Plowing miniature track! ...and derailing a freight train

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

Thats a nice run!

[@vettebecker1]

Would love to build one of these types of plows for my railroad 💚💛

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@vettebecker1 It's modeled after a Russell snow plow. Specifically, Green Mountain x106. The guy who built it informs me that the curved blade is the hardest part to get right. If you do build one, I suggest you start there. The rest will be easy after that.

[@Rob-ue7ig]

We don't question and we don't judge😂

[@colefd]

Very cool, lots of great work! What is the total distance of the line?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Currently, 970 feet.

[@brycedarnell7395]

Honestly, for really deep snow; what if you guys added a sort of heat gun function to the snowplow that could melt really tough snow so the train could push through it?

[@theRondackJCT]

It would simply turn the snow into slush and ice and make plowing harder

[@brycedarnell7395]

@ hm why not make one of those snowplows with the rotor? that would be super effective and i think the team could DIY it

[@ronaldbright8018]

I don't think adding a heat gun would melt snow that quickly. You would be there all day.

[@brycedarnell7395]

@ well, next step, flamethrower joking of course

[@theRondackJCT]

@@brycedarnell7395 that would be fun but still take longer than a plow lol

[@paulsmith5398]

We have 20-22 inches of snow from 2 different storms here in central Illinois, whats the deepest you can safely plow, theorhetically 🤔❓

[@jeremyjohnson457]

You guys should send some of that snow to California

[@paulsmith5398]

@jeremyjohnson457 California does get snow, but only in/around the ski areas. I have a strange feeling our Illinois weather might get rough this spring ⚡🌪🌪🌩🌩🤔❗❗

[@danielfantino1714]

​@@paulsmith5398well some snow in LA may be....

[@crazyfvck]

@paulsmith5398 Ha! Better you than me ;) Here in Northern Illinois we've only had about 6 inches total this Winter.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@paulsmith5398 How deep a snow I can safely plow really depends on air temperature and the snow itself. For the light fluffy stuff that screams across the Canadian prairies with a vengeance and slams into New England with an arctic blast that could freeze dry all the baked beans in Boston, I can plow over a foot of snow. If it's a coastal nor'easter, pushing freezing rain and snow, just below the freezing point of water, then it's more like four to six inches. If it's the consistency of a slushie, then 4 inches is about all the traction motor can handle.

[@jeremyzamanski2961]

How many acres & how many feet of track is that cool layout

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@jeremyzamanski2961 6.75 acres and currently only 970 feet of track.

[@jeremyzamanski2961]

Thats awesome 😎

[@danielfantino1714]

Thanks Aaron for that easy ride. Plow was probably happy instead of banging wall of snow. What´s up if i can ask, about that lonely ranger in the chicken coop ?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

The lonely chicken is hanging in there. She's too old to lay eggs anymore, but she likes her vegetable scraps.

[@danielfantino1714]

​@@MillBrookRailroad Good hearth Aaron. You still take care of her. Good that she recovered.

[@GamingGiga15]

Just to let you know, the trucks on real trains aren’t really attached

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@GamingGiga15 True, but you don't really want these trucks separating from the cars when they're banging around in the back of your pickup truck on the way to visit another track. There are compromises made for practical reasons.

[@saressares2500]

Bonjour où peut-on trouver les plans et les côtes des écartement des rails et wagon ?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Basic information about this size railway: www.sevenandaquarter.org/ The locomotive is available to order at www.millbrookrailroad.com. The flat cars: www.plumcovestudio.com

[@saressares2500]

@MillBrookRailroad merci

[@bradfordthompson8326]

Beautiful railway 😮 COULD YOU SEND US A COMMENT ON MILLBROOK TRACK MEASUREMENTS AT BASE OF RAIL (1) MEASUREMENT FROM INSIDE TO INSIDE AND OUTSIDE TO OUTSIDE OF EACH RAIL ......😊😅😮😢🎉😂❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ ??

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@bradfordthompson8326 the rail is 0.625" from head to foot. The head is 0.295" wide, the web is 0.068 wide and the foot is 0.529 wide. That's what most of the rail is. It's known as 1 inch scale rail. It is approximately the size of 70-lb rail in 1:8 scale.

[@bradfordthompson8326]

,IS MILLBROOK RAILWAYS 7 1/2" GAUGE OR 7 1/4" GAUGE ? 😊😅😮😢🎉😂❤❤❤❤

[@kade1012-s4m]

nice

[@wolftrainservicesltd6418]

We have lots of ice and 3 feet of snow here in saskatchewan and if Trump gets his way we might the 51st state real quick. I hope so. Im all for it. Hello from Canada

[@wmrg1057]

🤣

[@danielfantino1714]

Nice idea to get an 11th province too. They ´ll love it and are already shoveling like hell in many states. They´ re all ready to join us to party. 😊😊