BNSF's Seattle Sub [Vancouver, WA to King Street Station]

[@TheRailFanDood]

I live in Chehalis and railfan at MP58 all the time. Thank you for finally getting the Seattle Sub, Ive been waiting for this one!

[@AnontheGOAT]

This video was shot 2 months before the Amtrak derailment on the Point Defiance cut off. Crazy.

[@7ideaproductions]

We had just started selling that program when the derailment occurred. I remember quickly changing the wording on our website that December morning from "exciting new program" to "thoughts and prayers for the passengers and crew." At that time I just wanted to pull all ads. That train set is even featured in the video.

[@rogertemple7193]

This is going to be another great BNSF video of the Seattle Sub and going through some great scenery in this part of the US thank you.🇺🇲 🇺🇲🚂🚃🚃🚂🇺🇲

[@MojaveNarrows]

@@rogertemple7193 beautiful scenery,beautifully shot!

[@gleenapaddock9858]

Great video. I live in Milwaukie, Oregon right near UP's Brooklyn yard. Driven up I5 many times between Vancouver and Tacoma/Seattle. The tracks are very close to I5 in many areas.

[@wafflesnfalafel1]

that little title clip with the pair of old GPs pulling a little local with Rainier in the background is just awesome - thanks for the vid

[@whereisbryce7101]

Would love to see another video on the line from Seattle up to BC! Great video :)

[@Seawiz21]

Thanks for covering track improvements, services and projects. Not even WSDOT or BNSF have information on that triple track project.

[@zaurmedzhidov]

Perfect, right before the weekend 😁

[@isaacjohnstongolf]

I’m so happy to see my home rails be showcased! My family lives just out of sight (but well within earshot) of the tracks in Steilacoom. I’ve spent countless hours at Sunnyside Park watching the trains roll by, and I’ve watched trains along basically every accessible mile of this sub. So excited to watch this video!

[@kimscheie]

Post card shots ! Awesome job

[@mackpines]

I've kayaked under the Lewis River bridge many times. Really cool to see the old machinery for the swing span. If you start at Paradise Point State park, it's about a three mile paddle one way. You can easily paddle back upstream with the incoming tide from the Columbia River.

[@roughneckwolf]

Thanks for uploading these vids - absolutely fantastic!

[@edmundk7056]

Great video thanks!

[@AtlasShrugged123]

Most excellent production! You guys are the best! It's always a treat when y'all release a video.

[@dennisjones8991]

I worked for BNSF, UP, AMRAK, Tacoma Rail, and various shortlines as a crew hauler in the Tacoma and Seattle area from Portland, Or. to Blaine, Wa. east trhu the various subs to tri-cities. Worked in the yards as well. My favorites were the Tacoma and Auburn BNSF yards, as well as the Tacoma UP yard. Its funny how some local police officers don't know about RR right of way tho. Had to educate a few and had to enlist the assistance of RR police a time or two. These officers are FEDERAL and dont take a lot from ignorant Leo's. Fun times!! Got to see a lot of rolling stock and a few heritage engines up close. I do miss it!!

[@MojaveNarrows]

7idea is the BEST!

[@davidstrawn9272]

Same in my opinion. I've been a fan of 7idea since RFD TV aired UP's Cascade sub in in summer of 2008 (last aired in 2009).

[@PharaohDeathMask]

As always, a great video. Thank you for the filming and uploading.

[@achimschonborn9418]

Danke für das tolle Video, habe abonniert. Und das ganze in 4 k, besser geht es nicht. Daumen hoch und viele Grüße aus Germany. 👍😀🎃

[@7ideaproductions]

Thank you!

[@achimschonborn9418]

Plaese, so much.👍

[@Wolfman053a]

I’ve seen pictures of 737 fuselages being moved by rail, but I’ve never seen video of it until now!

[@XBOXShawn12thman]

I'm in Bothell Wa. I love it here!!!! 😍

[@sonnicman]

Loved this video. Very diverse amount of rail traffic. It does, however, sudden me to Amtrak chose to do the diversion. I understand it’s all about increasing revenue, but part of the riding that train was the view as you rode along the coastline.

[@bowlinerailfan]

First. Anyway, I'm looking forward to this as it starts. Beautiful Washington state scenery and trains. Big hooray!

[@ЛЬВИНИ]

Awesome video!

[@dasdadwaswad7358]

56:10 did you know that they have a camera setup to live stream this portion of track? It's over on the "Steel Highway Railcams" youtube channel and is called "Lewis County Historical Museum Live Railcam (PTZ) - Chehalis, WA #steelhighway"

[@pauljung7611]

Cool another one awesome.

[@jared-x6b]

nice

[@chuxtuff]

While the PSAP (Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad) was mentioned, there was little else mentioned regarding the Elma Sub (158 miles of track built in the 1880's by the NP) that goes from the Centralia BNSF main line though, then north through Grand Mound, Rochester, Oakville, into Elma heading and terminating west to the Port of Grays Harbor there along the Chehalis River in Aberdeen. I've seen grain and oil unit trains hauling in and out of that port that they advertise as being a full day ahead of Seattle and Tacoma ports in the Puget Sound area in regards to how many days it takes shippers to get into Asian ports compared to one day less for the Port of Grays Harbor. Heading east from Elma puts you on the Shelton Sub going through McCleary on into Shelton (forest products) heading and terminating at the submarine base in Bangor (nuclear weapons delivered by rail) on in to Belfair to the county Refuse facility where there's a UP train that brings back empty garbage cars every week that they exchange with cars that have been loaded ready to head to the Roosevelt regional landfill to feed the power plant that generates power for the grid there. While they have a mile long siding at the south end of their sub near Gibson Creek Road where BN and UP crews would tie down any trains while the PSAP used their crews as run through crews for all the trains coming and going mostly in to the Port as well as a weekly UP garbage train. Now they built an even longer siding just a mile or so south of Elma right along side of SR-12. Where I've seen lots of new loads of forest products, oil cars, garbage, grain and aggregates too mostly heading for the mainline near Centralia if I had to hazard a guess...

[@kennethphillips318]

No unit oil trains.

[@chuxtuff]

@@kennethphillips318 I've seen a unit oil train go into the refinery there in Anacortes Washington so I have no idea what you're talking about. Unit trains happen all the time. According to Wiki a unit train, also called a block train or a trainload service, is a train in which all cars carry the same commodity and are shipped from the same origin to the same destination, without being split up or stored en route. They are distinct from wagonload trains, which comprise differing numbers of cars for various customers.

[@kennethphillips318]

@@chuxtuff I meant the PSAP

[@kennethphillips318]

Since you were talking about the PSAP

[@LeeDavis-o7b]

Ship in Kalama was called "Locomotion" LOL.

[@gregoryferguson9973]

Seattle sub is the best BNSF all the way

[@obaidpatel9345]

The headline should have Vancouver, WA, else most viewers will assume this video is about Vancouver, BC.

[@ralphbyles142]

I agree! From Australia and having done the BC TO WA line I was VERY confused !

[@KNR6292]

INDEEED. I thought OMG theyre doing Edmonds station! I lived there before...but no...its South sound. No problem with the Southern portion...just a misleading title. Im a former WA state resident and it still never occurs to me the Vancouver, WA exists.

[@darthmaul216]

I am from Washington and I got confused

[@1762805]

Or you could watch 2 minutes of the video and figure it out.

[@rcole3838]

Lots of folks “confused” by two cities having the same name. 😢

[@MrDgwphotos]

1:44:06 Those vessels are Military Sealift Command ready reserve Roll On Roll Off ships.

[@blairterry9435]

Sweet!

[@ericcolbert479]

Chehalis Depot that's cool virtual rail fan does his live stream from there 🚂

[@TheRailFanDood]

Its hosted by Steel Highway now, no longer on VRF.

[@artbrownsr]

As a born and raised Washingtonian of Pierce County how long did it take you to get all those great weather shots all the way from the Columbia River to Seattle?

[@7ideaproductions]

I was pretty fortunate the weather was good. Everything was shot in three weeks total, split between summer and fall.

[@artbrownsr]

@7ideaproductions yeah I noticed the foliage color change.

[@mattanderson6336]

Are there any remains of the old Milwaukee Road yard and shops at Tide Flats in Tacoma.

[@roboneill8402]

It is now an intermodal yard known as "Tac-Sim"

[@Pasco-Spokane-Railfan-2024]

Executive Mac leader also you should do the Stampede And Yakima Valley Subs

[@Ottos_ScLm_Race_videos_2009_on]

It's funny you can tell you work for UP through out the video. Lol

[@logandetwiler4483]

Is this the line that passes by T-Mobile Park

[@Ashtonthecsx1871fan]

1:59:24 Eh, I've been closer than that to an 80 MPH train.

[@hankbob2000]

Where's the sound!!

[@darthmaul216]

9:04 what does the T mean?

[@paulondra19]

T = Talgo. Talgo train sets can run a little faster in most areas as the unit train tilts to allow for a little more speed through corners (though not on the bridge where you pointed out the speed limit). At 42:00 Aaron explains Talgos.

[@darthmaul216]

@@paulondra19oh ok. Thank you

[@rileysanesh5203]

But what about Amtrak’s Empire Builder it should be in there too

[@TheRailFanDood]

Not on the Seattle Sub, just the Cascades and Coast Starlight

[@davidstrawn9272]

1:00:54 And it's 2024 now. Did it shut down?

[@AnontheGOAT]

It’s slated to get turned off next year. They’ve already shut off some of it.

[@kevinbaker4241]

It cannot be just a mere coincidence that the crossovers at 'Vader' are located at Mile Post 77... can it?

[@vernonmatthews181]

Interesting that Boeing fuselage requires extra flat cars as a "blank-file" to accommodate its extended length past each occupied car @ "2:01:44" For those of us who know what a "blank-file" is. That is a marching term for the uninitiated ❤ All those years ago 😮

[@DocStoner]

My Name Is Doc Stoner And My Wife’s Name is Karen And We Are 95 Years Old

[@jimmclaughlin8195]

Semi good, but far far far too much time wasted in those Tacoma Narrows shots. The stuff filmed from the west side of the Narrows Bridge and the east side of the Kitsap Peninsular were a total waste in a RAILFANNING video. Little if anything of the action on the Point Defiance trackage could be seen with the 2 cent lens on your cameras in the film across the Narrows.

[@AnontheGOAT]

Cool, let’s see your video then.

[@isaacjohnstongolf]

I’m so happy to see my home rails be showcased! My family lives just out of sight (but well within earshot) of the tracks in Steilacoom. I’ve spent countless hours at Sunnyside Park watching the trains roll by, and I’ve watched trains along basically every accessible mile of this sub. So excited to watch this video!

[@Nicola636128]

Fantastic video !