30+ Minutes Of American Shortline Action! Chasing The Meeker Southern 

I worked that line once off the extra board in Tacoma when BN still had it. Crew 8. We did the same thing, shoved a box car to them with a caboose and brought back a box and 2 tank cars. I grew up in the valley right down form there. When I was a kid in the summer time I would "rail fan" the local and about the third day the crew let me ride with the. We went all the way to Orting once to switch the feed mill and turned the train on the wye east of town. I also remember when the line went all the way to Buckley, Enumclaw, South Prairie and to the end of the line before the bridge collapsed over the Puyallup near Electon.

I drive by this railroad often on my commute, it runs so rarely I never see it, even thought the railroad was abandoned.

Wonderful video! Love the shoving platform.

Hooo. Thats some rough track. But great filming. Nice.

WOW GREAT SMALL RAILROAD THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE DETAILED VIDEO

This short line deserves several factories, the last one is a packaging factory where the line turns to, but we can see that this line was going on straight on, but there are no more rails.

Great video! I never have had a chance to catch them running, so this vid is awesome! Great job! 👍 Hard to believe the NP running steamers on this ex-mainline 100 years ago!

They're now getting the SW1200 from Eastside Freight Railroad which ceased operations recently here near Snohomish.

Outstanding! Just found your channel today. Wow! Thanks so much!!

Read the comment below and suspected this was the line I was thinking about. I came to the world in 1972 so didn't get to see much of this line when it went thru Buckley, Enumclaw and at one time it met the NP Stampede pass main at Palmer. This was part of the original Northern Pacific transcontinental main line completed around 1883 or so. NP later built the newer section of mainline further north out of Auburn and up to Palmer in later years, reducing the original segment thru Enumclaw to branch line. I think they built the new segment some time in the 1920's in favor of better alignment, curvature and grades, and to avoid a high maintenance bridge with a tight curve in it. This new alignment sped up traffic through the area. We lived in the Tacoma area until 1983. Before moving, we went to see relatives near Buckley. We hadn't been that way in years. By the time we went that way in 1983, much of the line was pulled up. I think everything was still intact toward Orting but the old main thru Enumclaw and Buckley were gone. So nice to see part of this historic line still in operation.

Wow nice day working the railroad. These are great shots for model railroaders, the tracks are just amazing, have they done anything to them since the were laid by the NP. Very nice documenting.

Good horn for a caboose🚂🚂. Some have whistles

8/1/23 Watched this great video again. Google maps shows a permanent derail sign when I sight up the track toward Meeker from the ground at Military Road E crossing. Perhaps this is to protect transloads. Just beyond the derail is a gate allowing access to the road next to the track. The road continues on for a little ways then routes through another gate into the back of the Big Rig Tanker Service yard. The all weather caboose shoving platform has ditch lights and horns. The conductor has a nice view from his doorway seat. Is Optimus Transload at Pioneer Wy E crossing a customer?

Very cool video! I live in Southern California and am not familiar with the area. I had no idea that there were so many short lines operating in the PNW. Only comment about this video - I can't read the small captions. Otherwise, good job!

Nice Converted Roller Bearings.

Nice video! Greeting's from the east coast!

Amazing documentation! How often, and on which days do these trains run though? I would love to railfan this route.

Great video...thanks for sharing. Where is the location where they removed the portable derail. It looks like they may have a new customer at that location? Thanks again

I gave you the second like! Is that locomotive a SW7 or SW1200?

The Tracks needs a refreshing 😯😳😈

BNSF should help this short line out by repairing their tracks and putting down new ballast.

Does this still exist?

Excellent.

Awesome video!!!!

watched the video with pleasure! is it also fz 1000?

Awsome! 2 Questions. What is the locomotive and does the caboose have any history with other railroads?

Nice Video....Did this line go by Woodinville With the old fun dinner train ...Man That was a fun dinner trains...(It be fun to put a dinner trains on BNSF SUMAS BRANCH LINE 😋)......Anyway is there any hope for new Business...perhaps a truck to rail Transloads Facilities Grants

Do they serve any other businesses

Anybody else annoyed by the signals at 3:07?