Plowing the track and derailing a freight train

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  • Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
  • Welcome to the Mill Brook Railroad. Today, we start the day off with snow plowing, then a shift change and our resident freight conductor somehow puts a loaded gondola on its side. I'm not sure how that happened.

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  • @Mr.TRIIX_HO
    @Mr.TRIIX_HO 23 дні тому +1

    respect to the author, a very interesting winter ride💯💯💯💯💯💯💯👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @richardbrobeck2384
    @richardbrobeck2384 24 дні тому +1

    Happy new years guys and what fun video !

  • @Rob-ue7ig
    @Rob-ue7ig 29 днів тому +4

    We don't question and we don't judge😂

  • @vettebecker1
    @vettebecker1 29 днів тому +3

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

    • @MillBrookRailroad
      @MillBrookRailroad  27 днів тому +1

      @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.

    • @vettebecker1
      @vettebecker1 20 днів тому +1

      @@MillBrookRailroad
      Appreciate the information, may try and give it a whirl ❤️

  • @icebrakernh
    @icebrakernh 14 днів тому

    Fun times in the green mountain state. I’d love to see this in person. Just a skip over the river

  • @WilliamHBaird-eq2hp
    @WilliamHBaird-eq2hp 28 днів тому

    Thats a nice run!

  • @brycedarnell7395
    @brycedarnell7395 29 днів тому +5

    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
      @theRondackJCT 29 днів тому +2

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

    • @brycedarnell7395
      @brycedarnell7395 29 днів тому +2

      @ 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
      @ronaldbright8018 29 днів тому +1

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

    • @brycedarnell7395
      @brycedarnell7395 29 днів тому +1

      @ well, next step, flamethrower
      joking of course

    • @theRondackJCT
      @theRondackJCT 29 днів тому

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

  • @colefd
    @colefd 29 днів тому +2

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

  • @paulsmith5398
    @paulsmith5398 29 днів тому +3

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

    • @jeremyjohnson457
      @jeremyjohnson457 29 днів тому

      You guys should send some of that snow to California

    • @paulsmith5398
      @paulsmith5398 29 днів тому +1

      @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
      @danielfantino1714 29 днів тому

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

    • @crazyfvck
      @crazyfvck 29 днів тому

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

    • @MillBrookRailroad
      @MillBrookRailroad  27 днів тому

      @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.

  • @kade1012-s4m
    @kade1012-s4m 29 днів тому +2

    nice

  • @danielfantino1714
    @danielfantino1714 29 днів тому +1

    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
      @MillBrookRailroad  29 днів тому

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

    • @danielfantino1714
      @danielfantino1714 29 днів тому

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

  • @jeremyzamanski2961
    @jeremyzamanski2961 28 днів тому +1

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

  • @saressares2500
    @saressares2500 29 днів тому +1

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

    • @MillBrookRailroad
      @MillBrookRailroad  29 днів тому

      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
      @saressares2500 29 днів тому

      @MillBrookRailroad merci

  • @GamingGiga15
    @GamingGiga15 28 днів тому +1

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

    • @MillBrookRailroad
      @MillBrookRailroad  27 днів тому

      @@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.

  • @bradfordthompson8326
    @bradfordthompson8326 28 днів тому +1

    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
      @MillBrookRailroad  28 днів тому

      @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
      @bradfordthompson8326 28 днів тому

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

  • @wolftrainservicesltd6418
    @wolftrainservicesltd6418 29 днів тому +2

    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
      @wmrg1057 29 днів тому

      🤣

    • @danielfantino1714
      @danielfantino1714 29 днів тому

      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. 😊😊