I agree it was a --- ----- ---- and others type of day. shame about chain though. Looking forward to the next episode of "Who knows what will happen next" Railway story. Cheers

19:30- Adventures in railroading come to mind. (Regardless of the scale)

The good news is that it looks like a reprieve in the weather is coming.,,! Thanks for sharing!

The bare winter woods and deep snow, made me expect to see the Big Bad Wolf, trying to prevent you from delivering a basket of goodies to Grandma's house. :)

Next winter we will see a Mill Brook snow train with spreader and perhaps a snow blower.

Your chain of events you might say bro. Safe travels

Oh my you just ran over the chain! Glad see she was still running. Amazing.❤😊

Great job taking out the snow, Have you ever used locktite on the Allen screws to help keep them secured in place? you would have to clean off the oil on them, then the locktite works well preventing them from losing up and falling out, it is especially bad losing them in the snow.but when the snow is gone you can use a magnet to find the lost Allen screws. great video I like your “official incident counter” barry

Not too bad considering the wet heavy snow. Good for snow balls not so much for plowing. Double set screws and blue Loctite is the way to go. I have the same issues at work with a chain driven conveyor system for moving 30000 lb coils. The chain is a little bigger though.😊🙋‍♂

A little loctite on the screws like someone said will stop them from coming loose. Also drilling a bit into the shaft so the screw has a bit of countersink will help it get more bite. Renolds makes a heavier grade of chain or even the chain you have should have a heavier grade with thicker links available

The incident counter is inspired! Have you considered gears instead of chains?

So......the Mill Brook RR, is it a freight hauling railroad or a snow plow railroad? LOL I think the RR does more snow plowing than freight hauling. New Slogan, The Mill Brook, route of the snow machine. HA HA. Thankfully it is spring now and this white crap will go away. :) on the set screw issues, could you grind a flat spot on the shaft for them and then use locktite on the threads? Oh as I typed that you said you didn't have any locktite. :)

Nasty nasty snow. Your engine does a good job plowing heavy snow. I pray you are seeing lots of grass now. Happy Easter to you and your family!!!

I know it could be an expensive mod but perhaps getting a machinist to cut out the axles/sprockets and install a key way would work better than just a set screw into a round shaft?

😢😢incident 4

Maybe time to use a double wide chain, or go to a larger chain.

Very nice. Your plow has some good rolling action in the lighter snow. It rolls the heavy stuff nicely, too. I've heard SP guys call the heavy stuff on the West side of the Sierras,"concrete snow", because it handles like wet concrete. Why is it things mechanical can't fail when it's sunny and 72°? Is it some unwritten law of the universe? Nice video just the same.

Like the real guys - forward and backwards on the heavy drifts and just bludgeon your way through - don't need speed just pushing power!

It's hard to see on the video but from what I see your set screws are well recessed in your sprockets. If that's the case after tightening the setscrew install a second one on top of the first. This will lock the screw in place.

Just another day in “North Country Railroadin’”. BTW … will you be attending ARS’s Large Scale Show at the end of the month?

Just another normal day at the Millbrook Railroad. The incident counter was getting a workout today?

I think you’re overdue for a FRA inspection.

Didn't you puta key way in that shaft? Set screws will always come loose!

Its a pity you can't change the drive to direct drive and do away with the chains. Something like from a lawnmower axle maybe?

So is it the "I" in Millbrook or the "I" in railroad that stands for incident? Maybe it's the I of the beholder? Eye honestly do not know at this point?

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1 & 5 why rerailing it in 1 since it went off again in 5 ? 2 & 4 never leave enginehouse without it the "T". 3, hey George, how much you pay the engineer you hire ? 5 $, well isn´t very good. Was asleep and pass over a chain. 10 C inside the house. Still no power. Nevertheless, i´m watching your adventures on my cell that is still functional. Thanks to the generator.

You know, I just realized something... many times I've noted that, besides being old-timers, a lot of the "Live RRers" (7 1/4" scale, etc.) tend to be, uh, rather stout. I always thought they were just fat, maybe out of shape. But now I realize that ain't 'fat', it's ballast! This increases their tractive effort, which makes sense why they keep the weight on. FREE ballast. What a great idea - and tell the wife she can stop griping about being "overweight"... Hon, it's just ballast for the railroad! And Aaron, I'm NOT talking about you... you just may need some more 'ballast'!!!