I'm so jealous of you guys owning all that property and able to have the money to install that railroad for your amusement park style miniature trains. Very impressive. If you guys weren't doing your own work, imagine how expensive it would be for time, labor and materials if you hired a miniature train railroad company. No doubt in the thousands. Norm Abrahams from This Old House and his Yankee Workshop couldn't do much better.

@MillBrookRailroad

Жыл бұрын

There's no reason to be jealous. We accept volunteers! The trains are about half the size of amusement park trains (7-1/4" between the rails) and mostly home built. I think the bridge materials cost around $300 at the time. It took eight hours to build and install, so that's roughly 16 man hours on top of that. It probably would have cost about $1800 if we'd hired a contractor. Instead, it was a good day of work, and we got to ride up and down the track afterward. My own track at home has been a much lower budget operation. When compared to the tabletop model railroads I've built over the years, the outdoor stuff is comparable in price with half the work. I don't have to build scenery or anything else to make it look like I'm outdoors. I only build track and bridges, and I have built a couple of buildings out of recycled building materials. On my own railroad, I spent roughly $10,000 over the course of a decade to build the track and the rolling stock that runs on it. I was very fortunate to have inherited what was left of the family farm, but I was building the railroad before I owned the place. It was a good excuse to visit my grandmother. I gladly welcome volunteers. Why keep all the fun to myself when i can meet new friends and let them run trains? I usually have a pot of chili on the stove for volunteer work weekends. www.millbrookrailroad.com

@Jjonathanhart

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to answer me. You sound like a very modest humble person. Amazing the bridge materials only cost you about $300.00, and would cost $1800.00 if you hired a railroad contractor. I'm guessing you're talking about a day's work. You're lucky you inherited all that farm land. If you had to buy it today, it most likely would be in the millions. I would love to see the entire route of your train run. That would be exciting. You guys are almost skilled like building engineers operating heavy duty machinery with lots of measuring and laying down gravel.

"...I just made that up"... Best line ever!

Very nice! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for that exciting ride

I just found your channel and this is so intriguing!

Can’t wait to see the track tied in to the bridge!!! And the first train running over it!!!

Enjoyed the trip

Well done guys. Nice railroad

@MillBrookRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great job guy's, a perfect bridge in location. Will be looking forward to see the finished project. Along with the first train to drive over. From Ben in Durham, North Carolina.

That is on my bucket list of things to do. There will definitely be a bridge on the back half somewhere. For now I'll just have to watch you guys ride the rails. Terry from South Carolina

Always a pleasure to see what yall are doing next on the railroads. Amazing work on the construction of the bridge .

@MillBrookRailroad

9 ай бұрын

We're working on an extension on the Mill Brook Railroad, which will probably require a few trestles.

Great work guys! Best greetings from Germany! I like your project!

As I am a foremost Interior trim carpenter w/ work in Southern Living and Home and Gardens mags. As a train lover, I would certainly be honored to lend a hand to the precision on your trestle builds. Precision, is my Forte'. You can not miss a cut on a trestle. It MUST be precise! Safety for All.

@MillBrookRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

You'll have to talk to Bill at Banta Modelworks about that.

8:23 that dry humor, also... 23:30 - in fact the video should have ended right there with Bill turning around 😂

Thanks Aaron! Very different footings than on the Mill Brook.

Threw me off with this one you must be a bridge expert by now lol i didnt see the title thought this was finishing yours

@MillBrookRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

I'll be finishing mine next week. At the county fair for my day job this week. I'm certainly no bridge expert, but I'm learning a lot.

@moregltfirephotography4857

2 жыл бұрын

@@MillBrookRailroad ha that must be fun yes I enjoy small creek bridges, on most ho scale layouts you see massive trestles but on mine its all tiny 3 scale feet off the ground bridges lol

Nice bridge.

That was cool 😎 👌

Good job

@MillBrookRailroad

7 ай бұрын

Thanks

Nice i am retired carpenter and was wandering how you would build that great job strong to just started watching

BTW, Outstanding Job Gentlemen !! Carry on ! HooAh !!

Lagging your stringers together i think is a good idea too, it will keep your stringers from twisting out of shape.

@MillBrookRailroad

11 ай бұрын

That's the idea!

We have Irwin tools here Australia as well, in fact I have some in my shop as well. I also appreciate my Milwaukee cordless tools.

Mr. Bill's wood craftsmanship is evident all around. I was staring in awe at his industrial-sort of almost steam punk fittings on his cars. Right down to the little ladder for the railroad leprechauns who MUST come out at night and play. The right tools.....

I had Hurricane Nicholas, category 1 strike my area so I lost power and I didn't get to catch up with your new uploads... But, continue to keep up the good work!

@MillBrookRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

I'll get back to my own bridge project soon.

Alsum Bridge fellows

Guard rails normally go on the inside of the running rails. Why did you put them outside of the running rails?

@MillBrookRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

It's Bill's railway and he wanted the guard rails on the outside. He gave me the reason once but I've since forgotten. I put mine on the inside.

In the future why not measure once then put a clamp on the saw as an end stop? For every subsequent cut you need only bump the board up against the clamp and Voilà! Perfect length.

@MillBrookRailroad

2 ай бұрын

Great idea!

Cool :)

Ohhhh I wish I had the time....

Nice work Folks.....I rarely am able to catch this type of bridge building ....In wood.....Very cool. I forgot to add some more thoughts, it nice to see you took time to make sure everything was squared up using the Square and proper size bolts. You'd be surprised at how many folks don't take time to predrill their holes first, throw in Bolts and cracked the wood thinking nothing of it....Excellent wood working techniques shown here. Like the emergency track bumpers too...... The last part ,,,,,WHAT IS THE PLAN? I don't have a plan.....Had me laughing. ... Thanks for show pride in workmanship and the ability to work well together. Have a Blessed Sunday.

That new bridge looks as if it is sloping uphill to the left - despite your earlier attempts to "level" it by sight instead of with a "level".

Tell the vet thank you

If I were to construct my own little railroad such as yours what resources would I likely buy the rail, switches, engine parts, controller etc.

@MillBrookRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

I would start with this book, discoverlivesteam.com/books/track_building.htm Then there's www.discoverlivesteam.com ...and the Backyard Railroading group on Facebook for starters. Another good source is www.islandpondrailroad.com/ where you'll find track building, locomotive building and some car building information. www.ibls.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Main_Page is another great resource.

I'm curious, why no concrete for the footer ends of the bridge?

@MillBrookRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

I don't have an answer for you.

I take it the outer rails on the bridge are to handle any derailment issue before crossing the bridge?

@MillBrookRailroad

14 күн бұрын

@@JibunnoKage-cj2kz basically, yes.

I don't know what tip of wood you using as soon as you cut in to it was like I could👃

Where is the flat car for the lumber?

Safety suggestion: When a heavy structure (guessing 500+ lbs) DO NOT touch the suspended dtructure with hands. Before lifting attach a rope or landyard to one or both ends to maneuver and stabilize the load in midair. If the load r or lifting device fails and you resort to gravity determining the outcome, at least yo won' t have to run as far to get away.

@MillBrookRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

Good advice. Thanks.

Where do you get your track line at? Is it special made or do you order it special?

@MillBrookRailroad

9 ай бұрын

There are a few rail suppliers listed at discoverlivesteam.com

the fast fowards noises are the best

Why additional outer rails on the bridge?

@MillBrookRailroad

Жыл бұрын

Guard rails.

Long video... but then end shows the result of the work.

Ok, I get it. You had a lot of wood to cut a holes to drill. This was like watching paint dry.

@MillBrookRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the wonderful world of railway construction. I'll do a paint drying video for you later. :-)

sorry, but it is similar to kevin costner?

@20:22 Sarcasm right?

@MillBrookRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

100% pure sarcasm.

When you going to rebuild your plum cove engine

@MillBrookRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

It's coming up. Waiting for parts.

Very nice work 😊. I’ve always enjoyed watching others labor. I’m envious of your ability to build your own railway empire. I admit my ignorance, but the guard rails outboard of the running rails seems unexpected. I’ve noticed it in a few of the Stoddard Hill Railway videos and wondered. Fact or illusion?

@MillBrookRailroad

11 ай бұрын

Yes. The guard rails are on the outside. That is SHFR practice.

Your miter saw would likely work better with the proper sized blade. Just saying

@MillBrookRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

I know. I just didn't care. It would have taken more time that we didn't have to finish and install the bridge.

How did you know she was a witch? We built a bridge out of her... and she weighed the same as a duck.

Weight a minute that’s a deferent bridge 🤔😏

@MillBrookRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

It's a different railroad.

Not to be critical, and just trying to help you, but videos as these are more enjoyable to watch when there is no talking and all building. My advice: don't talk.....just build.

@MillBrookRailroad

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice!

**not sponsored by ryobi**

@MillBrookRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

...or Festool.

Festool doesn't make you intelligent, just less affluent....

@MillBrookRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

We know this. My comment was pure sarcasm. I had to cut the preceeding comments out to avoid demonitization.

Seriously??? You are going to measure and mark each spacer block before cutting them? Do you realize how inaccurate that is? Don't they need to be the same size? Have you heard of a stop? Clamp something to the fence and then each piece you cut will be exactly the same size. I'm not even 2 minutes in to this video and I'm already annoyed.

@MillBrookRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, we do realize how inaccurate that is and it is still within tolerances for what we were doing. It's a wooden bride, not a cylinder head.