Riding Around the Eagle Point Railroad in Dunlap, Tennessee

Today, we ride around the mainline of the Eagle Point Railroad in Dunlap, Tennessee.
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[@armandoperez7967]

What a well done representation of a Louisville and Nashville GP30! I love it!

[@johnniewelbornjr.8940]

I thoroughly enjoyed this... The engineering and maintenance alone are no small tasks. I used to visit Mid South meets over in Columbia from time to time and recall thinking their mainline was long but I think this makes Columbia pale by comparison. Even though I have lived in North Dakota and, now, Wyoming for about a decade, I still enjoy seeing these settings in the woods. Thanks for sharing the footage.

[@clems6989]

So cool. Would love to see more of the locomotive...

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Unfortunately, I won't be able to do that for awhile. It's a 22 hour drive for me.

[@donalddodson7365]

Very restful. Thank you for maintaining scale speed.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

It was my second time out on that track. It just seemed right to take it slow and I'm glad you agree.

[@TaltosVT]

Looks like a nice climb up into the woods and back. It was fun watching the video while following along on their track plan.

[@alanwbelcher]

Beautiful railroad and very realistic GP30 model there. Thanks for taking us along.

[@warrenjohnknight.9831]

Either those tree's were absolutely huge or the engine was very small, ha ha ha actually every old man's dream place, 😆😆👍👍🚂🚂🚂🚂.

[@FrederickRH1]

Very nice indeed. Beautiful work and lots of it! Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@alexmodern6667]

What Cool sounding, Great looking Locomotive you have there!

[@NixCrossing]

That’s so cool! I’ve always wanted to ride one of these again. Awesome video 🚂💨

[@robertlafnear4865]

We have a huge back yard operation here in Oregon ( Train Mountain ) that is out of this world,......... every Sat. in the summer anyone can ride these around the loop .. and then they have the National Train Meet every third year or so.... a must for the scale train lover.... a great area to visit but a bit smokey right now..........NICE Railroad for sure ,.. Thanks for the ride along.

[@FoxIslandRailroadCo]

Love the L&N horsepower! Another beautiful railroad that’s been on my bucket list for ages, thanks for sharing!!

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I also have over 2 hours of footage from Mill Creek Central from 2010 that I haven't released yet.

[@davedeiler2072]

Beautiful scenery looks like a fun ride

[@SteveH-TN]

Thanks for sharing this video. I live about half way between Dunlap & Columbia TN. Only learned about Eagle Point RR from your Channel.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Great people there at the CSME. www.csme-eprr.com/

[@mattcoogan7869]

WOW!!! Really great video!!!! Thank You.

[@robingilmore1444]

What a beautiful place for a railroad. You did good man. Thanks for the ride.

[@cereus57]

It is a gorgeous property with great folks, nice ride!

[@redneckrailfan9625]

Awesome video, sounds like the real thing! I would love to visit

[@brandon-fl]

Wow. Thanks 4 the ride!

[@Joe.M]

Awesome!!! Thanks for sharing! 👍👍

[@billsmith3195]

Very nice. Enjoyed it.

[@robc.5745]

What a nice setup in the beautiful forest.

[@JohnnysTrainVideos]

I love it. Great video...

[@southernlightning775]

Amazing Train setup!! Not to far from Chattanooga..

[@marknewell7355]

Love the bridge bet that took many a hour to build is the track 7¼ inch gauge love that the loco is diesel/petrol electric sounds realistic much love from the UK 🇬🇧

[@kogerlaan]

A truely magnificent railroad line

[@mikeyp911]

That was cool! New fan here!

[@artillerest43rdva7]

that is huge! and the multiple cross overs and I think that there was a diamond too. that has to cover a very large area, the bridges were great. thank you for sharing the video of that great set of rails.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I revisited the line in late February. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIKTp5Kqec6WnM0

[@muddtrack6969]

JUST AWESOME!

[@ezequielguzman2320]

And i love Trains 🚂

[@SideHustleInspiration]

LOVE THIS! :)

[@ezequielguzman2320]

I love your Videos 👍

[@scottjackson5422]

Very nice train set up

[@robertgift]

What fun! Nice being in the tree shadows and in.teresting terrain. Love the working signals! What? No mee-mool lights *(o)T(o)* ? Love thathe straightrack is perfectly straight! - as big railroads do. Congratulations! Watch out for poison ivy andon't allow mosquitoes to hatch in those water buckets.

[@MicrobyteAlan]

My wife just walked by and said, “don’t get any ideas.” Guess G scale is the biggest I can go.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

It's a brilliant idea, actually. These locomotives last for decades. What better way to lower your train budget than by going big? I suppose I'm not helping.

[@kevinwilkes364]

i'm married to her sister...apparently :-)

[@billdougan4022]

Buy a Mighty Casey and break her in slowly. If the 2-5 year old kids or grandkids love it, she will be easier to convince.

[@robertheinkel6225]

We have a railroad here in Largo Florida, built in a city park. Once a month, they offer rides on the trains. Anytime, the club members can operate their trains on the lines. Very nice cooperation with the city and private club.

[@tomsimpson5317]

Beautiful place wish I was there

[@2001cavador]

Woweee You must be one hell of an Engineer to build something like this -Its so Awesome!!!

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I didn't build this railroad. An army of volunteers did. www.csme-eprr.com I built a much smaller railroad.

[@2001cavador]

@@MillBrookRailroad No,I was referring to the loco you built - is that 1/8 scale?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@2001cavador It is 1/8 scale. The loco I built, however, is not in this video.

[@2001cavador]

@@MillBrookRailroad Can you please feature the loco built by yourself and is it as big as this one?

[@floydjammer6395]

Awesome 👏

[@robertanderson5987]

This set up is fantastic. A L@N GP30 !!!

[@68dart]

Awesome , Thanks

[@1960gambit]

Amazing!

[@armandoperez7967]

Reminds me of the black SCL GP30 locomotives I would see in my youth!

[@MESA-East-Model-RR]

Looks like a smaller scale version of a GE locomotive. Very fun video and beautiful railroad!

[@garysprandel1817]

GE? ( insert EMD GP30 fan harumphing noises) 😸

[@robertbullcarmichael9856]

Awesome.

[@RS-Amsterdam]

All Aboardddddddddd !!! Last train to Trancentral.

[@billmorris2613]

Good morning from SE Louisiana 19 Aug 21.

[@0nlyup572]

i really like the fresh L&N locomotive.

[@larryblaha]

That is awesome..😁

[@Survivor1547]

Love L&N ( CSX) Locomotive.

[@Trains-With-Shane]

It's like a 1/4 scale layout that you actually ride! That is so cool!

[@MillBrookRailroad]

It's 1/8 scale. Still very cool, though.

[@michaelkern8856]

That is a long ride!

[@MillBrookRailroad]

It's a great track!

[@chuckchristian2059]

We rode on a train something like this but I can't think of the name of it but in the middle of it,it would stop and you could play on the playground

[@GooseinTheCabooseProductions]

Damn. You guys were at my local live steam gang and I missed you. Crap!

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I'll be there again. Probably in the spring.

[@jacobrail501]

Nice GP30

[@johnnyhunter4345]

Impressive

[@stevelaminack1516]

Definitely a rich mans hobby, heck most of us could afford HO that size (scaled down).

[@peterrichard3706]

Kind a looks like theGrandTrunk RR. Different engine of course but the scenery is right on!

[@johnpatterson4272]

That was relaxing and therapeutic. I want one of these bad boys. Absolutely beautiful Tennessee countryside. Just curious to know what the red pails filled with water and what appear to be water bottles in them, staged along the route are for? I'm thinking fire safety? One of the best narrow-gauge rail videos I have ever seen. Thank you.

[@Wernerle2BeiYoutu6e]

What a stunning layout!! I tried to follow it with the help of the latest track plan 2021, but I would prefer that you call google to come back with sat views around christmas. ;-)

[@timbeach2409]

Would love to know estimated cost on just laying the track.

[@Nighthawke70]

Oh lordy, I don't want to know the cost of that trestle at 7:50. That's some serious lumbering there.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

It depends on a lot of factors but from ballast to railhead, somewhere around $9-12 per foot.

[@robertcooney4139]

Best ever Railroad ever

[@billmorris2613]

I saw small signs that read 10 over 4, 10 over 2, etc. Are these mile posts? If so are they in scale miles of 660 feet equals one mile? A really nice layout!!!

[@natehill8069]

I wish someone would come out with one of these locos powered by an actual diesel; a little 3-cyl Kubota or something. And turning electric traction motors instead of hydraulic. Just for more authenticity.

[@Mini_Celeste]

I mean, diesel hydraulic locomotives have been a thing that railroads flirted with before. I'm not sure they really ever took off but they did indeed see use.

[@natehill8069]

@@Mini_Celeste True; and in fact they are very common, if not actually dominant, in Europe.

[@thomaslevy2119]

@@Mini_Celeste The Rio Grande and the Southern Pacific railroads experimented with diesel hydraulic locos in the 1960's. They were built by the Krauss-Mafi company of Germany. The units were unsuccessful in American use due to the fact that their wheel diameters had to be kept to within 2-3 millimeters of each-other. Otherwise, the hydraulic motors would try to turn at slightly different RPM's and cause their seals to wear out quickly. Electric traction motors can rotate at different rates without harm and don't have that problem. European railroads service their loco's wheels much more often than American lines. The additional maintenance costs became an issue that doomed mainline hydraulic locos. (However, small industrial hydraulic locos were successful.)

[@Crewsy]

@19:37 I see the Eagle Point Railway buys from the same place as Wile E. Coyote.

[@SouthernRaiIs1186]

hey man! awesome video, is that railroad still in dunlap or was there temporarily? i would love to check it out!

[@MillBrookRailroad]

That's a permanent setup. Look up Chattanooga Society of Model Engineers.

[@SegaDisneyUniverse]

I wonder how fast that little thing can really go, lol.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

About 12 miles per hour.

[@georgeclausen2408]

thanks for the video. where does one get enough rail for a project like this?

[@robertheinkel6225]

There a a few companies that made rail. It is offered in different weights, depending on how much weight you plan on hauling on each axle. There is also a lot of used rail available from abandoned lines.

[@kitwilliams8268]

i tried looking for the location on google maps around Dunlap. can it be seen from google maps or google earth? in relation to dunlap, is it east, south, north, west?

[@TrainboyRR]

i like the video

[@robertanderson5987]

I wonder how fast you could go? I got about 50 Acres in South Texas, pure flat.

[@truthseeker8310]

That's sound of that engine is really good, is the gas? how do you get it to sound like that.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

That's a Mountain Car Company gas hydrostatic GP30 powered by a horizontal Kohler (or maybe Briggs & Stratton) V-twin. It may also have a sound system. I'm not sure. It belongs to the owner of the Eagle Point Railroad.

[@mikeashely8198]

Nice Ride Along are all the red buckets for in case of fire

[@TXDPS-OFFICER1-21]

That's what I would like to know what are the red buckets for ?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I presume so. This was a very lightly attended meet.

[@donsgotmoney]

How large is this track plan?

[@chrismontalban5538]

Magnificent! Are the sidings (that were bypassed) used for anything or are they just for "show?" That'd be cool if they had some use here and there!

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I think they do when there are more trains on the track.

[@terrysweat4187]

Very cool and great scenery in the woods, and also very peaceful ride alone, but my question is how big is the whole thing and how long did it take for you to complete it. Because them trestles are big and the property will all the ups and downs you had to go through.?? Thanks for sharing, and you have a wonderful setup.❤️

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I wish I could take credit, but it is not my railroad. It was built with assistance from the Chattanooga Society of Model Engineers, who chronicled the construction on their website. www.csme-eprr.com/

[@MrKnash1]

@@MillBrookRailroad Fricken amazing pics on this web site, holy cow

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@MrKnash1 I know, right? It's an amazing railroad. When I realized I'd get the chance to visit, I was quite pleased. When I got there and had the chance to run on it, I was ecstatic.

[@jeffreydelallo7311]

Beautiful job love the scenery but... could have done without the orange Home Depot buckets

[@johnniewelbornjr.8940]

Exactly... Unless Jeff is volunteering to build all the red barrels? ;)

[@Storm-ol7kh]

what is the reason for the red buckets scattered around ......awesome diesel never seen one this gauge.. and great looking railroad..

[@richardsmith4187]

I was wondering the same thing about all the buckets by the track ??

[@johnniewelbornjr.8940]

Fire buckets, like in the old days, would be my guess. One used to see red barrels located at wooden trestle bridges long ago.

[@TomCro2022]

Look very nice 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@deweyharmon4666]

I live 2 miles from this

[@wooderdsaunders6801]

Cool ride What were all the 5 gal buckets for? Would have been nice to see a pic of the train and engine. Also s detailed look look at /inside the engine.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

The buckets are for fires that could be started by the steam engines that were there the day before. Unfortunately, I couldn't get there in time to see them.

[@wooderdsaunders6801]

@@MillBrookRailroad thank you

[@Romans--bo7br]

Great Video... "liked and Subscribed". Just out of curiosity... approximately how much money is involved, just for the all the trackage on the Eagle Point RR. ?? What would a gas powered "EMD" like yours, be worth to buy new? Thanks again.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Prices of track materials have gone up in the past year. The trackage at Eagle Point would probably cost in the range of $10 per foot if built today. The GP30 belongs to the owner of the Eagle Point Railroad and it's about 15 years old. They were around $8500 new from Mountain Car Company.

[@MrKnash1]

@@MillBrookRailroad What are all the red buckets for?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@MrKnash1 putting out fires caused by steam engines.

[@user-cv6me5fx5q]

すばらしいですね！　cool！　これからもたのしんでください。

[@kb9liq]

Great to watch but one question What is in all the red buckets around the track? Sorry I've never been to anything like this but it sure would be fun

[@jbrunsonjr]

I believe water in case of fire. People do run live steam locomotives up there.

[@kb9liq]

@@jbrunsonjr I wondered if that was why but just didn't know

[@superbulldog81]

WOW! that is neat. Is this a private owned track that is open to the public?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Information at www.csme-eprr.com/

[@TXDPS-OFFICER1-21]

That's what I'd like to know what are the red buckets for ?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I presume they're for fires started by steam locomotives.

[@waynelawrence5220]

Thanks for video. As a suggestion you might want to invest in a stabilized camera as it would make a world of difference in the quality of your video's.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Keep sharing, and that may happen sooner.

[@russellevans2446]

It'd also be neat if the camera was mounted on the front of the engine. Then all the amazing trackage and turnouts could be admired as well.

[@keithklingensmith2955]

Do you have any special set ups for Halloween & Christmas.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I don't know if they do at the Eagle Point Railroad. I was just visiting. I haven't done any holiday displays at the Mill Brook Railroad yet.

[@kd4kdf]

Gotta love that L&N locomotive!

[@jayfmiller]

I saw the crate and rocket. When will the Roadrunner pick it up?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Probably during the next meet on the next full moon after the second solstice in June.

[@stonemason848]

Wile E Coyote buys that stuff. not the roadrunner.

[@a741976]

What shop buy locomotors?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

That locomotive is now built by Titan Trains.

[@dalepremo3695]

Neat

[@westvirginia24]

What are red buckets for?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Fire supression.

[@ngauge22]

Awesome video. Thank you. However, all those orange buckets full of stagnant water must make the area thick with mosquitos and has to ruin the adventure.

[@MurraydeLues]

Fire fighting in case of sparks from the steamers. Very sensible.

[@alconk7129]

Those are amazing! Are they built or bought?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

These are bought.

[@alconk7129]

@@MillBrookRailroad where would you purchase something like this from?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@alconk7129 That GP30 was built by Mountain Car Company.

[@robertheinkel6225]

The train group here in Florida, has a few engines for sale. Steamers and other drives available. Some are bought and others were built.

[@jsmith198095]

Where is this again? And can people come visit and ride the rails?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

It is in Dunlap, Tennessee. www.csme-eprr.com

[@itoffice]

Nice sound the engine delivers. But is it jut a sound card or a real engine something?... Where we read about this specific model?...

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@itoffice I believe itit'a Titan Trains engine.

[@robertanderson5987]

Is that a Titan Train?

[@tcampbell5028]

I'm sorry if I'm asking a silly question, is that railroad system private or can anyone with the right type of locomotive and cars make arrangements to use it. (Learn rules and track eddicat etc) ? sorry about spelling.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Not a silly question at all. It is a private railroad, however, the Chattanooga Society of Model Engineers has full access to the railroad and membership in their organization grants you access to the railroad. www.csme-eprr.com/

[@tcampbell5028]

@@MillBrookRailroad ty for the reply, I'll look at the site. Will be a while before I can do more than look but can research and learn in the time till then.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@tcampbell5028 for more general information on this size train, there's discoverlivesteam.com And the Backyard Railroading Facebook group.

[@tcampbell5028]

@@MillBrookRailroad thank you. Will check that out.

[@Traincabvideo]

Cool! Thank you from Russian cabview 🇷🇺 🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃🚃