On This Beautiful Warm Sunday, Amtrak Train P449, The Lakeshore Limited, Heads West Toward Pittsfield, MA On Time.

Connecticut Southern-lettered SD40-2 3715 and New England Central (ex-FEC) GP40-3 417 are sen with CSOR train CSO-4 after making the pickup at CSXT's West Springfield Yard and before heading back ... (more)

CSX train L017 pauses in West Springfield, MA while working the van site prior to continuing west.

Connecticut Southern train CSO-1 shoves across the Connecticut River Bridge from West Springfield into Springfield, MA as a westbound CSX freight crosses the adjacent span.

Q425 (West Springfield, MA - Selkirk, NY) freight begins its trip west in near whiteout conditions.

CSXT GP40-2 #6227 and #6219 spend the afternoon in West Springfield Yard. Photo taken with permission. Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

CSXT AC4400CW's #5105, #587, and #7 rest in West Springfield Yard on an unseasonably warm March afternoon. Photo taken with permission. Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

CSOR 8856 shoves its long train of mixed freight back to clear a switch while shuffling goods around the CSX West Springfield Yard. Photo taken with permission. Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon EF 70... (more)

CSXT SD40-2 #8856 spends a warm March afternoon in the West Springfield Yard. Photo taken with permission. Canon EOS 1D Mark III, Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

A matching set of GP40-2s, working the morning shift in West Springfield.

While the Amherst Railway Society's massive model train show was taking place across the street, this GE was tied down in the West Springfield yard awaiting its next assignment.

Amtrak's Westbound Lake Shore Limited cleans out a crossing after over two feet of snow was dumped on the area.

Amtrak's Westbound Lake Shore Limited cleans out a crossing after over two feet of snow was dumped on the area.

The Lake Shore Limited heads west through West Springfield.

The Toyota Prius of locomotives. According to a crewmember with whom I spoke, this was the first day of use for this new Genset at West Springfield. Definitely something different, both in sound a... (more)