Active rail line in danger! - Save the Falmouth Secondary Rail Line

This video is partially opinionated and educational film about the current situation on the Falmouth Secondary Rail line in Bourne and Falmouth, MA.

Template email:
Save the Falmouth Secondary Rail Line
I am writing to support the preservation and continued operation of the MassDOT Falmouth Secondary Rail Line in Bourne and Falmouth, MA. This rail line is an essential resource for Cape Cod and Massachusetts that needs to be retained for current and future uses. Rail transportation is the most efficient way to move heavy freight long distances and is also the answer to reducing traffic on the canal bridges. Without the line, truck traffic will increase on Cape Cod and the option for future passenger service will be eliminated. With commuter rail having a renewed interest on Cape Cod it is even more important to make sure the rails are left in place. Removal of the line would set back Cape Cod and Massachusetts years and would be extremely unfair to Cape residents who want rail. Meanwhile on the South Coast passenger rail is returning, East West Rail is up and coming, and many parts of the state have passenger rail but Cape Cod is still without regularly scheduled, year round service. Eliminating active rail lines in 2023 only ensures traffic and congestion, something Cape Cod has more than plenty of. A compromise with the trail group can be made making the path a rail with trail option where the trail runs alongside the rail. Removing the line for a bike path is an extremely shortsighted proposal that will have immediate and long term negative effects on Cape Cod and Massachusetts as a whole.
Signed,
[Insert name here]

Contact info:
-Maura Healey - Governor of MA: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/ema...
-William R. Keating - United States House of Representatives: https://keating.house.gov/contact
-Edward J. Markey - United States Senator MA: https://www.markey.senate.gov/contact
-Elizabeth Warren - United States Senator MA: https://www.warren.senate.gov/contact...
-Susan Moran - State Senator: [email protected]
-Representative Steven George Xiarhos - Barnstable: [email protected]
-Representative David T. Viera - Barnstable: [email protected]
-Representative Dylan A. Fernandes - Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket: [email protected]
-Tom Cahir - CCRTA: [email protected]
-Chalita Belfield - Director of railroad properties for MassDOT: [email protected]
-Meredith Slesinger - MassDOT Rail & Transit: [email protected]


For submitting editorials to local newspapers, see the following:
Bourne Enterprise: [email protected]
Falmouth Enterprise: [email protected]
Sandwich Enterprise: [email protected]

Save Cape Rail website: https://masscoastal.com/savecaperail/

Freight Railroads are Part of the Solution to Climate Change https://www.aar.org/wp-content/upload...

Cape Cod Commuter Rail article: https://www.boston.com/news/local-new...
Bill: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H...

Cape Commuter rail website: https://www.dylanfernandes.com/commut...

Cape Cod Commission waste by rail: https://capecodcommission.org/resourc...

Cape Cod Times waste by rail: https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/ne...

Cape Rail study: https://www.capecodcommission.org/our...

Special thanks:
David Santos for providing BCLR and CCH slides
William Sternitzke for the Alan Thomas 88mm films

"Clear Iron" - 1952 film by the Budd Company & Marathon Newsreel
Full video here:    • Manufacturing Budd Railcars : "Clear ...  

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