ah crap. heavy sigh. my compliments on not losing your cool over the incident. keep us in the loop, update the rebuild often please. keep on keepin' on my friend.

Furthermore, I compliment you on your calm reaction with your Hostler. Most other railroads would open up a formal investigation and a resulting "Pink Slip" would be delivered.

Very sad to see #70 in such a state. Worse than I expected. I hope you can get her rolling again.

Now, that I have watched the whole video. I really compliment on your reaction and attitude with this! Disappointing yes, but not devastating.

So sorry, Aaron! The 70 was a great inspiration. I know you will create something great, though!

Looks like the end of a fun weekend didn’t end well. Time for a sprung version upgrade? Baking soda mixed with water, makes an inexpensive battery acid neutralizer.

R.I.P Engine 70….:(

That was the 70's way of telling you it's time to give me a new body now. That's why the resistors sit on a heat sink...so the heat doesn't get transferred right to the painted wood. You salvaged the windows, didn't you?

OMG…can’t believe this. Time to start cutting up some new plywood!

Can't wait for the 70-A. If Star Trek can do it why not the Millbrook railroad.

O no another rebuild of the 70 never heard of this happening and May the 70 ride again 😁👍

Aaron, I must commend you on your calm reation to the event. Bravo! I can sense a new and improved #70 in the near future!

Aaron, I am HEARTBROKEN, over the wreck of the 70. I was kneeling right beside you starring at our baby! Lil workhorse deserves to be rebuilt in that fix I would recommend a new epoxy that is out. Squirt the epoxy where you need it and instantly turns as hard as steel, when you point the included ultraviolet light at it just a thought. I would never repaint her ,she has earned her wounds.she’s a switcher after all!

Once rebuilt, she will be good as new! 👍😎

You are to be congratulated on your calm demeanour after such a misfortune befell the Mill brook Railroad. Don't think I would have taken it as well as you did. Looks like all other projects will be put on the backburner until the 70 is rebuilt. Good luck.

So sorry to see what happened to 70. He was part of the family.

Gave a thumbs up for the video but sad to see what it was about. Hope something good comes from it's running gear. Safe travels

when ever you are dealing with lead acid un-sealed batterie’s you have to be so careful! the acid is very strong and concentrated and will put holes in your clothes and damage skin in very little time. Wash everything for 5 min. and never delay! the more time the more damage will happen! make sure that the electronics are away from the spill as soon as possible to prevent damage from the acid fumes. WOW talk about pieces parts! nothing is with out damage! good luck with the repairs! barry

The ballad of the wreck of the old no. 70..... looks like we won't be seeing the 70 running down the tracks

I’d say it would be possible to salvage and restore the body. Glue and plenty of clamps to hold it together while the glue sets. Then abrasive discs to square up the corners and flatten the uneven surfaces. Elbow grease and paint and she’ll be as good as new.

Assembly takes a good while, disassembling not so much, sorry 4 your loss!

Sorry to see this. This is an opportunity to upgrade - 70-2.0!

Well done for keeping your cool ! I rather doubt i myself would have remained as composed as you did. I am the club’s secretary for the Crawley Model Engineers & it’s myself that does most of the fixing of things so i get very frustrated when other people’s carelessness for things results in me having to fix things. We have a club member who is very clumsy & has no mechanical sympathy, if he breaks something he stands there looking at it, trying to find a way that’s it’s not his fault, very frustrating.

Aaron, sorry about the sad end of the #70. Perhaps its time for a "7-1/4" Ga GE 44 ton or 70 Ton prototype with independent trucks and traction engines and engine brakes and sanders. The models of the GE 25 ton two axle solid frame model are nice and compact but power trucks that swivel would cut down on derailments and handle the grades on that new division you are building. You could still make the new engine lead acid battery powered or put a small Honda generator motor generator set under the hood and make it a gas electric. No matter what else you do or don't do its time for springs! I hope you keep the CV Green & Yellow color scheme!

well that sucks! :( I am sorry!

Do me a favor when you rebuild the wiring harness, run 8g on the motor circuit. 500 watts continuous through 10g just makes me nervous. Please note that I have been a car audio installer, a stage tech and a film gaffer. So I'm somewhat familiar with how the angry pixies dance.

Have you ever thought about putting trucks on the old #70 I think it will boost the trachean a bit better and maybe even pull even heavier loads

I'm so sorry to see how the 70 ended life. I was very fond of the little guy.

I feel really bad for you, hoping the damage will be to the body only. Wayne

This is a tough little locomotive! She’ll be fine! I’d love to see you build a GP40-2. That would be awesome!

SADNESS is felt!

Well, set (the frame) on the rails (or that hydraulic lift); if one wheel (or two) doesn’t make contact, then I’d say the frame is tweaked. Without the batteries, it’ll be a lot lighter, and easier to pick up! 😏

I am new here and I don’t know all the players. But if this young man is his son, I can see why he’s keeping his cool. From the questions and discussions he’s having it seems as though this young man is developmentally challenged.

Poor old 70. Man that sucks, the Flagship of the fleet, out of commission.

Oh no #70 had a wreck. Sorry to see it in pieces now a new engine is coming soon.

Poor 70 🙁 I’m sure it’ll live another day 😊👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Now make a AC 6000, if you need any help I can come to you. Just finished 3 dash 9s myself.

i am sorry to see this man, she was a nice little locomotive. maybe this i a new opportunity for the garden railway?

Body destroyed? I guess it was the emotion of the moment. Square sided plywood box (beat up and gouged as it is), with no detailing like stacks, ladders, steps rivets, seams, doors, etc. Doesn’t experience high stress loads or speeds. Screw it back together, fill the cracks and gouges with water putty or your favorite body filler and repaint it. I could have it looking better than before in a few hours, and would add more details in the interim. If you don’t want to “pretty it up”, just screw it back together and do “new owner repaint” with a new livery that still shows some of the old livery in unpainted or ghosted areas.

Damn! Oh well, it happens. Top the batteries up with some distilled water, some new plywood and solder up the wires, And lots of time!

Even humming the song "The Wreck of the Old '97" did not lift my spirits. I would suggest the re-built 70 be named the Phoenix. You could even ceremonially burn a small sliver of the old body, and put the ash in a vial on the loco.

What RC controller did you use for 70? And what motor did it have?

Well she must wanted to get an overhaul like the other locomotives have gotten

What a disaster. what about building a body from aluminium sheet etc ?

I see some gel filled batteries in your future....

It made me sad looking at this

When you build another engine, make it look more like a sd 40-2.

I saw results of freshly dispensed battery acid on a leather jacket, there was nothing left to salvage, the battery suffered an internal short that ignited the gasses inside and blew the top of the battery off and acid all over my former friends leather dress jacket, yeah some friends don't last.

Derailment, collision or jumping of the cliff?

Shit Happens ! But it doesn't have to stink .

Get that kid in the Army. It may save his life.

We have duct tape, we have coat hangars, we have super glue..... we can rebuild it!!! 😊 what more do you need for a wooden locomotive? 😂

Bummer! The Wreck of the 70! I have an idea, why not auction off the pieces of the body?

We all make mistakes, It was meant that you would build back better.

Welp, least now with repairs can give it an upgrades

is anything able to be salvaged? do you even have a running engine anymore, or is everything destroyed? Dame that sucks

I enjoyed this video so much, I watched it twice. Now, the accidental destruction was disastrous. My sincerest condolences for the loss. Good thing would be taking a tax deduction for the loss. Salvage job was well done. I owned a battery business. The 1835 sulfuric acid loves to eat cotton, like those jeans. I'll try to find your address and show you how to bring dead batteries back to life. Vaseline is good to use on cable ends and keeps corrosion away. Old batteries lying around, just run the acid threw a window screen and use that acid for replenishment. I would repair battery plastic using the insides of an old battery with a hot iron. I use to use dry cleaning fluid for cleaning. I'd repair the lead connectors using lead tire wheel weights. Melt the weights and pour the melted lead into a mold over the connector. Arm & Hammer Baking Soda mixed in water is best to kill acid. Eaglegards...

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the big question is are you going to write a sad song about the 70

Well a sad way to rename Mill Brook rlwy in Mill Broken rlwy. You can still use your overhauled boxcab. And plenty of times to rebuilt it before winter wood pellets train. If i remember you said that batteries were over and frame bent. Once mechanical issues will be solved, body is purely cosmetic. Even a cheap plastic bucket can do in the meantime to protect electronics, motor.... May i suggest you to have inside partitions for those things, making a future body minus headlights totally removable. In nautical world they put batteries in plastic container with strap to hold covers. Cheap price and less acid splashing in case.... I don´t want to be bad mouth, but this time you really miss a "good" video of 70 falling to her death ! Really sad even if some improvments were planned for her. Well if CP send to MLW a badly wrecked RS10 to get rebirth in a former trade in (for C424) FA2, and they did the opposite with an other one, you can do it !

I like the way the kid pitched in. A real go getter. I bet he is with Mom now quivering. Loser.

Your anguish is clear from the tone of your voice. So sorry. What about auctioning the body panels?

Grate Helper..NOT

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Make the kid fix it.

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