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Connecticut Southern CSO-4 heads south across the Farmington River at Windsor with a trio of GP38s for power.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra ladies and gentleman. One of my favorite venues.
I am not heading there tonight, but I am heading to the Gifted Gala 2017 held by the Lemont Center for the Arts. The Gala is being held at the Lithuanian World Center Art Museum (which is a hidden gem) in Lemont, Illinois and will benefit the arts. I am very honored to have four pieces hanging in the show.
Have a wonderful night!
OHCR 8530 and CSOR 2011 are pulling roughly 70 cars south toward Hartford, which is only a few miles away from this view in Windsor. About ten years ago the CSO had six of these 8500-series engines, but all of them were either shipped to other railroads or scrapped by 2014. In an ironic twist, the 8511 and 8530 were sent back to Connecticut from Ohio in 2019 and so far the 8530 has been a regular appearance on the mainline while the 8511 is still in the shop.
Just another frame of Connecticut Southern Railroad's Hartford to Springfield turn job CSO-4 from last Friday. The train is led by a pair of B39-8Es in the form of orange repainted CSOR 3901 and CSOR 8530 still in its as delivered LMX gray paint and number dating from it Nov. 1987 build date by GE.
They are on Amtrak's Springfield Line main near MP 50 crossing the Connecticut River on the Warehouse Point Bridge crossing from the town of Windsor Locks into Enfield. The 1470 ft long double track bridge (though only one track is in service) dates from 1903 when the circa 1866 iron bridge was rebuilt by the New Haven Railroad, but even that structure was the second one on the site replacing a wooden Howe truss that first crossed here in 1843 by NH predecessor Hartford and Springfield Railroad.
Enfield, Connecticut
Friday March 11, 2022
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.
Connecticut Southern train CSO-4 rolls south for Hartford seen here in Enfield, CT passing the site of a former mill building that burned early last year. In the lead is CSOR 3398, a former Union Pacific snoot nose SD40-2.
Connecticut Southern train CSO-4 heads north on the Amtrak Springfield Line approaching Meadow Rd in Windsor, CT.
Connecticut Southern train CSO-1 crosses the Connecticut River bridge with a colorful set of New England Central and CSOR units.
CSO-4 heads south back to Hartford yard, crossing the Connecticut River at Windsor Locks, Connecticut.
I noticed this unusual alignment of the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory and the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope while wandering around Mauna Kea recently. CSO is finishing its operations and ultimately will be deconstructed and removed. JCMT just changed ownership from the Joint Astronomy Centre (United Kingdom) to the University of Hawaii and the East Asian Observatory. Together with the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope and replacement of CFHT with a 10-meter telescope, it's an exciting time for Mauna Kea.
On a Mostly Sunny day, CSO-3 is returning to Hartford Yard after switching a customer in Suffield, and is seen passing through the Wilson section of Windsor, CT.
After holding briefly for the Vermonter, CSO-4 gets back underway at Windsor behind CSOR 2038 and NECR 3855.
The entire staff of the Connecticut Southern Railroad in attendance poses for a shot at their new offices and shops in Hartford, CT
After having interchanged with CSX at West Springfield, OHCR 8530 leads CSO-4 south toward Hartford passing through Windsor, CT on Amtrak's Springfield line.
CSO-4 wasn't far behind 4404, with today's northbound turn led by CSOR 3901, whose G&W orange paint was still relatively fresh at the time, and 2011.
The 3901 is ex-CSOR 8511, which I had last seen leading ten years prior, when it still wore faded LMX red and grey.
CSX's Tony Giobbie, Manager - Regional and Short Line Development, shows a photo of himself in Venice, Italy wearing a CSO hat.
On today’s trip to Springfield, we ran into CSO-4 which had the 3901 and the 2011. Heading north the 2011 was leading and it was rumored to have around 100 cars heading south. We headed to the bridge over the Connecticut river to grab some shots of it heading out of the yard, and then to this spot to watch it go southbound. The top down view combined with the vertical camera come out to make a pretty cool looking picture
Arriva London North T41 LJ08 CSO squeezes its way from Geddes Place into Market Place, Bexleyheath on the 229. I then rode this beast with a very noisy fan to Sidcup. Tuesday 23rd August 2022. DSCN54007.
AD Trident -AD Enviro400 10.1m.
T41 ended its days at Arriva London South Thornton Heath working the 250 until 0045 on 31st March 2022 being ousted by HA class Enviro City's for a refresh on route 198. It didn't have time to get cold as it entered service from Dartford at 1539 the same day on the 229.