Connecticut Southern Railroad

Connecticut Southern Railroad
Reporting mark CSOR
Locale Connecticut, United States
Dates of operation 1996–present
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Length 78 miles (126 km)
Headquarters Hartford, Connecticut
Website CSO Website

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.

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

  1. ↑ Railinc, Search MARKs, accessed September 2009
  2. 1 2 3 "RailAmerica's Empire". Trains Magazine. Kalmbach Publishing. June 2010.
  3. ↑ "RailAmerica-CSO". Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  4. ↑ staff (February 13, 2013). "RailAmerica acquisition skewed Genesee & Wyoming's 4Q financial results". Progressive Railroading. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Bowen, Douglas John (2 May 2013). "GWI marks 1Q earnings, new headquarters". Railway Age. Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  • "Genesee & Wyoming-CSO". Retrieved 2013-05-02.


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