Trains On The Springfield Line's Northern End On A Nice Spring Day 4-15-22

On a nice mid-April morning, I found myself on the north end of Amtrak's Springfield Line to do some railfanning. Starting off in Windsor, I only saw a southbound hi-rail and CTrail 4400 before heading up to Windsor Locks to see a few trains running alongside the canal. After seeing 3 trains there, I moved further north to a trail just south of the Connecticut/Massachusetts border, where I met up with ‪@CTrail6696‬ and ‪@westernmassrailfan‬. We saw quite a few trains there, with a noteworthy catch being CTrail 4405 with the conductor laying on the horn in the cab car from Birnie Road all the way until a bit south of where we were located. After CTrail 4406 passed us, we moved up to Emerson Road in Longmeadow, where we saw a few more trains before calling it a day.


Locations, train info, and timestamps:


Location 1: Meadow Road, Windsor, CT

0:00 - Southbound Hi-Rail

0:24 - CTrail 4400 (New Haven, CT - Springfield, MA)
CTDX 1719 (Mafersa Cab Car)
CTDX 838 (P40DC)


Location 2: Bridge Street, Windsor Locks, CT

1:28 - Amtrak 471 (Greenfield, MA - New Haven, CT)
AMTK 99 (P42DC)
AMTK 9636 (Ex-Metroliner Cab Car)

2:27 - CTrail 4404 (New Haven, CT - Springfield, MA)
CTDX 1505 (MBB CTC-3 Cab Car)
CTDX 6701 (P40DC)

3:46 - Connecticut Southern CSO-4 (Hartford, CT - West Springfield, MA turn)
CSOR 3901 (B39-8E)
OHCR 8530 (B39-8E)


Location 3: Saw Mill Trail, Enfield, CT

5:54 - Amtrak 490 (New Haven, CT - Springfield, MA)
AMTK 87 (P42DC)
AMTK 9634 (Ex-Metroliner Cab Car)

6:22 - CTrail 4403 (Springfield, MA - New Haven, CT)
CTDX 6701 (P40DC)
CTDX 1505 (MBB CTC-3 Cab Car)

6:51 - CTrail 4405 (Springfield, MA - New Haven, CT)
CTDX 838 (P40DC)
CTDX 1719 (Mafersa Cab Car)

8:48 - Amtrak 470 (New Haven, CT - Springfield, MA)
AMTK 9636 (Ex-Metroliner Cab Car)
AMTK 99 (P42DC)

9:20 - Amtrak 473 (Springfield, MA - New Haven, CT)
AMTK 9634 (Ex-Metroliner Cab Car)
AMTK 87 (P42DC)

9:49 - Connecticut Southern CSO-4 (Hartford, CT - West Springfield, MA turn)
OHCR 8530 (B39-8E)
CSOR 3901 (B39-8E)

10:17 - CTrail 4406 (New Haven, CT - Springfield, MA)
CTDX 1518 (MBB CTC-3 Cab Car)
CTDX 6711 (P40DC)


Location 4: Emerson Road, Longmeadow, MA

10:45 - CTrail 4407 (Springfield, MA - New Haven, CT)
CTDX 6711 (P40DC)
CTDX 1518 (MBB CTC-3 Cab Car)

11:45 - Amtrak 56 (Washington, DC - St. Albans, VT)
AMTK 114 (P42DC)

12:34 - Amtrak 55 (St. Albans, VT - Washington, DC)
AMTK 107 (P42DC)

13:43 - Amtrak 475 (Springfield, MA - New Haven, CT)
AMTK 99 (P42DC)
AMTK 9636 (Ex-Metroliner Cab Car)


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