Looking forward to next video

Heavy because it weighs a lot. Wet because it's in that in-between spot where it can't decide if it wants to be a solid or a liquid and is both melting and freezing at the same time on different levels. Glad you enjoyed the video. Come back for more on Wednesday!

Just wait until the next video.

Wonders never cease.

This year has been a lot of rain and warmer temperatures, so far, than what we usually get in winter.

I tend not to use salt on the railway unless it's unavoidable. Salt corrodes the steel that holds the track together. Sand, on the other hand, is not a bad idea.

@@MillBrookRailroad Thanks, I had forgotten about the effect that salt has on steel.

One of these days, I'll install sanders.

@@MillBrookRailroad What are your thoughts on gravity-fed vs compressed air fed sanders for 7.25" ?

Running two engines off one controller is a simple as turning off the transmitter, power cycling the receiver, clicking the reset button a few times, and turning the transmitter on that you want to use.

Always look forward to your next videos, hopefully more once spring comes & installation on the ballast short spur & beyond.

A second track in the engine house would do the job.

@@MillBrookRailroad this is true of course, and importantly, less costly. :) Lucky I didn't go with my other thought of heaters to melt the snow on the points. ;-) Yes, I'm one of these people from warmer climates. My railway shall likely never see snow. :)

@@MillBrookRailroad or time to connect the track to the basment....

@@beyer6029 Only disadvantage to that is the plow would then be at the bottom of the grade, making the plowing of it much more difficult.

@@MillBrookRailroad I'm also going to make two tracks in my "engine house", even if I'll build the second locomotive probably some ten years later...

We've been known to get more than that.

It's changed a lot since then.

We haven't had enough snow to dig out the snow blower.

A sander in the plow? It is put to better use on the engine.

Thankfully, that was an easy one.

Thanks!

That's for sure!

Very true.

Sounds like work.

Not a bad idea. Thanks for the suggestion.

I have a 1977 Simplicity Snow-away 1005 that would be perfect for the job. It's got engine problems, so I may stick a big electric motor on it and mount it to the rails.

@@MillBrookRailroad I would love to see that build video!

Why don’t you get some deicer and put it all around your switches to keep the snow and ice from accumulating around the switches , you may have to who is this several times throughout the winter

What's borderline creepy about it? I use the railroad to bring in my home heating fuel.

They are different tools with similar purposes. I wouldn't use the coupler pocket plow for deeper snow than this. The same way you wouldn't use a ball peen hammer to build a house.

The plow found me. I was at a train show, displaying the 70 and a bobber caboose I had for a very short time, energy a man walked up to me and said he had a plow for me. I traded the caboose for the plow, and we both were happy.

@@MillBrookRailroad yoiu were really lucky.

I would first extend the enginehouse...

Both should operate off one controller, since they use the same receiver

A six axle loco would be nice. Definitely need a bigger engine house. The locos are M-U'ed together. I can pair multiple receivers to a single transmitter.

The snow isn't sticking to the plow. It's sitting there because of the mud flap edge at the front of the blade. I need to cut the blade off the plow and lower it an inch or so and extend the center sill so I have a coupler pocket at the front of the plow. I wish it were something I could solve by spraying something on the blade.

I'm planning to rebuild the plow in the spring. A wax will be one more thing to clean off the metal before welding and painting.

I do plan to make working sanders. It's just not a priority when compared to other things, like finishing the weed sprayer car that sits in the siding.

@@MillBrookRailroad Ah...weed sprayer. Ok! :) And wow, that would be cool to have working sanders.

That is a great idea! Unfortunately, I haven't built them yet.

I think a coupler on the front would be better.

I can understand a receiver, but wouldn't more snow just pile in front of the blade then?

I'm still figuring out when to use the coupler pocket plow. It's a new tool to me. Thankfully, it's on loan for the rest of the winter.

I agree with you Robert. At first glance that guy is playing with toy train, for unaware eyes. In fact is just removing snow of its road to later carry fuel to heat its house. He just choose a different road or path as a railroad that is a more efficient way to carry loads. As you probably saw, removing that wet heavy snow isn´t easy. Without that maintenance that you interpreted as "play", carrying its fuel would be impossible. Train size is tiny for sure. Sadly modern trains that we usually see in town are big machines and big affair. We can laugh at that tiny 7 inches 1/4 betwen rails. It seems ridiculous. Just a little bit more than half a foot betwen rails,...rails that can carry up to a ton ! Still toy train you think ? How much can usual car on the road can carry ? That little more than 6 inches betwen rails, is just half the size used by US Army. Yes Robert, the big proud US Army that appeared in so many countries in the world, went to fight in Europe, and builted railways line to carry soldiers, wounded, ammunitions, supplies and all the rip rap essential for its own army during world war 1 ! Space betwen rails was 30 cm or just less than a foot ! US Army went to fight in a world wide war with toy trains just twice as big at that guy in its backyard !.... Like i told you Robert we´re not accustomed today to those sizes. In Pine tree state of Maine, for more than 60 years, remote hamlets depended in their daily life with 24 inches betwen rails. Their big steam locomotives were just a bit taller than you or me. Slates from quarries, all sort of lumber out of the wood, the official mail service for post offices...in just 3 times wider track than that train player. Coal in Pennsylvania, and minerals in the Rockies and many other states on 3 feet wide track. In many countries "mini size" is still used. Nasa used train track from Gemini era to Space Shuttle, just in a different gauge. A lot bigger that will make our usual train miniature too. In train world there is no "one size fits all" . Hoping Robert that you´ll smile at it.

Maybe not normal, but that's not why you come to KZfaq. Normal is boring to watch. The guy who goes around unclogging culverts isn't normal, either, but he's getting millions of views doing something that seems boring on the surface, but is surprisingly interesting. He's making a comfortable living at it, so who am I to judge?

I thought the snow was sliding off quite well without it. The plow is due for a rebuild in the spring. It needs a LOT of work.

Deep cycle marine batteries.

Un billard? Tu dois fumer de la bonne merde là-bas, eh? Ils rendent ce truc légal au Canada et la prochaine chose que vous savez, même M. Fantino est "toking en le number," eh? LOL!

@@MillBrookRailroad i don´t touch that shit. All my career we fight it. Did you look at pictures i emailed you ? That´s freaking to think that a track was builted there. You don´t have totally vertical ravine 500 feet tall (or more). That´s why i compared you to a pool table.

Covering the plow isn't a bad idea. I don't use silicone on the plow, but I do paint it periodically.

I run them with the same radio control. They have the same type of motor, the same gearing and the same type of motor controller. I'm simply pairing two R/C receivers to one transmitter.

I'm not finished painting it.

Right still got the stripe on the sides to add

I need a couple sponsors for that kind of expense.

They're M-U'ed.

Nobody claimed it WAS Donner pass.

@@MillBrookRailroad, you're right! The last part of my comment was a joke.

Locomotives are not cheap to build. I have a snow blower I use on the track when the snow is deep enough. This snow wasn't deep enough.

That would not be very good for the aluminum rail.

You are correct that salt would mess things up. Not the rails themselves but the hardware that holds everything together. As far as the snow goes, every storm is different.

Lucky ass Florida boy lol As the snow melts the salt that's in it gets wayyy concentrated and corrodes metals like nuts. I believe these small rails are aluminum, which has an easier time of it, but the fasteners certainly aren't! If you ever hear a mechanic griping about "Northern Rust" they're talking about the nasty rust that road salt causes 😉

My snow blower broke down clearing this storm. It was too much ice for it.

I probably can at some point

Yes! When I have the money to do so, which is hopefully soon.

@@MillBrookRailroad as a home holder myself know how much it all is. Lots of overtime sounds like and get the boys to chip in too!!

You can think of it both ways.