Brush Removal By Rail

[@abuBrachiosaurus]

I thought this was boring throughout the whole video... then I realized I watched the entire video and thoroughly enjoyed it

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Glad you liked it!

[@zenontrainstrucks9433]

Cool! I always love seeing the 70!

[@MillBrookRailroad]

71 will look like the 70 one day.

[@zenontrainstrucks9433]

@@MillBrookRailroad That will be nice!

[@geraldsundberg3610]

Love the chickens!

[@geraldsundberg3610]

Brush removal is a constant chore! Buckthorn grows soooo fast!

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I HATE buckthorn. Almost as much as I hate barberry.

[@artillerest43rdva7]

camouflage for the train! fades into the back ground! great job, it is always so much more then you think is there!

[@MillBrookRailroad]

That's so people don't see me from the road.

[@s16100]

two trains on the RR at the same time. NICE!!! With all the new cars you have now, your going to need to build a yard with 2 or 3 tracks to store things and get around. :)

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I do have to build a yard.

[@halennah]

That hopper car is probably the most useful thing you've gotten your hands on!

[@MillBrookRailroad]

It is useful, but the flat car is the most useful car I have.

[@timlanglois5643]

Great job guys looks good trimming back the railroad

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Thanks!

[@mischef18]

MOW crew doing a tidy up of encroaching foliage. Safe travels. Ken.

[@bradfordthompson8326]

That's so cool ..Millbrook RAILWAYS uses rail......makes work Fun ....Appreciate your hard "FUN EXCITING " WORK....

[@henrynelson2265]

Nice to see the Ossippee hopper get track time. 👍

[@MillBrookRailroad]

It's a great car to run with. Not too heavy, but stays on the rails. Gilbert Rittenberg knew what he was doing when he made it, back in 1970. The only modification has been the couplers.

[@railroad9000]

Perhaps a rail mounted brush chipper would be helpful. Either discharging into the growth alongside the track or into a chip hopper. Just a thought.

[@martythemartian99]

Sounds like a good premise for a low budget horror/slasher movie. 😅

[@petercruikshank2618]

​@@martythemartian99 As long as there are to scale teenagers fleeing TOWARDS the imminent danger!

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Sounds like a good idea. I have to finish paying for the Ossipee Central Railway before I can do that.

[@railroad9000]

OK. Understood.@@MillBrookRailroad

[@solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226]

Well that hopper looks like it has come in handy for ya ever thought about getting a dr brush chipper and mount it onto a flat car

[@MillBrookRailroad]

It has been suggested.

[@artillerest43rdva7]

So much to do, cannot wait for the next clean up around the tracks. August next time hope with good weather and no rain. stay safe, keep up the great job on the tracks! take care Aarron!

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Next work day will be in September.

[@wolftrainservicesltd6418]

Good rolling Duck Blind

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Quack quack! Or... Got any grapes?

[@wolftrainservicesltd6418]

@@MillBrookRailroad I wish I lived in the states I would help me with my 48 ft step deck flatbed for free just to have a ride on that system of yours

[@danacampbell-vu2ut]

Whatever happened to the new rail line you were working on awhile ago? Haven't seen any work on it. Hope it's still a go! 🤔👍❤️📹😃🚂🚞🚞

[@MillBrookRailroad]

There hasn't been any work on it to show.

[@vito3533]

I have no experience with 7.5” or 7.25” gauge trains to any capacity, but I’ve always had the question and you seem like someone who would have a solid answer - Would running a 7.25” gauge engine/rolling stock on 7.5” gauge track hinder running quality enough to require specifically gauged track or could 7.25” gauge stock be used interchangeably on 7.5” gauge track?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I use 7-1/4 inch gauge equipment on 7-1/2 inch gauge track. You have to be more precise about the track gauge. My gauge tolerance is 7.500 -0.00/+0.060. I also make the switch frog flangeways 1/4 inch wider than normal.

[@davidjoetrammell2179]

Can you do a video talking about how much money is needed to purchase a backyard railroad and if tanker cars can be filled up with water to give your chickens water and do the grain cars hold chicken feed for your chickens and what train cars you use for maintenance around your yard and home like gardening, landscaping, and other chores around your property and what's the most train cars you can pull on 1 single train locomotive or train engine????

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Locomotives start in the $4000 range for a new one. Used locomotives are often close to the price for new because the supply can't meet the demand lately. Cars can be had more cheaply. $1000 to $3000 new or used. Sometimes, you can find a really good deal. As far as hauling stuff on the railroad, there is one car that can do it all. The humble flat car. Two 25-gallon ATV water tanks fit on a 6-foot flat car. Bags of feed can be stacked on the deck. Put stakes on it, and you have a log car or a car to carry brush. Put sides and ends on it, and you have a gondola to put grass clippings in. Flat cars are perfect for hauling cement blocks to build a garden wall. You can also load a lawnmower on a flat car to get to a remote area. Flat cars are truly universal. They're also the easiest car to make, so they're often cheaper than hoppers and tank cars. The most I've pulled with a single engine is 2600-lbs around a 50 foot radius curve on a 2.5% grade. Notice that I don't measure it in cars, but overall train weight. It will vary depending on the locomotive, the track conditions, the condition of the cars you're pulling, how heavily each car is loaded, how sharp the curve is, and how steep the grade is and what the weather is.

[@paulrinehart5557]

Come for the trains, stay for the clucking.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

It's nothing to bock at.

[@andygerber4624]

Thanks for video. Thought you had a burn pile for that stuff to burn?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I don't like to burn ties that could be used, and I tried to give them away many times over the years. But going forward, I may just start using them as kindling to get a fire lit in the steam engine once it's done.

[@Conn653]

Are you planning on completing the switch, for the snowplow storage siding, and extending the siding this year?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

That's the plan. I haven't quite finished it yet, due to it raining all summer long, but I'm hoping I can get it to the bridge.

[@bradfordthompson8326]

The Dispatchers on Millbrook RAILWAYS know how to Run trains ....love the 2 minutes between trains .......Be careful Millbrook Dispatchers unions ...make Amtrack &BNSF LOOK VERY EN. EFFICIENCY .. 😢😢😢😢😢😢🎉😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MillBrookRailroad]

We run on smoke orders here.

[@laakona8381]

Ozark Mountain Dare Devils....Chicken Train!

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I can think of a great Ozzie bass riff, but it's the wrong song.

[@Mikesmith-tm5sh]

Hey, could you put some message together on the # 71 thinking about making one like that. where did you get the wheels from, the controller ,the motor? I would make the wheel but my lathe too small.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I do build these locomotives. I ran out of wheel suppliers, so I'm working on having them done locally. The motor is a Unite Motor MY-1020 24VDC 500W motor. The controller is a Dimension Engineering SyRen 50.

[@Mikesmith-tm5sh]

Thanks 👍🏻I live in south La. AkA Louisiana .

[@csxtraincountingrailfan4452]

Are you trying to make sure that you can’t find your train.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

You have to disguise the train sometimes so you can sneak up on the bad joints. That way, they don't see you and throw you off the track. :-)

[@garykuipers2696]

I enjoyed this video. When will the siding be installed on the house? Sumac is also known as railroad shrubbery!😎🚂✝

[@MillBrookRailroad]

We have half the siding on the house now. It rained the whole week we had a lift and we didn't have enough money to extend the rental.

[@mikeashely8198]

Wow that looked like a camouflage russian tank

[@martythemartian99]

2:02 What's that noise? It sounds like a UFO approaching... it's getting closer... OMG, IT'S AN INVASION! RUN, EVERYBODY RU... oh wait... its only the other loco. 😵‍💫👾👽

[@JaredDunbar]

My locomotive is noticeably louder than the 70 or the 71. Haven’t really figured that one out yet…

[@mikk4309]

2 trains............... Gunna have to put in a passing loop. Signals?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I have a couple passing sidings in place and a third that is unfinished. Signals coming eventually.

[@lesterolson5526]

you may want to carry a knife. I think it would be more efficient for fitting those stakes in the pockets.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

You're probably right.

[@petercruikshank2618]

MOW.... Not exciting but necessary.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

It's almost time to order more wood pellets. Then I get to feel the train push me down the grade again. That's a kind of exciting. Especially on wet rails.

[@ryanstrains6446]

And then the derailments come because of either worn out rail joints, bad ties, or just bad luck.