Amtrak at Wareham, MA 9/15/1996

[sticklets87]

why is there an MBTA coach on the end?

[PKingman]

No idea.

[MrZkr123]

@sticklets87 it was a cab car which means they couldn't turn around

[Tcostello105]

do they still run amtrak in cape cod?

[PKingman]

No. Amtrak is long gone. The train in this video is possibly the 2nd to the last one off of the Cape. September 1996. No passenger trains run south of Middleboro now going towards Cape Cod. There is talk of someday extending the MBTA commuter runs at least to Buzzards Bay. Maybe someday.

[skyman2001]

I dont know him,but there are pictures of him on Google Images.The first photo is him.Type Amtrak cape codder and you should find it. Cory.

[PKingman]

Thanks. I did he search and found Herbie. I think that I have some pictures or some video around here somewhere of the same man. Eventaully I will unearth it.

[skyman2001]

Was Herbie his name?

[PKingman]

I believe that it was. Did you know him? Is he still kicking, I hope?

[JhnnnyCli]

Is this the last ever Cape Codder

[PKingman]

No. It was later. Maybe the next week. I know I missed it because I was in the parking lot of the the Cranberry Plaza Shopping Mall in Wareham when it went by behind the stores, leaving forever. I heard it. I think that I was unaware that the last one was coming thru until after the fact. Shoot. As I remember it was the last run also for an Amtrak engineer who had been with the railroad for a long time. He was retiring. Can't remember his name.

[AMTK161]

Keep 'em coming...Those F40PH videos are priceless now!

[PKingman]

I'm mining my file cabinet full of video.

[MuttsMooch]

I love the sound of the horn in the distance. And the MBTA Coach on the end was cool, too. Nice video!

[PKingman]

I think the engineer was showing his musician side that day. That was a unique horn signal.

[MuttsMooch]

His last "toot" before going by you.. He had it on full, then let off, but continued.