MLBK Spring 2023 Volunteer Work Weekend
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- We had our volunteer work weekend on the 15th and 16th of April this year and a half dozen people showed up to work on track. We cleaned up sticks and debris off the track, replaced a bunch of ties, did some spot ballasting, made some ties and some plastic tie plates and started to rebuild a switch.
Much of the hardware was donated by viewers. (Thank you!)
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Love watching your videos! I Have a Titan Jr. locomotive sitting outside, Cars are on their way from Titan trains and I have track ordered for a line I'm going to make for my children. As we say in the south... "You schooled me" on several aspects of making our line. Thank you.
It's more of a marathon than a sprint. Glad you were able to get something useful out of these videos.
What I noticed is that the aluminum rail is very flexible, and that may be the reason why the wagons and locomotives derail so often. Under a slightly heavier load, they bend outwards because they are attached to wooden ties. We have always welded iron rail to iron ties, and then you don't have that problem. I know it's a more expensive solution, and it's a bit more work, but our ties aren't rotting away and our trains do not derail.
Love this railroad it reminds me of the old logging railroads and the struggles they faced with keeping everything moving
That's pretty much the way this railroad runs.
Nice one bro it made for good viewing. Safe travels
one way to stop the electroless is to coat the tie plates with paint like Rustoleum.
Hi there
I have volunteered at the stroud railway on a few occasions driving their washing machine powered uk class 52 diesel and at the Strawberry line near Bristol have driven 2x uk class 50 diesels. Also have driven full sized diesel shunters while volunteering at severn valley railway, where i am a shareholder and part loco owner too, Also driven shunters on our 2 local preserved railways in the Dean Forest and Gloucestershire and Warwickshire railway. So do appreciate all you do on your railway and its not just the engines as you may know on the Severn Valley, 9 years ago we had a freak storm and washed the railway away in 9 places., one was over 50 yards long and took us a year to repair them all. Now track at our engine shed at Bridgenorth is wasting away and we are doing the same as you with new points and ties and ballast.
Volunteers are what keep heritage railways going. Thank you!
something to think about, to ID bad ties is to use a field marker paint. that is what is used by the people how ID where Utilities lie underground. that way when you come back to replace the ties you can see what ones you need to replace.
At this point, the bad ties are glaringly obvious without marker paint.
Times like this it's good to have friends. Lots of them! Thanks for sharing!
It was a very good day.
well done all. pity im so far away in the uk
If you pick a railway close by and volunteer there, that's good enough for me.
nice to see you getting some help, it was nice to see the guy with the drill motor know better than ALL other youtubers, and not spin the socket on the bolt head
Nice you have helpers on your line this weekend. I hear the chickens out! Cool. Keep up the hard work for summer fun!
Needs a motor with an offset giving a vibratory effect job sorted
An inexpensive yet safe weed killer would be white vinegar, Dawn dishwashing soap, and Epson salts mixed together and sprayed on the plants that you want to kill.
Crib'n ties! That's railroad'n!
Galvanic corrosion, when two dissimilar metals come into contact. This is also an issue with aircraft.
Cool!
Many hands make light work! Well done team.
Nice to see. Hopefully this summer things will run much smoother for you! :)
I sure hope so.
galvanic reaction between steel / aluminum dissolves the aluminum in the reaction. great job
setting up the new ties and the use of the plastic to mount down the steel rails in the switch
to prevent the brake down of the tie plates. it is a challenge to try and keep them in gauge .
Keeping the track in gauge is the biggest challenge I face.
Nice teaching, coaching Aaron and good volunteers work. We´ll be remembering your work in future video. It will be intetesting to see how those plastic ties will age and if successful and cheaper can br used for new track extension.
Congrats team ! ❤
Thanks! The plastic tie plates will only be in places like that switch. I'll have to figure out something for tie plates on the curves.
@@MillBrookRailroadgood eyes Aaron. Some ties look perfect from top. You bang them a few times and they fell apart. Totally rotten.
La tolva està muy buena, solamente le falta darle un pequeño àngulo en la zona central ( donde cae la piedra) para que se deslizen contìnuamente hacia los lados. Muy lindo proyecto!
Aaron, I have a question , why couldn’t you make a couple small gantry cranes to straddle the tracks and pick them up maybe 3 to 4 inches to be able to dig out the ballast rocks easier and replace the ties then set rails back down on the ties and fasten them down , then spread the new Ballas over the new ties .. you could replace larger area that one time using this method .. another idea get a 6 inch gray or black PVC pipe and cut it down the middle on one side heated up flatten it out , cut it into strips to match you’re a rail plates to help hold down the tracks just an idea
Any time you lift the ties out of the ballast, you need to resurface the track.
@@MillBrookRailroad I was thinking about the areas that you have a lot of bad tires to be replaced , You could unfasten the tracks from the ties and then lift the tracks up with the gantry cranes and a spreader bar and then pull out all the rotten ties to be replace and then set the rails down on the new tires to be fasten down ..
The gantry crane could be built out of scrap lumber that could be easy to move around , you could build two or three or more to be able to cover a larger area that needs to be replaced , it was just a thought that might speed things up specially when you have some extra help do maintenance .. you could make A frames with a slot at the top for the crossbar to drop in to for easy transport around the layout
It looks like you have some new and existing rail. Any new track segments to be installed soon?
I'm waiting for the guy with the bucket loader/backhoe for the big expansion. In the meantime, I have a couple smaller track projects.
You guys really know your trade. Lots of railroad track and property. Whoever owns it must be extremely wealthy.
Everything is on a budget!
But who owns the property?
@@Jjonathanhart who knows maybe eminent domain
If you call $45k a year extremely wealthy, then sure!
It's all done on a shoestring budget. Most of the ties were free construction scraps. The rail was bought used. The roadbed was dug by hand, with a shovel and leveled with a rake. The expensive part was the rolling stock, but that's something you only buy once, and it'll outlast your grandchildren if you maintain it.
I own the property. It's 6.75 acres that's been in my family for generations. The track is 1000 feet long.
Any extreme wealth here is in the community of friends and volunteers I've built up over the years. That's where the real wealth is, and it doesn't cost any money.
Thanks for explaining all that. It's nice to know.
Too bad this is my busy season when my semi truck
Slow but necessary work. Not as exciting as running trains but gotta keep the track right! I see you were using 7.5" gauge bars. Isn't the MB 7.25" gauge? Does it matter that much? Need another volunteer work day to get the siding extended and connected.
The equipment is 7.25. The track is 7.5. i build equipment for other people, so I need to be able to accommodate both gauges. They're close enough that it works.
Hey Mill Brook Railroad I have a question if you’re railroad was expanding would you buy a steam locomotive,with passenger cars,more freight cars and 2 cabooses for your railroad
I'm building more freight cars and more 4-wheel electric locomotives for a future expansion. I'm just waiting for the guy with the tractor to show up.
do you put any type of water protection on the wood to keep it from rotting quickly.
They're ground contact pressure treated.
We’re the original ties made from treated wood ? How old did you say they were ?
The original ties were mostly untreated. They went in on the ground in 2010.
So, how often do you do maintenance on the Railroad like this?
A couple times a year. It should be more, but I'm still learning how to coordinate these things.
What kind of wood do you use for the railroad ties?
Pressure treated 2x4's, ripped in half.
@@MillBrookRailroad How about oak?
What size are the ties that the rails sit on ?
I use 2x4's, rip them in half and cut them to roughly 12 inches.
What are the dimensions of the several different ties? 🎅🏻
They run the range from 12 inches to 28 inches.
All your videos never say what scale it is
The scale is secondary to the gauge. The track gauge is 7-1/4". That equates to roughly 1:8 scale for standard gauge proportioned equipment and 1:4.8 for 3-foot narrow gauge proportioned equipment.