Connecticut Southern Railroad
The Connecticut Southern Railroad (reporting mark CSOR)[1] is a 78-mile (126 km) long short-line railroad [2] operating in Connecticut and Massachusetts, on lines originally operated by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, later operated by Penn Central and Conrail. It is a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming. The line is headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut and interchanges with CSX at West Springfield, Massachusetts and New Haven, Connecticut.[3] Pan Am Railways exercises trackage rights to access its line at Berlin, Connecticut connecting to Waterbury, Connecticut.
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 A CSOR freight train at Springfield in 2018 | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Reporting mark | CSOR |
| Locale | Connecticut, United States |
| Dates of operation | 1996–present |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Length | 78 miles (126 km) |
| Other | |
| Website | CSO Website |
The railroad began operations in 1996 and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000.[2] Genesee & Wyoming acquired the railroad as part of its acquisition of RailAmerica in 2012.[4][5]
Traffic comes mainly from construction materials, as well as food products. The CSO hauled around 23,000 carloads in 2008.[2] The tracks are also shared with Amtrak passenger trains.
References
- Railinc, Search MARKs, accessed September 2009
- "RailAmerica's Empire". Trains Magazine. Kalmbach Publishing. June 2010.
- "RailAmerica-CSO". Archived from the original on 2008-12-24. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
- staff (February 13, 2013). "RailAmerica acquisition skewed Genesee & Wyoming's 4Q financial results". Progressive Railroading. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
- Bowen, Douglas John (2 May 2013). "GWI marks 1Q earnings, new headquarters". Railway Age. Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation. Retrieved 2 April 2015.