The Tree Saga of 2024 part 5: Loading brush in the rain

[@bradfordthompson8326]

Oh You ever use those solar Car batteries maintainer located on top of Millbrook engine house ...and a small windmill to also Charge #70 batteries...Now you can say "ON THE "OFF GRID "!**MILLBROOK RAILWAYS ""THE ENGINE CREWS RUN THEIR ENIROMENTLY FRIENDLY TRAINS "😊😊😊😊😊

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@bradfordthompson8326 I do need to set the solar panels up on the engine house roof.

[@JaredDunbar]

@@MillBrookRailroaddo it!

[@bradfordthompson8326]

The fun thing about watching the MILLBROOK IS ITS A WORKING SHORTLINES......😊😅😮😢😂❤

[@artillerest43rdva7]

great move of the debris, wet rails stink without sanders! feathering the throttle to keep it rolling! I like your camo technique “out of site, out of mind! “ unload it when the rain stops.

[@petercruikshank2618]

I just read something about using rock salt to kill weeds. Vinegar kills the top but not the roots. I realized rock salt would not be great for the ties. Maybe a test along the sides? It said to just sprinkle it around. Not table salt.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@petercruikshank2618 Rock salt is way cheaper. That's why not table salt.

[@paulsmith5398]

After watching a few videos of trains doing "fun-time" (CP 2816, Reading & Northern 2102), earlier this morning, its nice to see one actually doing some real work, even in inclement weather!

[@3ftsteamrwy12]

All they need is a Barnhart Loader and a Class A climax or shay, and the log loading could be ANYWHERE in the eastern US from roughly 1880 to 1900

[@kittty2005]

Looking at the flatcar the plants on the left are they weeds or jerusalem artichokes.A lady friend used to grow the latter her late husband had stomach cancer and the cooked vegetable was the only food he could keep down near the end.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@kittty2005 they're only weeds here.

[@kittty2005]

@@MillBrookRailroad OK thanks

[@s16100]

Your human anit-slip device is doing well on that throttle! :)

[@theRondackJCT]

Lol it was fun to try and keep it from slipping

[@MillBrookRailroad]

It blows the doors off Trip Optimizer.

[@backwoodssolutionsllc9823]

Working hard there. Nice fire wood for the 4th of July. Tree service my cousins son works for had been very busy around Pittsburgh PA with bad storms and torandos. Have a great holiday!

[@MillBrookRailroad]

I saw a news story about a guy in the Pittsburgh area whose truck was crushed by a tree, so, as a joke, he put a for sale sign on it that said ran when parked.

[@backwoodssolutionsllc9823]

@@MillBrookRailroad didn’t see that. Thanks!

[@michaelconnolly4109]

Why not through the branches over the embankment? Would help with dirt erosion.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@michaelconnolly4109 my branch piles along the bank are already full.

[@lordsherifftakari4127]

with all the potential logging work to be had, might the Millbrook RR look into acquiring a set of logging Buggies to move logs from where they lay to a prep area.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@lordsherifftakari4127 I've thought about that, but flat cars are much more versatile, and any car I add to the fleet will need to be stored somewhere.

[@JaredDunbar]

If you do a chain between the cars (or a bar) you could make them short for storage

[@paulrodwell6051]

Enjoying the Tree Saga. 👍 Can any of the wood be used for anything or is it just fire wood?

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@paulrodwell6051 it is just firewood.

[@tobyyoder8350]

Looks like some weed wacking and weed spraying needs to be done 😂

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@tobyyoder8350 always.

[@TimAnderson-pm9sn]

Mill Brook & Thunder Railroad

[@benhancock1408]

he's not spinning on wet rails, he's looking at his phone, instead of paying attention to what he's doing. Good thing he's not on the highway

[@robertheinkel6225]

If you zoom in, you can see the slippage.

[@rascallhunter]

Not only that, but he is not looking at his phone - he has the controller in his hand, not his phone.

[@william_k4arx]

I thought you guys were closing this railroad.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@william_k4arx only temporarily until the tree fell.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@william_k4arx Closing is not the same as abandoning.

[@william_k4arx]

@@MillBrookRailroad I'm confused. Should we expect to see the railroad continue or watch the tracks pulled out? I for one, do not wish to see it disappear. Please clarify.

[@paulrodwell6051]

It's Vinegar Season again. If you know you know. Lol

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@@paulrodwell6051 Definitely vinegar season. Also, fire season.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Duck season

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Rabbit season

[@erniepike3902]

Someone who works on thw 12" scale playing with trains for a hobby is like a CAD designer 3D proinging for a hobby.

[@MillBrookRailroad]

@erniepike3902 it sounds like it ought to be rare, but it's really not that uncommon in this hobby. I've met more people in the railroad industry in this hobby (from train men to CEO's) than any other place outside the railroad. The difference is that here they've usually got smiles on their faces.

[@erniepike3902]

@@MillBrookRailroad, I get that, the I'm a CAD designer who spents a lot of hobby time designing things to print, often train related.

[@bradfordthompson8326]

Gosh Could Millbrook install on top of the roof of their engines a SOLAR POWER CAR BATTERY CHARGING MAINTAINER FOR THOSEHEAVY "VERMONT PELLETS COMPANY HEAVY UNIT TRAINS THEY GIVE TO MILLBROOK TO HAUL ...?😊😅😮😢🎉😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MillBrookRailroad]

Solar on the engines? There's not enough surface area to make a difference. Solar on the engine house roof, on the other hand...