One of my favorite locations for photography on Amtrak’s Springfield Line north of Hartford is the Connecticut River Bridge between Windsor Locks and Enfield. Since Genesee & Wyoming took owners... (more)

Crossing its namesake river between Enfield and Windsor Locks is Connecticut Southern train CSO-4 powered by a B39-8E and a GP40-3. The train is returning to Hartford after interchanging cars with... (more)

Heading for Hartford and passing Windsor station is Connecticut Southern train CSO-4 with high hood GP38 2038 leading.

Out of only a handful of operators, seeing a B23-7R “Super 7” rebuild anywhere in the United States is nearly impossible. The Connecticut Southern Railroad is one of those very few remaining o... (more)

PW 2215 leads CSO-4 into Springfield before shoving into the CSX yard.

Connecticut Southern train CSO-4 heads south on the Amtrak Springfield Line with B39-8 8530 leading the way. In the background is the Springfield skyline making for a nice scene.

Ohio Central B39-8 8530 and New England Central GP38-2 2048 with 87 cars in tow, lead Connecticut Southern train CSO-4 towards Hartford, passing the Windsor Locks Canal and Ahlstrom-Munksjo Nonwov... (more)

Ohio Central B39-8E 8530, which still wears its predecessor colors of Locomotive Management Services (LMX), leads Connecticut Southern train CSO-4 in Windsor. The train is returning to Hartford ya... (more)

Ohio Central B39-8E 8530, which still wears its predecessor colors of Locomotive Management Services (LMX), leads Connecticut Southern train CSO-4 past the former New Haven Railroad Warehouse Poin... (more)

Ohio Central B39-8 #8530 and New England Central GP38-2 #2048 haul southbound Connecticut Southern RR train CSO-4, approaching milepost 60 on Amtrak's Springfield Line at Springfield, MA on May 14... (more)

Connecticut Southern CSO-4 crosses its namesake river between Enfield and Windsor Locks. Leading the train to Hartford is a matched pair of GP38-2s in Genesee & Wyoming's corporate colors.

High hood GP38 2038 leads southbound Connecticut Southern CSO-4 in Windsor on a cold afternoon in January.

Connecticut Southern CSO-4, led by high hood GP38 2038, passes the abandoned Westfield Plate Company in Thompsonville. 2038 was built in November of 1969 for the Southern Railway as their 2776.

Providence & Worcester B39-8 is running long hood forward with a very short train, passing the former New Haven Railroad Warehouse Point Depot in Enfield. Amtrak track equipment occupies the sidin... (more)

It's a balmy 14 degree morning along the Connecticut River in Enfield, as CSO-4 with a B39-8 and a high hood GP38, head for West Springfield, MA, where the train will interchange with CSX.