their facilities in Worcester from the 1800s into the 1950s, with particular focus on the New Haven. Includes a description of Worcester - Cape Cod Budd car service in 1954 and 1955. 36 pages with photos and timetables, including front and back covers.

Books

New Haven Mechanical Department Facilities Maps -- Revised Edition

Includes a 1941 map of the Hyannis, MA, yard and station. 1 page.