Derailment Cleanup, LocoJack Demo and Bleaching Flat Cars: just another day at Mill Brook Railroad
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- Опубликовано: 20 авг 2021
- Today at the Mill Brook Railroad, we clean up an old derailment, give a LocoJack demonstration, unload a bunch of rail, bleach the flat car decks and see a lot of slippage due to weeds on the track.
9:15 satisfying to see the truck sets roll over hammered joints
There's a story to that spot. It's not a joint at all. That's where a tree fell on the track and flattened the rails. I hammered them back into shape and couldn't get the dip out.
@@MillBrookRailroad ouch. I was going to say you need a nip there, but semi permanent slow orders works too.
I like @ 6:32 with the wheel rail interaction, and truck hunting for the rail. I would love to see more of that. The picture quality is very sharp and clear, good job.
Like that Loco Jack....And thanks for the instructions. ...
Very well made......Too
Was watching your speed restrictions going thru the Dip from prior tree damage.....Must have been fairly heavy tree that fell. OUCH
That was quite a tree limb. Thick enough to be a tree trunk.
Great video, very interesting. Thank you for sharing this with us.
re: your weed control.....why not set up an electrical (battery) pump and sprayer operation on the flat car next to the tank car, and fill (or partially fill) the tank car with weed killer. A few fittings and hose connections and you'd be ready to go. You probably wouldn't want to use Roundup, but a vinegar and water solution would be safe around the chickens, and would work wonders...... just a thought. John M,
It is a good thought and the reason I built the tank car. I need to go back and create mounting points for the spray boom and pump. A lead off the locomotive will power it.
That's a rather lengthy way of saying, "I'm working on it."
Use a mixture of water and vinegar for weed and growth as a cheap and safe solution and safe herbicide. Works fast and gets all vegetation within the ties and tracks.
@@imwithstoopid4443 That's what I built the tank car for. Haven't finished it yet, that's all.
Linda, can you give an idea of what % vinegar to water to use please?
@@andyknott8148 I use 1:1
as a fan of the East Broad Top, the EBT flatcar was a welcome surprise to see.
Thanks!
That car was built by Wright Rail Works. They build EBT flat cars and hoppers in 2.5" scale. It is easily the best car I own. Well worth the money if you use one of these railroads to do real work around the yard.
@@MillBrookRailroad good to know if i ever have property of my own and decide to build a railway on it, I'll be sure to look into them.
New to your channel im watch from the UK. What a fantastic railway where that track looks to be sunk or flattened we have a vibration fork and spade made from a old JCB 3cx we stick the forks in and lose the ballast then lift the track with the back actor then squeeze ballast under the track quite a project to make but beets doing it by hand love the locomotive and flats that tanker is awesome too
Thanks! My original inspiration for the railway was Sir Arthur Heywood's Duffield Bank Railway in Derbyshire.
As for the tamper and leveler, it's a project I'll have to take on at some point.
@@MillBrookRailroad yeah he's a hero of mine in this Hoby he's the father of 15inch gauge railways after building his own he also built many others such as Romney Hythe and Ravenglass railway's yours reminds me of perrygrove another he designed, I couldn't remember the technical name for the machine belive it sound right
I´ve read in your grass leafs along the track that you have (had) a nice pleasant summer. Next winter (now) will be a pesky one with plenty of ice again and again.
You will miss the warmth...
I like this Mini train
Very nice enjoyed watching!
With the chickens you got, i can see them laying eggs through a chute and make egg money on the side! Make an egg car Mill Brook Fresh Eggs brand for organic food. Have a chicken coup where chickens lay eggs to sell.. Just a crazy idea.
I like crazy ideas.
From the looks of the railroad 🛤 being scratch built, have a chicken coup where chickens feast on feed, have a nest, lay enough organic eggs to make a tidy profit and if some eggs are live chicks 🐣 then an incubator works too! My grandparents had an incubator and big chicken coup… i pray you’ll have a nice egg and chicken operation… I don’t know the laws in your area.. I’m in Texas yet if I owned enough land, I’d make a nice railroad operation. Hamilton county back in 1909-1941 had old school railroad operations… Stephenville Texas North and South then St Louis Southwestern.. Cotton Belt… Some depots remain intact… Yet great to know there are awesome souls that love railroad work and enjoy the fun of it! My respects! ✊
@@lawnmowermanTX Many thanks!
Not so much a crazy idea, but a money-making one! Neat way to get money for more track, more cars, and maybe a larger engine!
Nice work Aaron!
Thanks! How's the Ajax coming along?
Well Aaron, I patched up a break in the 1/8th inch steam oil circuit tubing, and I'm now waiting for the fire ban to be lifted by the county where our club track is so the boys there can do a test firing with coal. They heated it up with a propane torch a while ago to about 80 psi, but it was too hard to sustain the heat that way. So right now it's more like Schrodinger's Loco... might be alive might be dead.
Good work
hi Just started watching your videos a little while ago. Do you have a video of what your layout consist of track wise, length number of turnouts and such. If I was a little younger and had a little more property I would have enjoyed a layout like yours. As for now its HO. Keep up the great work.
I haven't made a video of that yet, but it's a good idea. I do have that information on my Facebook page.
I just hope that big bunch of weeds you grabbed at the beginning wasnt poison ivy, i just finished helping my new next door neighbor eradicate that stuff in his yard, after he got a nasty rash from it all over both arms and legs. There is a salt water mixture thats very effective on most weeds, the stronger you make it, the better it works.
I'm very familiar with poison ivy. We got rid of that pest on this property years and years ago. That was a morning glory vine.
Is the little dip on the track caused by the fallen tree recently? Just curious if you will eventually cut and replace that short segment of rail. Love your channel!
Indeed, it is. It left quite a dip in the track. I'll replace that section soon. I also need to replace that bridge just before it. There'll be a video when I finally get around to it.
@@MillBrookRailroad How about just making a track lifter for the railroad, and use a hydraulic jack to bend the section straight again. The lifter will come in useful for repacking ballast in future, and just needs to have a pair of braces under the car to convert from track lift to rail repair, changing the counter force area from the bogies to a small section. Use one of the regular flat cars, they look strong enough to handle the loading, plus the side mountings are in the right place already, to use for the jacking points.
@@SeanBZA That's an interesting idea.
That's pretty cool to have. I'd love to have one if I had the land. I just have my modest model railroad .
As long as you enjoy it, that's all that matters.
Where would one go about getting one of these
@@briansaxby5357 www.discoverlivesteam.com is one place to go. If you want a locomotive like the Mill Brook 70, go to facebook.com/millbrookrailroad and send a message.
Looks like you need to do some weed patrol between your tracks.
Yes. I need to do s lot of weed control.
Any idea on when you may finish the main line ? I enjoy watching your videos and I always seem to think one of your chickens will get ran over being so close to the train when it goes by .
Don't worry about the chickens. I know better than to run over them and they actually move pretty fast.
As for the mainline? I don't have a set timeline. I work on it when time and money allow. I will be doing more videos about expansion, though.
I always found bleach only changed the mold colors. To really get at it, mix up some baking soda and vinegar. Let it fizz and do it's thing and then smear it all over the cars. It will get nice and deep down in the wood and work it's magic. THen after its good and scrubbed up and taken care of, and rinsed down a day or two later, come back in with bleach and water for the win!
I love seeing the tank car on the line. Any option at all for pressurizing it with a few PSI of air and spraying that eco friendly weed spray that I saw you use in a more recent video I believe it was?
Anyhow have to run for now. Be safe out there and thanks for sharing as always!
Thanks for the tip!
I don't need to pressurize the tank car to have an effective sprayer. I have a pump that will spray nicely. I'll get the car finished eventually.
Hello enjoy your videos just curious what gauge rail is it I plan on building my own some day I work for railroad in New York
Thanks Pat
I use a combination of Culp Rail (.825" deep) and 1" scale rail (5/8" deep). Track gauge in the northeast (and the rest of the world that's not in the United States) is 7-1/4" gauge.
@@MillBrookRailroad thank you for the information look forward to more videos
thank you for sharing. enjoyed the video. That loco is a real workhorse, what size motor is driving the loco. It seems to do the job easily.
It's a 500W motor. You should hear it struggle with a 1 ton load of wood pellets.
@@MillBrookRailroad hahahaha I bet. I was expecting a 1000w motor but not 500w hahahaha
You must have gave your track crew an extra day off for the weekend
Do you use the tank car or just for fun?
The tank car is an unfinished project. It was supposed to be a weed sprayer car (using agricultural vinegar) but I haven't finished it.
Is the controller from an RC car?
Yes! It's a cheap R/C car radio from Amazon. Certainly not the greatest, it has its issues, but it works most of the time.
That's hustler switcher
It's a Mill Brook Railroad ES-2-500 switcher.
What scale is this
1:8
Where about in VT are you?
Windsor. Look up Mill Brook Railroad on Google.
Can i buy it?:)
The LocoJack? Yes, but they're currently out of stock. I have to make more.
It looks like you're trying just a little out of gauge too wide the wheels are just barely on the track
I have a dirty little secret: the equipment is all 7-1/4" gauge and the track is 7-1/2. I occasionally have visitors who have 7-1/2" gauge.
You ever heard of a lawnmower or weed eater ?
I heard a rumor of one once. Seriously, though: weed control is a constant battle and all it takes is a busy week or two at the day job and the railway gets covered in weeds.
@@MillBrookRailroad Time to find some scrap battery powered weed wackers, or 2 115VAC ones and a small generator, and mount them on a car, with power from the traction battery. Then a quick 5 minute drive down the entire line, and weeds vanish like magic.
@@MillBrookRailroad
Seems like the locals would be glad to help if you organized a work day , It's just not anyone who has a train and track on their property. Would be a good learning experience for kids and adults as well.
@@keithclark486 We do have volunteer work days once or twice a year.
@@MillBrookRailroad
Wish I lived nearby
I'd be happy to help out. Could even get some hobo costumes for the workers ,
Hobo day.