{"id":37691,"date":"2023-11-26T07:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T12:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=37691"},"modified":"2023-11-20T22:01:07","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T03:01:07","slug":"tracing-vestiges-of-the-old-colony-railroad-on-cape-cod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/tracing-vestiges-of-the-old-colony-railroad-on-cape-cod\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracing Vestiges of the Old Colony Railroad on Cape Cod."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On our November visit to Cape Cod this year, Kris and I spent a day photographing beaches and tracing the route of the Old Colony Railroad line that once ran all the way to the pier at Provincetown, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The railroad was abandoned decades ago and most of the infrastructure was scrapped or recycled. However, in places it’s possible to see evidence of the old right-of-way, or at least conceptualize where the tracks once were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I made these photos using my Nikon Z-series mirrorless digital cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A view looking across Pamet Harbor; the former Old Colony right-of-way is visable near the the center right of the photo. The railroad once crossed the water here on it its way to the station at Truro, Massachusetts.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Near Pilgrim Beach, looking compass north (railroad east) on Highway 6A toward Provincetown, the railroad once ran parallel to the road, possibly along the right-of-way now occupied by the electric lines to the right of the road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Historically the railroad ran on to the pier at Provincetown. I don’t know if the pier pictured is the same pier that actually carried the railroad, or a later structure. Those are questions for a deeper investigation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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