Eastbound Penn Central freight with in the lead Alco FA-1 1330 ex-New Haven 0401. No photographer listed on slide, from my collection.

With the construction embargoes on Amtrak's Springfield Line, Hartford Yard can be a flurry of activity in the early afternoon when the line re-opens for several hours each weekday. CSO-4 with its... (more)

New Haven EMD GP9 1218, and 1224 with Alco RS11 1412. From my slide collection with no name on slide.

Power from New England Central sits on a Connecticut Southern train at the latter's yard just outside of downtown Hartford.

As America's "Superhighways" gained popularity in the 1950s, they began to follow railroad right of ways. Hartford, CT is an excellent example of how highways were built next to railroa... (more)

The Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus Blue Unit train arrives in Hartford from Providence.

Amtrak train #57, the southbound "Vermonter" is gaining speed after its station stop at Hartford. Today's train is running around 20 minutes late and will try to make up time on its trip to Washi... (more)

Just coming out of the yard, Connecticut Southern freight CSO-4 get's his 60+ car train onto the main line to be taken up to Springfield, MA

The New England Central paint scheme is a regional favorite, but unfortunately doesn't quite live up to the GM&O paint scheme this unit once wore. That's Hartford's Comcast Theater looming in the... (more)

"The Vermonter" for St. Albans makes good time just north of its Hartford station stop. Having a unit on each end of the train facilitates the reverse move the train must make to get onto New Eng... (more)

This light set is preparing to head across the Connecticut River to East Hartford, where CSOR's main office and engine facility are located.

CSO-4 has just returned from West Springfield and is in the process of yarding its train before the crew knocks off for the day. That's Amtrak's Springfield Line in the foreground.

Rolling through an industrial section of West Hartford, CNZR heads northwest towards Bloomfield with an excursion operated in conjunction with the 2009 NMRA National Convention, which wrapped up t... (more)

The Central New England has been getting the 905 ready to move from Hartford to Windsor for work. Unfortunately over the weekend some local vandals tagged the unit.

The conductor of this light power throws a switch for CSO 4 sitting in the yard.