Less derailments! Track work is paying off. Nice

I really like the more aggressive attack against the Monster . Seeing the snow peeling away and flung aside with authority makes for a very dynamic and dramatic video shot . Nicely Done Brother ... Nicely Done .. :)))

Now I find myself sitting in front of my TV... with a shovel. Oh man, do I feel stupid! o_O

What a great day ! Thanx for sharing!

A plow run with no derailments, awesome ! That snow was peeling off the front of the plow really nice.

All in a days work.Good job.

Awesome camera view. Wayne

Yay! A successful run!

Awesome!. Speed seems to be the key. Next, a leaf blower for the switches inside the plow. I wouldn't worry about the "catching" from the plowshare.

Beautiful snow fall there! Good snow plow action. Congratulations your getting much better on plowing. We’re behind again on watching. Had a wonderful day at the East Broad Top with a ride on the M-1. Have a good weekend.

Thanks

At last, a snowplough doing what it is supposed to do. Well done.

This was a great video! Seeing all that snow made me pause the video and grab a cup of hot coffee in my nifty Mill Brook coffee cup! I love seeing the Russell at work. The view looking backwards at the front of the plow was really neat. I don't think the work required to remove the remaining snow off the butterfly blade would be worth it as the snow always appears to fly off. Glad your new switch point turned out good.

Very relaxing man. Almost no derailments.

Yes I " enjoyeded" it! Love the camera angles, really provides an interesting view. Only one minor derailment, I would consider that a success. At least on your own railway, you don't have to fill out an incident report & pee in a bottle! LOL😅 Keep up the good work.

It's nice to see a plow run where (almost) nothing goes wrong. I have a thought on plowing the passing siding to keep the snow off the main line. If you keep the left hand wing retracted when you plow the siding it may not push as much snow back onto the main. |[]\ instead of /[]\

That was a fun video. Makes me want a mini railroad, but I have too many hobbies now. Just an idea, and would be really cool. A rotary snow plow! I don't think you would be shoveling anymore.

On the big plow instead of having the rubber on it. I was thinking warm up the plow end bend it down closer to the track then have a piece of aluminum aluminum stock grind the leading edge so it drags on the rail head have it bolted under the plow blade like a front end loader has a cutting edge

Good success Aaron !! Your plow design was the most common made for single track use, pushing snow on both sides with that V shape. More rare were those for double tracks, pushing all the snow on right side. In fact it would be simpler to build than that complex V. On left side the vertical wall goes up to front. Than at about 45 degrees (welded) riveted is the plow. Using an ordinary aluminium plow cut at good lenght can be use. All snow in front going on right side. I forgot if they had wings on both sides ( they had regular wing on side snow is thrown and a shorter one on opposite side). At the end of the run at Sugar House, turn it on your turntable (if it was built on mainline), and ready to start to do siding or passing track, pushing far less snow from one track on the other one. On that scale, not sure if lateral forces specially on right curves won´t increase derailment. I know you won´t build an other one. It was just suggestion to others viewers. OUPS ! LATER ADD ON. some where builted to throw snow one side only but it can be on rigjt or left side. CP have/had 4 to throw on right side. Very rare for branch with no wye or turntable to turn equipment, some where builted with plow at EACH end and lacked side wings. Imagine Aaron´s plow with the plow and, a small cupola cab on roof then the second plow on the other end in opposite direction.

Give the MOW crew a raise!

A coat of a good car wax on the blade may help with wet snows. I used it on the blade I had on my ATV for snow and it seemed to help quite a bit. Typically I did it a few times a winter, since the snow seems to wear it off after a few uses. For the yellow plastic you have, it may be best to keep the plastic. Better that breaks when it hits a rail joint or something instead of bending up the front edge of the metal plow. Might just recess the yellow plastic down so that it is level with the red metal.

Plowing the way it should be, wide open knotch 8 and behind a Wedge. Only one derailment…. 😕 😜👍

Considering the amount of snow clearing that you do, I would very much like to see you build a car mounted snow thrower/blower - maybe not as extravagant as a rotary style railroad style snowblower but even just the cheapest small electric blower you can find at the BigBox with the handles removed and mounted on a plywood caboose or boxcar.

Always regular Maintenance then Mother Nature's gotta get her Attention, quick & easy would be..

7:30 - First I'd try the easier solution, try beveling the top edge of the yellow scraper so the snow doesnt have an edge to rest on.

That one large cedar tree ?seems to keep a lot of snow off the tracks.

Have you ever considered installing a wye somewhere on the layout so as to be able to reverse train direction?

Re: the raised edge of the yellow scraper blade. Don't know if it's metal or plastic, but doesn't matter. Why not grind/file the vertical edge into a taper, so that the snow would slide up and over the taper, rather than be blocked by the vertical edge…..just a thought. JDM (not Linda)

That was SO not very nice of you (at 9:08) throwing that snow on us! But we forgive you.

Yes the plow works well when the snow is not as “ wet “, the drier snow rolls off much easier then when it is “ sticky “ easily packed into a snow ball. nice to see you out keeping the rails clear, |where was Mr. Batcat the track inspector? kept his furriness inside and warm ?always great videos, are the repairs to the track are they allowing better runs end to end? barry

Just a thought, but was wondering if you could redesign the plow with a pneumatic lift on it , lift on rails so it could raise, lower or float kind of like what the railroad does with hydraulics or even use hydraulics over electric. The extra weight in the plow wouldn't hurt anyways and would probably solve the derailing issue. Like I said not an expert just a thought

Wow mate its scorching heat here and yet snowing there....wonder if UPS can send some snow here for my esky (Icebox Cooler) Regards To The Family

Do you think a 4 axle loco might be better/more reliable/fewer derailments on your railroad than a 2 axle one? Thanks.

I forget what you said as to why you didn't use the pilot plow on the locomotive. John

Would you do a video showcasing the snow plow?

That was impressive. You just need fluffier, drier snow. Have you ever tried running both 70 & 71 engines together for plowing?

Hey Mill Brook railroad I have a question do you think you can build a Rotary Snowplow and Expand the railroad further sometime in the future

You should have a rotary plow for your tracks. Then you can blow the snow off the track

Any plans for a rotary?

Way to much shoveling in this episode. Lol. How much does that plow car weight? And what is your broom made of? 🤔

Why don't you put the yellow blade under the red blade sold at the redblade to be over to Yellow play it won't act as a bridge

I enjoyded the video! I am counting the days until early summer comes. Hopefully I'll be able to visit a few railroads throughout New England. Until then have a good day and peace!

Aaron, i´ve modified my former comment. I´ll send you email with pictures.