CT Rail #6698 ready to depart Springfield Union Station with the 1:50 pm train to New Haven.

"Kids ON TRACK Train Ride"

On the weekend of July 22nd & 23rd of 2023, the Amherst Railway Society and Springfield Union Station hosted a "Kids ON TRACK" event inside of the historic ... (more)

CSO-04 about to meet CTrail Train 4406 in Riverfront Park.

Train 147 leaves Springfield behind as it begins its run to Roanoke, VA on May 6, 2023. Today marks the Engineer's first solo trip after marking up this week.

"100 at Spring Tower"

On a cloudy February 26th, 2023, Amtrak P42DC #100, painted in "Midnight Blue", leads Vermonter train 57 past the old Spring Tower at the northern end of the MRS... (more)

Amtrak train 56, the northbound Vermonter, departed Washington DC in the morning behind AMTK ACS-64 652 pulling six cars (for those keeping score at home: AMTK 82531, 82748, 82691, 82782, ... (more)

A small Amtrak Hartford Line train departs Springfield as the buildings in downtown loom in the background on an unusually warm January afternoon.

Boston and Maine E7 3801 sits at Springfield on a Saturday. My father had driven us there so that my sister could visit Mt. Holyoke College and dropped me off by the railroad, of course.

"Seeing Double at Springfield"

Two P40BH led CTrail Hartford Line trains idle at Springfield Union Station on April 9th, 2022.

Southbound Vermonter leaves Springfield, The train is longer on this day due to the Amtrak Geometry Train being tacked onto the rear up in St. Albans, VT

Connecticut Southern's workhorse Hartford, CT-West Springfield, MA freight is the victim of a long-standing challenging track layout in Springfield. In order to access CSX's West Springfield Yard ... (more)

"Departing Springfield"

CTrail Hartford Line train 6455 departs the city of Springfield, Massachusetts on evening of February 12th, 2022.

"P&W Duo at Spring Tower"

On a gloomy February 2nd, 2022, Connecticut Southern train CSO-4, sporting classic Providence & Worcester Railroad GE locomotives for power, passes... (more)

"Freight Meets Passenger at 62"

On a gloomy February 2nd, 2022, Connecticut Southern train CSO-4, sporting classic Providence & Worcester Railroad GE locomotives for power, ... (more)

CSO-4 has just finished work at West Springfield and is shoving back into the Springfield Station at CP98 to run back to Hartford, CT.