A 1990 afternoon of train watching at Spartanburg, SC.

An afternoon catching trains around the Amtrak Station on Magnolia Street. Video starts out with combo train 221 & 173 passing the station. Next, a GP30 led work train arrives at the station to tie down on one of the side tracks. Those old gons next to the crane appeared to be a tad bit overloaded. Then, I saw a CSX empty hopper train pass behind the station with a Conrail C36-7. So, I headed over to the CSX yard office to catch it while stopped for a crew change. Next, back to Magnolia Street for NS train 171 coming back from Columbia with some GP50's and a GP38AC for power. Also had a bay window cab on the rear, notice the GP30 led work train in the background; crew member was eating a watermelon while waiting on a taxi. Final scenes show a nice meet at Magnolia Street between 152 (NS 6562) and 119, with a GP30 in 119's consist and a mid-train SD50 (6515) on 152. Hope you enjoyed the look back at a typical afternoon of Spartanburg action for me back then...

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