by New Haven 1
I know now it would be most likely considered not worth the effort considering the destruction that Eric Turkington and his cronies did to the Falmouth branch of the Cape Cod rail system, but, I always did wonder why at some point in the past a connector wasn't built on the Cape side of the canal bridge so that trains could run from the Hyannis/Yarmouth branch to the Falmouth branch without involving the canal bridge. While I am guessing that originally there was no reason given that all business from both branches were tied to the mainland originally, I do still wonder why during the scenic train era they didn't do this. It just seems like a lot of really scenic intact rail line at the time was not taken advantage of by the scenic trains. Furthermore, I would think that Turkington and his crowd would have had a lot harder time convincing the state to tear up track that was rebuilt for use in the 1980's if there were trains running on them. Am I missing something here ?
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