Pioneer Valley Live Steamers 70th Anniversary Meet

We're on the road again at one of the oldest riding scale railroad clubs in the country, Pioneer Valley Live Steamers in Southwick, MA, for their 70th anniversary meet. Lots of action on the dual gauge (3-1/2" and 4-3/4" gauge) high line and some decent action on the 7-1/4" gauge on the ground.
Sadly, the 70 fell out of the back of the Jeep when we were getting ready to unload it at home after the meet. There'll be video of the cleanup coming.
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[@StanFerris]

Wow, Aaron, an awesome railroad full of action. Thanks for the footage! Wishing all the best for the 70 rebuild.

[@twkolejofil]

It's really nice to see you and your rolling stock visiting other railroads and another model engineers with their engines but such huge club layouts don't have that climate of the Mill Brook or Shady Pines RRs... Including shunting and derailments 😜

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I'll be running again at home soon.

[@stevenprovost2029]

Congratulations to Pioneer Valley Live Streamer Club for 70 Awesome years! Cheers! Here's to other 70 years.. have fun!

[@mischef18]

That backyard railroad is a year older than I am and sure looks well put together for those who visit or run trains. Thanks for taking us along bro. Safe travels.

[@fukgoogle9505]

What an entertaining and first class video! Also would love to see you walk and discuss where the expansion will go on your railroad. We saw the walks before but did I miss where we saw how it would all tie together? Thanks for the great content!

[@MillBrookRailroad]

How it will all tie together is blocked by a wall of downed trees.

[@stevensolway1054]

HAPPY 70TH ANNIVERSARY!! CONGRATULATIONS 🎊 👏 💐 🥳 🎊!!!!! FROM THE GREEN BAY LIVE STEAMERS UNION, ( G.B.L.S.U.), in Wisconsin, GO PACKERS!!!!! HOORAY!!!!! TH.6.30.22.A.D. GOD BLESS THE U.S.A 🇺🇸 🙌 🙏 ❤ 💖!!!!! ALLELUIA!!!!! AMEN!!!!! SIGNED, MR. STEVEN SOLWAY. PRESIDENT, AND FOUNDER, EST. JUNE 10, 1980. ALL ABOARD !! HIGHBALL !!-!

[@margaretragle1337]

That video was wonderful wth al the trains that were there.

[@rperras706]

Awesome video!

[@GWIRailroad]

Awesome Video!! Wayne

[@Santafefrank]

Thanks

[@fastsetinthewest]

Sleek, I'm going to be brutally honest with you. It's tough to do. I've seen people do Oshkosh in Wisconsin. Been there. I've never been to a Steamers Anniversary Meet. Thanks for the video. Eaglegards...

[@alanwbelcher]

Sorry to hear about #70! Hope you can bring it back from the precipice.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I think we can. The frame took a really hard hit but the wooden body took the brunt of the impact. There's something to be said for splinter zones.

[@bradfordthompson8326]

What a great inspiration to us all ..It is so cool How others can inspire us... So we are guessing That Millbrook Railway board of directors Have a trunk full of Ideas and videos content to use on Millbrook Railway from today's Visit..??@&..Enjoy...

[@MillBrookRailroad]

This used to be my home club, so the ideas have been there for a long time now.

[@natevince3154]

Southern California Live Steamers has been around for 80 years. Since 1941 or 1942, they are not completely sure.

[@s16100]

Finally you show lots of STEAM!!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!! :) Thankyou. :) And wow, at time point 40:00 is that Young Valve gear on that 4-6-0?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Steam is not as plentiful as it once was, even on backyard railroad tracks.

[@redcliffish4390]

Appears to be southern valve gear, young is usually driven off the crosshead from what i can tell.

[@s16100]

@@redcliffish4390 OH yeah, I forgot about Southern Valve gear. Yep, could be

[@Roboticus_Prime_RC]

Wow, those little steamers on the raised track have some spunk! I wouldn't think they could pull a person. What scale/gauge are those?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

They are 3/4" scale (3-1/2" gauge) and 1" scale (4-3/4" gauge)

[@b.powell3480]

Great video, and nice to take a train ride around the park!, however, in the video, around 42 minutes, the engine with the camera on the right side shows the right side firebox seam open up !!, you can see the burning embers and the flexing of the firebox itself!!, don't know if the engine owner is aware of this!!!, yikes 😬!!

[@MillBrookRailroad]

That's the crack between the bottom of the grates and the top of the ash pan you're looking at. The engine is nearly 80 years old.

[@b.powell3480]

@@MillBrookRailroad wow ! That's pretty old, wasn't sure if there is supposed to be a gap or not, but the whole video was great!, I enjoyed the 'train ride' around the park, which looks to be an RV park as well! Keep up the good work, gentlemen, and say 'Hi' to the girls there as well, they look like they enjoyed building and running their trains as well!!, the power of live steam!!

[@mumfordthepitbull4581]

@@b.powell3480 Not an RV Park but members and guests can camp there. By the way, that is me at 9:35 preparing to exit the steaming bay with my Heisler.

[@2themoon863]

Has the layout basically stayed the same over time-I’m guessing it’s been added to and changed in 70 years; is there any part still on the original layout? Also at 26:12: I noticed the bridge to the right has tracks on it but not leading to or away from it; is it now a footbridge, and was it part of a now-gone layout?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

There have been additions and adjustments over the years. The newest line was added in the 90's and realigned this year. The empty bridge was replaced by the trestle next to it to straighten out a tight s curve. There was a broader gauge line at first. 15" gauge, I think. It was removed in their most major rebuild that resulted in the oval of 7-1/4" gauge around the high line and storage facilities.

[@Kafj302]

I am like number 327

[@randybowman2110]

Watch Pioneer Valley Live Steamers doctumery.

[@michaelbrouillette3165]

Is this railraod open to the public? Right in my neck of the woods.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Not often, but if you show up on a weekend when there are members there, then you can learn more about the club.

[@user-it1fo3wl9i]

Can you see on map where to buy In poland that models?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

These are all made one at a time by craftsmen in their home shops.

[@CrustyRustysRestoration]

Is this in good old New Hampshire?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

No. It is in Southwick, Massachusetts.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

...but Mill Brook Railroad is a stone's throw away from Cornish, NH.

[@jimbruneau6769]

Too bad you deleted the ability to save this video to a playlist, it was worth saving. Now it'll just be lost among the thousands of other posts.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Any problem you're having adding this to a playlist is not my doing.

[@steamhostler4252]

Then why is there no longer a SAVE button alongside the thumbs up or down? OR even a 3 dot button that a save function can be attached to? Is not this part of the editing process??

[@b.powell3480]

Hopefully this doesn't mean that you all shutting down and tearing out the park !!??

[@MillBrookRailroad]

They will be around for many, many years to come. The title is explained in the description.

[@b.powell3480]

@@MillBrookRailroad ok, thanks, the title was a bit confusing

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@b.powell3480 The next video should clear thing up.

[@ReedThomas71]

I am really surprised some of those little trains can pull so many people or 2 or 3 morbidly obese people. Some of them so big I am sure they needed to use a scooter to get to the train they got on. Is the majority of Americans really this fat and huge in America today? It is really unreal, isn’t it.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

The trains will carry real tonnage. I do it all winter long, carrying freight with some of the smallest locomotives. Your comments about obese people is what's surprising. We don't talk about people like that here. It is unkind and uncalled for.

[@ReedThomas71]

@@MillBrookRailroad I guess I will just unsubscribe from your channel since you don’t want my comments or people like me watching your content. Aren’t what you doing is judging me? So who is judging people now? I guess it’s alright to discuss people like me in your comment section? that’s what is surprising, you would rather lose subscribers by talking about what kind of person they are.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@ReedThomas71 All I did was call you out on your comments as being unkind and uncalled for, which they were. I said nothing about what kind of person you are. You are revealing that all by yourself. It may be to your benefit to stop commenting before you make a further fool of yourself.