A Budd-car, all-day fantrip included a round-trip to Provincetown.
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Three more photos from that fan-trip: Lunch stop near a famous restaurant (name?) in Provincdtown, a scene along the RoW,.and a front-of-train at Hyannis.
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THe first photo has been replaced by what believe is a better image. But you be the judge!
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That trip must have been in the late 1950s as that car in the one photo is a 1957 Ford.
Itâs from the last trains out to Provincetown â probably 1959? The key identifiers are the âApple Blossom Specialâ sign, and the Railroad Enthusiasts drumhead â someone with better eyes can make out the name; my best guess is âProvidenceâ (not Provincetown).
It obviously isnât 1950 or 1951 with those prominent Herbert Matter NH logos on the RDCs.
Thanks,Providence Station is very different and nlot boarded-up by any means. Probably the ;postings concern two Budd-car fantrips not one, and you arecorrect for the specific two photos. When was the track ffrom Hyannisd to Provincetown pulled up?
Looks like The Railroad Enthusiasts Providence.
The Photo at the boazrded-up station must be Provincetown.
Obviously. I was referring to Wokeâs thoughts on the drumhead.
The problem here is that I see references to Provincetown railroad passenger service officially ending in 1938 (with periodic gas car service perhaps a little longer). Freight service continued in some form until 1960, and it would make sense to have RDCs run a âfarewell to the Old Colonyâ or whatever right about thenâŚ
Note the âpre-Matterâ RDCs (with reference to fantrips in the '50s) and McGinnisâs snazzy Cadillac.
Presumably the passenger service was carried on at least for a while by the streamlined NETco buses pictured â likely an improvement on what was running in '38, or any subsequent passenger âinnovationâ the railroad tried to introduce. Iâd certainly have liked seeing the Comet visit in '35âŚ
Terrific film-- Thanks