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Connecticut Southern Railroad

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Reporting mark
  
CSOR

Length
  
78 miles (126 km)

Parent organization
  
Genesee & Wyoming

Dates of operation
  
1996–present

Headquarters
  
Hartford, Connecticut

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Locale
  
Connecticut, United States

Track gauge
  
4 ft 8 ⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

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The Connecticut Southern Railroad (reporting mark CSOR) is a 78-mile (126 km) long short-line railroad 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. Pan Am Railways exercises trackage rights to access its line at Berlin, Connecticut connecting to Waterbury, Connecticut.

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The railroad began operations in 1996 and was acquired by RailAmerica in 2000. Genesee & Wyoming acquired the railroad as part of its acquisition of RailAmerica in 2012.

Traffic comes mainly from construction materials, as well as food products. The CSO hauled around 23,000 carloads in 2008. The tracks are also shared with Amtrak passenger trains.

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References

Connecticut Southern Railroad Wikipedia