You're probably tired of my suggestions by now,, but,, if you extend the nose piece of the the plow out forward,, and change the current 120* angle to a 65* angle,,, you will notice less resistance when cutting through the wet snow...

It wouldn't be a Millbrook railroad video without a derail or two or three or four or five. It's still fun to watch the videos. Keep them coming. Something I look forward to every week.

It would be cool if you had a rotary snow plow as well as the other two. Love the videos keep up the good work.

Impressed by how much sustained power is in the plow!

Le Transperceneige ne s'arrête jamais The Snowpiercer never stop 👍

When I was little my dad had a metal train set in the basement I could ride on smaller scale, brings back great memories. Great adventure you have created.

Loved watching you all the time derailed is always fun to watch especially in th snow. Please have a great day.

Fortunately for me, the part of my railroad that needs plowing in the winter is all downhill from the Car Shed where the train lives in the winter. Hopefully, next year I'll have the truck built for my wedge 'sidewalk' plow, and I can push it with the engine.

Time to mount a snow thrower attachment on the front for the heavy snow. :D

This is so cool..

Awesome

so cool man thanks

That’s impressive

Works pretty for dealing with wet snow

I coated my satellite dish with never wet. Worked great to keep the snow from building up on it. Stuff makes a very interesting hydrophobic coating.

Good video 😊.

Pretty cool man

Thank you very much for this very interesting video presentation which is very much appreciated by the people. The modern locomotive/snowplough is an excellent unit, very impressive.

I've had good luck with Pam cooking spray or silicone spray on my plow on my lawn tractor to help keep the snow moving off the blade it may work on the high gloss part of your plow, I saw a working model of a Union Pacific rotary plow but it was Brigs and Stratton instead of steam, threw the snow 20 feet, the engine pushing it though was a 7.25 gauge steam 4 cylinder Shay the plow had 100 pounds of lead on it and the Shay had 200 pounds of lead for ballast, he used bungi straps to hold his knees together so he could ride, nothing stopped it but the remote.

Hello Aaron: nice job cleaning the rails off from that wet snow. the shady pines plow does work well for the first pass, then your plow widens it so that the snow does not fall back on the tracks. the derailments were due to ice on the inside of the rails popping the wheels off. wet snow is the worse, it takes out trees and power lines like crazy. hope you have power again and are toasty warm. especially if you are on well, that makes it really a challenge! barry

I think I can I think I can. I enjoyed the video.

It's 72*f here in Troy Al 😀

Looks like way too much fun.👍

Reminds me of Donner pass in '87

The Mill Brook converts laid track to a elevated track. (Pointless in running freight, but a good winter thought.)

Sorry you lost power for so long and had troubles with the stove. It's a shame the 71 gave such a poor performance. The small plow does a good job moving snow and the Russell is always a treat to see working.

Snowbank Slammin' with Aaron!

I wonder if waxing the plow would prevent the snow from sticking to it?

I just saw the sixty five foot tall bicycles.Cool!

very good aron the coupler plow works nice, gets it down to the rails, I think you were derailment free as well, the one shot was not very flattering indeed, great attitude

Also a snow jet for those switches !!! Hook up a hair dryer to a flat car. Your derailing at the switches cause you ran through the switches with snow between the stock rail and the switch point rail causing a gap. I seen it happen while I Worked at CSX (22 years)in snowy Buffalo, N.Y.

Man, I always wanted something like this as a child, even dreamed up how I'd deal with situations like this. You're living my dream. XD

Well Aaron looks like Paul Bunyan has visited your railroad with all of the tree limbs and as long as you are having fun

Hey waving hi from Malone! Hey neighbor! I loved this video! I really need my own personal track! It's so darn calming !!!!

Great video. You're like a one man advocate for winter railroading! 🙃 That looks fun.... for about 10 minutes. I noticed your comment "I have to get this done before we lose the railroad for the rest of the winter." 2025 video series: Building Snow Sheds for the Mill Brook Railroad 😃

I can imagine the BNSF or UP rotaries today and the locomotives pushing them running at run 8!

I can hear the engineer now, "I need more sand!"

That’s awesome! Need little sanders now to aid with reactive effort. Lol

Along with pushing the lead point of plow forward you could paint it with paint called slip plate it’s a really good anti stick paint

Hi from Australia - great to watch with the temperature heading for 30C! I appreciate you are working to keep the track clear. If you have any spare time to play with the snow - when your first pass was about to meet the cleared track it reminded me of Murder on the Orient Express when the relief train finally broke through the snow. Perhaps a mock up of that scene? Enjoy your hobby. I will stick to my much smaller N gauge indoor layout.

Ugh! You have to much snow! Then to be without power. Hope your toasty warm now.

January 2nd & 3rd Sioux Falls, South Dakota received 13.5 inches of heavy wet snow. With the drifting we had during the snowstorm I ended up with four foot snow drifts. It’s rather challenging when the snow is higher than the snow blower. 🤦🏼‍♂️

Cool toy.

The other posters are right: a rotary plow would be awesome! A scale replica of one of Southern Pacific’s big rotaries would really be great!

Better then shoveling the drive that's for sure!

Bummer that the power went out for that long. Stay warm and safe!

adding weight may improve plowing just due to having more mass for better tractive effort

I wish we could get more snow in New York please send it up here

Girls already have these powers ..

Too bad there's not scale model snow. Perhaps a second engine in tandem for the future. Well done!

For the first plow that you used if you use something like that of what would look like a knife but not Sharp, good with working with the wet snow because it sticks together it becomes one big thing then the blade would make it easier for the plow to actually split the snow down the middle and be moved to the sides

🚂👍🎅🏻It doesn’t look as cool as the wing plow but I believe it works better.

I don't know how easy it would be but, you should probably add a sand dome or sand ballasts in one of the engines that can have the snow plow. Sand should help with grip and letting engines pass, don't think it's helpful but it's something of a suggestion.

Nice to have an extra battery for emergencies. I’m a weird sort. I love trains, but I could never think of having one that size unless it was to be put to work. I love the idea of being able to run a spur into a wooded area, load up flats and gondolas with firewood, and haul them back to the wood shed. At least the wife wouldn’t be able to complain about “that ridiculous train” in the back yard! Get a small generator to use for charging your batteries. I used my 1200 watt teeny guy to charge batteries with a charger set to ten amps to get some juice to heavy equipment that was parked a fair distance from the shop power. I also had the plan in mind that the tiny generator could charge several batteries that were all connected up. These batteries would be hooked to two 3000 watt inverters for heavier house power. A small inverter would power sensitive electronics, because that’s what they are built for. Intermittent loads, like refrigerators and furnaces would draw quite a bit, but the cycle time allows the battery bank to charge up for the next run. I recommend at least 4 commercial batteries, or even marine batteries, for a reasonable power bank. You have half of the battle already won, with having batteries for not just trains, but emergencies. I’ll bet the wife did a rethink when you were able to take power from your “toys” to keep her warm! Much love for both you and her for surviving by the World’s Greatest Hobby!

Looks like the tree you showed in the beginning needs to come down.

I want a train in my yard now. That is so cool.

Yes, I enjoyed it. Um, what about having the Russel Snow Plow on one end and that home built wedge plow on the other end on the locomotive? That way you needn't make multiple passes. John BC, Canada

Derailments seam to be an on going thing, is it the wheels or the track. Made it interesting anyway bro. Safe travels

You may not like the snow but people in Colorado will always welcome the snow the more the merrier n happy they will be

Need to attach a rotary air blower like on modern trains... Though would have to be super careful with it. Maybe a double inline saftey switches

That is why I don't live in Vermont anymore. You can have it.

You might have answered this already. Sorry if you did and I missed it. But can you set up the radio control so that both engines respond to one hand held throttle or you do you need two hand held units to double head?

I'm just gonna say maybe carry a snow shovel with you to kinda help the plowing. But this is awesome I wish I had the money to do things like this

Snowblower car time! That would be cool. Old blower auger, direct drive to a heavy motor or a fuel engine.

It look like you need a rotary snow plow on your rail road? Thanks for the video

Just watching this video for the umpteenth time and very aptly, on the radio, was the 'Skaters Waltz'. How opportune was that? Regards, Paul, in Cornwall in the U.K.

Should add a sanding system might reduce the amounts of stoppages and wheel slip

A « Y » at the end of the track could be useful for plowing, you fond then plow on your way back down also.

seems that your plowing efforts can certainly benefit from a larger more powerful Locomotive. Mass is your friend when shoving through heavy wet snow, or a whole lot of snow at once! would a model version of an SD40-2 be a consideration to add to Mill Brook for your heavy duty needs?

Wet snow sucks, i was wondering if you waxed the plows blade would it move the snow any easier?

You can always run your car to charge another battery. I would get off and shovel the heavy snow.

I'm surprised that you don't have a generator or two hooked up to the houses to power the pellet stoves. How long was the power out?

I want to get a 1 foot scale set up at my place. Got a new 15 acre place.

You need a rotary plow !!!! 😆

Remake the blow using 2 moldboard blows

Would a bit of extra weight on 70 help with the traction as the timber is not very heavy.?.?

If you had a strong miniature train engine they use at amusement parks run on gasoline, there's no doubt it would continue moving all that snow easily. You certainly have a lot of track on your property. It must have taken you a long time to have those rails and ties all set down.

Saw the thumbnail and though this was much smaller!!! Wow! How much does having a railroad in your backyard cost, track, engines, etc??!!

you need to build a rotary snow blower... not only cool as heck but will work!

Ok so when will the scale rotary plow be ready?

Hope that blade has a nylon cap over the plowblades, I'm afraid the plow might be scrapping the rails.

When running under a heavy load, such as when plowing as in this video, how long do the batteries last in something like the 71, as in this case, or the 70?

You should consider getting an Eco Flo Delta power system. I don’t represent them at all. We no longer can depend on government (they control the power monopoly). They have done nothing to improve the power grid and won’t. It is amazing that they haven’t come to get your wood stoves (environmental reasons). Just saying stay warm and safe. Oh and by the way thanks for sending all those “snow” videos. They remind me why I left that crap.

Looks like you need more weight or more traction wheels. What's the weight limit on your track/wheel?

What if you made like a mini sand holder that would slowly pour sand in-front of the wheels for when the tracks are icy

do you ever plan on building a good ol geared train boi as hyce eould call it

Do you also have a grit box dispenser on that plow cart? I'm new so I haven't found the video yet of you building it.

How long do you get off of one charge for the locos?

Maybe coating the plow with a silicone spray for ease of slipperyness.

Several things apparently

Propane torch from harbor freight to remove ice, maybe?

Question. Is the derailment issue, track, equipment or weather? Does the lighter weight of equipment allow the snow pack to lift the flange?

Does the plow on the road ever go fast enough to push the snow from the road onto the tracks? That would be a disaster trying to get off the right of way.

where does one find books and catalogs for these trains parts ?

I don't think its a track problem Are wheels on your locomotive rigid to frame or are equipped with springs

Wow 3 days ! Worst than me. Never more on and off than 6 hours. I´ve heard that you think renaming Mill Brook Railroad as Mill Brook gym & athlehics. Some lift weights in their training. Others.... Have you ever think of a wing extension that can be added to clear the middle betwen main and siding at Sugar House ? The new plow cleans the rails better butt with more drag on rails. With uneven track, may be lift up front, reduce wheel adhesion and increase derailment ? She never derailed at that switch. It´s undecision from her betwen straight or right. She choose in the middle. And watching at 1/4 speed, she plunged at a more protypical speed. Hollywood would like to have it inserted in a train wreck movie. 😉

How much snow do you get? There is none here. Tomorrow snow showers 1/2” here in western PA

If u want spray ur plow blades with pure silicone lubricant an let dry overnight

I think the wet snow is so heavy it is pushing down the nose of the V plough acting like a giant brake block?

definitely need more weight for tracktion maybe a load of sand with engine drive wheels underneath and since bigger hammers carry more momentum storing up more energy with less effort to work and yeah i would've used the 2nd plow for original snow cut because steeper angle then later 2nd pass of circuit with wings full speed ahead warp 5 captian. surely you've mounted a used snowblower to an engine car? or made one to match original spiral plow models dual chutes or whatever. the 90° plow works but I'd favor the 45° or 22.5° for heavier wet stuff also some angle iron mounted on the wings at such slidey adjustable 2 🔩 bolt angles for lifting the snow up to fall again farther from tracks even adding like wind downforce snow downforce traction as long as chassis and axels designed to handle 3x weight loads ... do appreciate the snow ❄️🌨️/train vids though, keep em coming-toot toot :)