CSX 690 arriving at Spartanburg, SC with a caboose on the rear. (1987)

[penguingeneral2]

Those were the good ole days of railfanning.

[HyndmanHelper]

Excellent video! It's a look back in time. Love that you filmed the whole train.

[WestVirginia1]

I've always wondered why CSX abolished this train....

[juliussespiritu]

What a classic, timeless, makes me think that being born in 1993 means I missed out on some glory railroading days of the 80s and 70s. I'm glad you filmed the entire train here. So much interesting equipment that we can't find or is very rare now. My philosophy is that one should videotape an entire train from engines to FRED/caboose because one never knows what kind of gems may be in a consist.

[SOU5111]

@juliussespiritu Thanks for commenting & watching! I'm glad to have the ability to share my old RR videos here on YouTube. Those days were pretty cool ones to be a railfan, lot to see back then. But, at least I did capture some stuff on video to share with everyone on here.

[tankbutterball]

But that would mean the CSX really cares about its image or its past.

[tankbutterball]

I Wish they would bring back Chessie Colors alone with all the fallen flag lines

[SOU5111]

@tankbutterball Yep, me too Jerry!

[CONRAIL1991]

@tankbutterball if i had my model train company come to reality you'd be seeing alot of the old road names back on the tracks, EL, CR, PC, PRR, RDG, SBD, chessie system. my company is a place for railfans

[RailWolf7306]

Very nice. Nice RS5T on the lead unit and unusual Clinchfield covered hopper at 2:10. I just love seeing all the old roadnames, L&N, Clinchfield, Family Lines, Seaboard System, Southern Railway, SCL, SAL, Rio Grande hopper at 4:13. It's all great and I wish they would bring back the old paint schemes instead of the new YN3 paint. I like the YN3 to a certain extent, but I prefer the Stealth, YN1 paint, and Seaboard System paint a lot more.

[SOU5111]

@RailWolf7306 Thanks, glad you liked the video! Yeah, there were some neat old cars on this train so I left the whole thing intact for the upload to YouTube.

[lawbench191]

Really great video! Love some of the old cars in this consist. as well as the ex SAL work cars!

[SOU5111]

@lawbench191 Thanks! Yeah, there were some neat cars in that consist.

[mpalm1990]

@SOU5111 How come we don't see piggybacks on mixed freight trains anymore?

[SOU5111]

@mpalm1990 Yeah, that has gotten rare now.  Most of that stuff moves on dedicated high priority trains these days.

[pele6922]

@mpalm1990 you can see them moving north to south through hollywood, fla to miami near the airport. i wouldnt say its often but maybe on a monthly basis. i'm going to start taking my digi cam with me.