What the railroad is all about: Wood Pellets by Rail

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  • Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
  • It is home heating season, and that means it is time to run wood pellet trains again! Here, we have MLBK 70 on train WP-2.
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Комментарии • 61

  • @SD40Fan_Jason
    @SD40Fan_Jason Год назад +12

    I don't know why but whenever I see your little green engine toodling through the woods by itself, no people on it, I imagine hearing upbeat jazz piano music to accompany it and the occasional "toot-toot" as it passes the camera.

    • @MillBrookRailroad
      @MillBrookRailroad  Год назад +4

      You know, for a children's TV show from the 80's, that theme song was actually quite good.

  • @harrisonross4009
    @harrisonross4009 Год назад +5

    Awesome run and I liked it when the camera was down by the journal box to cool .

  • @noxin75
    @noxin75 Год назад +7

    Came for the trains, stayed for the derails!

  • @SuperChiefTube
    @SuperChiefTube Год назад +4

    It’s great to see the 70 running again in its full glory. Beautiful paint job, too. You do need a horn though. And a brake. lol

    • @MillBrookRailroad
      @MillBrookRailroad  Год назад

      Yes! Those would be good at some point. Track is my main priority at the moment, though.

  • @wolftrainservicesltd6418
    @wolftrainservicesltd6418 Год назад +3

    The Millbrokes revenus season is back
    Will you ever put up signs along the right of way ? Will you ever have😅 7:00 track signs ? Whistle posts ?

  • @poowg2657
    @poowg2657 Год назад +1

    I put 4 tons of Spearfish pellets in the basement this Summer. By brother came up with the technique of rolling them down the stairs like big slinkies. Looks like you could use a "leaf blower car" ahead of the engine to clear the track. Great video, thanks much!

    • @MillBrookRailroad
      @MillBrookRailroad  Год назад +2

      I'll get out there at some point to clear the leaves and the weeds.

  • @bradfordthompson8326
    @bradfordthompson8326 Год назад +3

    Good to see "THE VERMONT PELLETS COMPANY " SHIPPING PELLETS AGAIN IN HUGE UNIT TRAINS ON THE MILLBROOK CENTRAL &VERMONT RAILWAYS 😅😅😅❤❤❤

    • @MillBrookRailroad
      @MillBrookRailroad  Год назад

      I'm not sure I'd call a three car train huge, but it is good to be hauling stuff on the railroad again.

  • @solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226
    @solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226 Год назад +6

    Looks like the track is in a lot better shape hopefully not as much derailing as before

    • @MillBrookRailroad
      @MillBrookRailroad  Год назад +3

      There are a lot of gremlins hiding in the shadows that I haven't had time to fix this year. Honestly, I'm a little nervous about this winter.

  • @alandent7231
    @alandent7231 Год назад +3

    P.s. your filming gets better all the time

  • @mischef18
    @mischef18 Год назад +2

    Another good video bro. Safe travels. Ken.

  • @StanFerris
    @StanFerris Год назад +2

    Blessings, Aaron!

  • @theRondackJCT
    @theRondackJCT Год назад +2

    Tis the season

  • @petersipp5247
    @petersipp5247 Год назад +2

    When I find the right house & property...my rr will have a purpose too. I like the electric loco. No fire building, dirty flues. All the best, Pete

  • @TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan
    @TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan Год назад +1

    Very happy that number 70 is back in full working order spot on job on the rebuild after its accident

  • @alandent7231
    @alandent7231 Год назад +2

    Very SMOOTH ! Thanks for sharing

  • @jimshafer3101
    @jimshafer3101 Год назад +2

    Yes it's time for heat winter is on it's way

  • @petercruikshank2618
    @petercruikshank2618 Год назад +1

    Ahhhhh Fall in full force. At one point I was wondering if you could almost plow the leaves off? 😉

  • @williamcannon3885
    @williamcannon3885 Год назад +3

    Looks like one of the old Pinsly G&E making a run

    • @MillBrookRailroad
      @MillBrookRailroad  Год назад +1

      Thank you. Sam Pinsly had a great reputation with his employees and shippers.

  • @chicagolandrailroader
    @chicagolandrailroader Год назад +7

    Do wet leaves present traction problems? Good to see your RR performing well.

  • @wolftrainservicesltd6418
    @wolftrainservicesltd6418 Год назад +2

    Will you ever name any of the s i d i n g s will a sign or make any stations along the line

    • @MillBrookRailroad
      @MillBrookRailroad  Год назад +1

      Sidings:
      Sugar House, Woodchuck Run, Chicken Coop
      Other points:
      Sugar House
      Lower Sugar House Switch
      Upper Sugar House Switch
      Horseshoe Curve
      Lower Woodchuck Run Siding Switch
      Upper Woodchuck Run Siding Switch
      Tie Sheds
      Compost
      Turkeyfoot Curve
      Strawberry
      Washburn Hill
      Chicken Curve (may be renamed Cock Eye Curve)
      Chicken Coop
      Chicken Coop Lower Switch
      Chicken Coop Upper Switch
      Engine House
      Engine House Switch
      Ballast Pile (Track Temporarily Removed)
      Spruce Yard (unbuilt)

  • @neilmatthews5139
    @neilmatthews5139 Год назад +3

    A Question I have been meaning to ask, your house. Is that waiting for cladding in wood or cement board? Keep up the great channel, love watching the wood pellet trains. When the time is right I will be building a 7.25 inch gauge line to ferry logs, hay etc on our small holding when we buy one!

    • @MillBrookRailroad
      @MillBrookRailroad  Год назад +5

      My house is waiting for vinyl siding to be installed. It is about 2/3 finished.

    • @neilmatthews5139
      @neilmatthews5139 Год назад +2

      @@MillBrookRailroad that answers that then! Great little railroad/railway.

  • @samuelsammington3572
    @samuelsammington3572 Год назад +1

    so fucking cool bro. i aspire to this kind of shenanigans for my own property!

  • @ohgary
    @ohgary Год назад

    Seems like I was burning about a bag of pellets a day in Gardner, Mass…this was in a double wide mobile home with six inch exterior walls. You might be making a lot of pellet runs.

  • @geoffreykail9129
    @geoffreykail9129 Год назад

    You had some nice shots on this run. But it looks like you need some of the home brew herbicide on the upper end of the road. LOL It's fun watch the railroad evolve. I know there's no such thing as evolution.

  • @SuperJ3R3MY
    @SuperJ3R3MY Год назад

    9:50 gotta put a slow order of 1 mph there ahaha😂

  • @nathanielalgernon975
    @nathanielalgernon975 Год назад

    really really neat, but, what do the neighbors think?

  • @artillerest43rdva7
    @artillerest43rdva7 Год назад +2

    tried to donate via PP “invalid to donate” on your web site. oh well let me know how to
    directly donate so none is lost “service charge or fees” hope all is well, great seeing the
    70 taking a run, but only 6 bags at 50 lbs. no 1k run yet? hope all is well, stay safe and
    keep healthy! keep up the runs! Aaron hope you have a great weekend.

    • @MillBrookRailroad
      @MillBrookRailroad  Год назад +1

      Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I changed a setting in the website and the donate button should work now.
      I don't have a 1k run yet, but perhaps soon. I'm still working through the half ton I had left over from last year.

  • @Austin.D
    @Austin.D Год назад

    You look like Harrold Ramis millbrooke 😂

  • @martythemartian99
    @martythemartian99 Год назад +3

    If rabbits produce bunny pellets, where do wood pellets come from? 🤔

  • @robertmiller1299
    @robertmiller1299 Год назад

    I thought the word in Vermont was ‘fall’ not high falutin ‘autumn’

    • @MillBrookRailroad
      @MillBrookRailroad  Год назад

      We may joke about it being fall instead of autumn, but in reality, the terms are interchangeable.

  • @kummerleo7655
    @kummerleo7655 Год назад

    Yap for freight use the train because ist easyer

    • @MillBrookRailroad
      @MillBrookRailroad  Год назад

      Sometimes using the train is easier, but it is always more funner.

    • @kummerleo7655
      @kummerleo7655 Год назад

      Yes WHO want to carry These bags one at a time to the storage