Great clean up, need a chipper, redistribute chips into the terrain! Would have run the helper off a long time ago, though he was the owner! LOL.
@BriggsCanyon2 күн бұрын
Have you made any progress on this this season? Can't wait to see this extension completed and in service 😅
@MillBrookRailroadКүн бұрын
I have not made any progress this season, unfortunately. Like usual, there have been many setbacks.
@BriggsCanyonКүн бұрын
@@MillBrookRailroad Oh, trust me, I definitely understand setbacks! I have watched all your tree fiasco videos. What a mess!
@duanedale25052 күн бұрын
Nice interesting video
@ronarant28972 күн бұрын
That is really a great place! The engineers seat was very interesting!
@danielfantino17142 күн бұрын
Thanks for the ride. The 70 is smart, she miss the first twig but stop before second one ! Cool idea to film from the rear. Caboose roof too shot shows track irregularities, that´s when good suspension trucks absorb track variations. At coupler height speed illusion is greater. Nice shot compared to front one where the giant hides everything. That P&W a rarity in that scale world with correct AAR type B trucks from scrapped older Alco´s is correct. Altough type M that is roughly a letter H is the usual, would be cool to do. A lot of welding, but no suspension. Don´t know who made those trucks. Are they home made ? Refreshing to see such details instead of more common EMD Blomberg. I still never understand how Americans clubs can be so huge with so many infrastructures to install and maintain. Bigger membership or $$$$ annual fees ? And it´s not weather for sure. Adirondack is is real winter location. It´s pity what we have at Québec, Ottawa or Montréal. Except for steamers that get "real" weathering from operations, too spiffy, shiny and looking brand new, hide so much details that sometimes required extra work and or money. They should get some inspirations from smaller scale. That steamer with wood gondolas was a running well time machine. So successful marketing era of Chessie system For many years in second world war era and latter, all their yearly calendars were instant sold out bonanza with nicely done illustrations, promotting the railroad offered services, new equipment. Yep, Chessie being a female cat got kittens that playing xith an O scale trains, removed the steamer and all heavyweight passenger cars, replaced by shiny new stainless cars and locos, while Peake, the father, went to fight in the war. Chessie saying shhht ! to not awaking a sleeping soldier in its dormitory bed going to war. Hard to understand in our cold and feelingless time, that the public send cat food to the railroad, believing that real Chesie and its family really existed. Finally, railroad HQ had no choice than to adopt a real grey tabby cat from a refuge. I´m sick when i see how sooo successful Chessy strory ended up in present drab CSX ! Well.... at least, letters C and S survived that disaster.... Thanks Aaron and your new "Vice President" that we see so often. A really pleasant guy that seems to have a decent piece of land to one day have its own empire. ❤😊
@rickfarrar19482 күн бұрын
Have ever visited Train Mountain Triennial?
@poowg26572 күн бұрын
Absolutely excellent. Love the model M3/5 Stuart tank going along for the ride. Gorgeous East Broad Top consol. Love the night shots, my favorite! Great video, thanks for bringing it to us!
@ronnyvonallmen68922 күн бұрын
How Awesome….
@WHJeffB2 күн бұрын
Excellent!! That Providence and Worcester ML420R is gold! Nice model. Great set-up. Must have taken years to lay all that track, build/install the bridges, etc...
@richardwilkens45772 күн бұрын
Here's a challenging idea. A track mantaitance car with a working crane
@artillerest43rdva72 күн бұрын
great application of “FRED” on the night run. that is a huge set up! that was a nice Chessie caboose ! that was a different styled seat right after the 70. the run by of the pennsylvania was really nice. you got some great images of the different trains. thank you for sharing your time at the live steamers!
@ronjenkins5493 күн бұрын
They had great track work. Looks great and thanks
@marcsummerlott39653 күн бұрын
How about a steam powered chipper?
@lordsherifftakari41273 күн бұрын
if Brute Force isn't working, you aren't using enough! get a bigger Hammer!
@patrickfoley15773 күн бұрын
This makes for an interesting " high and wide " move ! Thanks for sharing.
@MillBrookRailroadКүн бұрын
@@patrickfoley1577 The load will soon get wider.
@francisdoudney70003 күн бұрын
All your videos never say what scale it is
@wolftrainservicesltd64183 күн бұрын
If a small Hammer doesn't work get a bigger one
@danielfantino17143 күн бұрын
Nice green matress with fresh cut perfume. Your vice predident is quite a good helper. Like him. Cheers the gang.😊😊
@southern207hobbies3 күн бұрын
Wait a mill brook video without a derailment pee cup!!!
@lukeirle41983 күн бұрын
Is there going to be update on extension ?
@Keikdv3 күн бұрын
Chickens, check! Tankcar, check! Discussions, check! Cat, check! Derailment, .... eh..... eh..... Hé, you! Come back! I can not go to sleep with out one!!!
@aaronfreeman52644 күн бұрын
Strip Mines looklike a good investment.
@tomlewis65334 күн бұрын
Give her sand Shack. More sand. :)
@e-train7654 күн бұрын
LOVE those OHCR switchers 🙌
@artillerest43rdva74 күн бұрын
great job cleaning up the brush. it is hard to keep up on the trimming I need to do trimming from the invasive trees and bushes. honeysuckle bushes are bad! grow very fast and spread!
@BoxcarJerry4 күн бұрын
Looks like a great place. I love those switchers , nice job on them .
@ThePaulv125 күн бұрын
Everything in life is knowing the tricks lol. For splitting wood an axe isn't the correct tool for the job. Axes are best used for cutting at 90deg to the grain. What you want is a splitter or block splitter - like an axe but the head is shaped to split wood lengthwise along the grain. Axe can be used in a pinch but when it jams, trying to extricate it stresses the handle, so your reliable axe starts to get loose. Also, sitting one round on another reduces the length of your swing therefore the the amount of power you can generate. Having it lower down on a firm surface and aiming for the half of the log round past the center (so the half furthest from the center) yields excellent results. When one gets really good one can use one's manual splitter wherever one likes and is great fun playing with where to split. The more you do it the more productive you become. You begin to be able to read where to split on difficult to split species too.
@MillBrookRailroad5 күн бұрын
@@ThePaulv12 Thanks for the tips!
@andygerber46245 күн бұрын
Need to build some log cars (just a basic frame) that you can cut the wood on the cars then move the cars to where your stacking it..... just a thought for the future...... Good video.....
@bradfordthompson83265 күн бұрын
Are The tree branches going to be used for steam engine fuel????😊😅😮😢🎉😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@MillBrookRailroad5 күн бұрын
@@bradfordthompson8326 There is much work to be done to the steam engine before I can think about fuel.
@zenontrainstrucks94335 күн бұрын
Great video!
@lordsherifftakari41275 күн бұрын
good ole #70 getting a workout. curious as to why you don't have a Gondola out to carry the smaller sticks/kindling that are still worth keeping for firewood. I can see a use for the Tank Car as a sprayer for weed control. fill it with a farm safe weed control, pump it up and sit on a Flatcar with the nozzle to spray the right of way. nothing gunks good trackwork like Weeds!
@MillBrookRailroad5 күн бұрын
@@lordsherifftakari4127 I have four gondolas, but they're in storage until I build a car barn.
@Stefan_Boerjesson5 күн бұрын
What about mounting a garden size wood chopper on a car blowing the chips into a collecting hopper car? Joking but only a bit. Lots of diesel around today. It was flowing in one car but not in the other....
@robertheinkel62255 күн бұрын
Collecting firewood for your steam engine?
@MillBrookRailroad5 күн бұрын
@@robertheinkel6225 it's a little large for the steam engine, but I'll figure a use for it.
@timjim105 күн бұрын
Good looking flat cars my man!
@MillBrookRailroad5 күн бұрын
@@timjim10 They have a lot of hard use on them.
@idemanddonuts5 күн бұрын
I was worried about making a 7.5" gauge for my property because of how much wood it might be able to haul Vs 15/16 inch gauge. But I think 7.5 will be just fine and I can save some money on track building costs
@MillBrookRailroad5 күн бұрын
@@idemanddonuts Absolutely! Also, keep in mind that my locos are about the size of 44 tonners. You can do a lot more with a larger loco.
@idemanddonuts5 күн бұрын
Have you guys thought about using a wood chip stove/boiler? Because you're then able to turn all the wood into chips and carry it all in essentially hopper cars and augers
@MillBrookRailroad5 күн бұрын
@idemanddonuts We burn wood pellets at the moment. I thought about stacking this wood up and seasoning it to fuel an evaporator that I plan to either build or buy so I can start making maple syrup again. My other thought is seasoning it and selling it by the bundle.
@amesmathee70525 күн бұрын
Try a splitting maul...much better than an ax for splitting wood.
@MillBrookRailroad5 күн бұрын
@@amesmathee7052 I'll have to try that.
@sdmsapphire29055 күн бұрын
The wheel slip was neat haha
@paulsmith53985 күн бұрын
well........thats much better than most people think.........at least its not cleaning up after a nasty derailment. everybody has to create a good laugh now & then.
@mrfingerlakes87355 күн бұрын
Awesome video
@artillerest43rdva76 күн бұрын
at the end was that a you de-railing? what a haul of wood will you use it as a part of your heating regiment just in a fire pit. it is crazy with the ants ! nice video, thanks for sharing.
@MillBrookRailroad5 күн бұрын
@@artillerest43rdva7 I'll either use it in sugar making or season it and put it out by the road to sell in bundles.
@tryingagain145 күн бұрын
Road would give you a couple of bucks for maintenance @@MillBrookRailroad
@william_k4arx7 күн бұрын
*Gasp!* Eric got a haircut! You look so clean, dude!
@BriggsCanyon7 күн бұрын
Did you set up your loco to run on 7.5-inch guage, or is Eagle Point 7.25? I have had mu volume very low, so I probably missed it if you mentioned it in the video.
@Jjonathanhart8 күн бұрын
Lots of time and money must have went into building those tracks.
@MillBrookRailroad7 күн бұрын
@Jjonathanhart Indeed, they have. The railroad is 25 years old this year. That's normally how long these railways last. This one, however, is turning into a club.
@Jjonathanhart7 күн бұрын
It must be so much fun being involved with that miniature train railroad.
@MartinSBrown-tp9ji8 күн бұрын
That grade (16%) is impracticable for any type of railroad.
@MillBrookRailroad8 күн бұрын
@MartinSBrown-tp9ji one engine and two cars is the limit.
@charliekonek504710 күн бұрын
where is the nill creek rroad and the cost of the blck&blue engine
@MillBrookRailroad10 күн бұрын
Mill Creek Central is in Ohio. This video was filmed on Mill Brook Railroad in Vermont. The black and blue engine is here for repair. I have never seen one like it for sale, so I can only guess they'd be around $5000.
@Roboticus_Prime_RC11 күн бұрын
He better make his Climax a 3-truck!! lol
@MillBrookRailroad10 күн бұрын
It used to be a 3 truck Climax. The third truck never worked right.
@Roboticus_Prime_RC10 күн бұрын
@MillBrookRailroad Heh, I bet the power of the internet could help with ideas to make it run right! Even it it's as simple as having the 3rd truck be powered by its own motor. Basically, it's own little loco.