Removing rail from a backyard in Wisconsin
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- In today's video, I remove rail from a backyard railroad in West Bend, Wisconsin and cut the rails to 5 foot lengths for the long trip back to Vermont.
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Always sad to see the ending of a railroad. Even if it's miniature...
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It’s this kind of thing that gets us train guys into the miniature hobby. I’ve done mostly model trains since I was little & ive thought abt making a railroad like this later on w a dsl/hydraulic drive steamer body or w a dsl body.
I kinda wonna get a non running steamer, throw a dsl w pump in the tender or have the dsl motor in the engine w the hydraulic motor under the dsl engine w dsl tank in the tender might be too complicated & why guys end up building a diesel style engine w either gas or diesel powered.
If I did one I’d probably do Diesel just cuz it’s way cheaper to get parts/way easier to build stuff/wheels. A dsl needs 4 wheels a steamer needs 4-6for the tender depending on what you’re going for. Then another 8-12 some drivers some not.
Nice! It actually looks realistic how it's left out there and ties broke! And grass growing over!
This was Necessity is the Mother of invention for sure....And with time constraints everyone wins here I think.....Job well done.
He did build nice looking locomotives. Glad you got the rail.
It was good timing. If I hadn't been in St Louis when I found out it was available, I would have missed out.
Very interesting! Must have been a cool railroad!
Very interesting. Thanks for posting this. Have a nice day now.
thats was somebodys dream ,
Indeed it was and the neighbors stopped by while I was pulling it up. They were sad to see it go.
Indeed. It was sad to see it ripped up. It's amazing how much mother nature has taken over. It looks like that railroad hasn't been run for 10+ years.
You know know that times has moved on when you find a derelict tunnel from 2005
Great score! Its always good when a railroad can be saved and reused. Only shame was having to cut it into 5' lengths to get it home.
5' lengths are scale for the gauge.;-) Much of mine is in 20' lengths which is great for curves as there are less joints to worry about.
Easy enough to weld back into usable long sections when going for assembly.
Wow! It is no less sad and bitter to see a little railroad like this in this condition than seeing the full size ones like this! It plain sucks!
At least the rails can be reused!
Sad to see indeed, but at least its being salvaged and will live again
Kinda looks like a scale version of the FB Abandoned Railroad Group...
Ghostly reminder of what the glory were like....Mother Nature consuming its past....
Is there opportunity to go back for trestle rail...
My understanding that the last trains ran in a summer 2017 final event...
OH! I would love for someone to give/donate their old railroad to my project for Belmont Church in Gainesville, Ga. My life long dream is to build a railroad for the young ones in our Church area. Belmont used to have a Depot on the Gainesville Midland RR Passenger service back in the "30's and 40"s .. Just want to bring a kiddie park type railroad back so the kids can enjoy.
I love train
They could leave them in their backyard I think it looks cool even if it‘s not used anymore. Some abandoned tracks in your backyard…
EXCELLENT work for one man!!!! May I ask wheres the train set?????? Sure would of liked to help you, that was quite a job! More please.👍
seems like alot of work for 5' sections wow are the 5'rs worth all that work
I had to fit them in the back of the Jeep. It's a long way from Wisconsin to Vermont and I didn't have a roof rack at the time.
Did you ever see where that train line through the fence went maybe there's a bridge out there somewhere
There's a trestle out there. It goes around a curve and into the abandoned tunnel.
Bobcat with the excavator arm attachment on it best rental money spent an be done in a couple of hours
For the love of heavens! this old backyard railroad was built in 2005! It was abandoned because the original owners abandon it before they move away.
Nice
Free real rail when so many people use bar stock is a total bonus.
Bar stock is superior in some ways. It lasts longer and you get better traction on it. The drawback is that it wears the wheels out more quickly.
@@MillBrookRailroad Good to know that, I thought people only used bar stock because of cost and availability.
@@MichaelClark-uw7ex There is that, but it actually has its advantages.
On full size railroads the standard length of a rail was 39 feet (pre welded rail). Is there a standard length for rail on a 7-1/4 inch gauge layout?
The standard length of rail for this size rail is 10 feet.
@@MillBrookRailroad I later learned why you cut five fit sections.
Where did the trains go? They obviously were gone before you arrived there?
The trains were sold off or put in storage. Most backyard railroads fall into disrepair and are removed after 25 years or so.
Can you use the same size rail for 15” gauge? If so where’s the best place to buy it?
It really depends what you're putting on it. I don't know how heavy 15" gauge equipment is, so I really can't give you a good answer.
As for places to get it, Railroad Supply Corp. Comes to mind. Look up their phone number on their website, call around 7PM eastern and Mike can tell you what you need for rail and where to get it. Even if he doesn't sell it.
www.railroadsupply.com/
That rail didn't look very rusty despite being out of use for some time. Why did you cut it into such short pieces, as you will need far more joints now?
It is aluminum, so it won't rust.
I had to drive it 2000 miles home in the back of a Jeep, so I cut it to 5 foot lengths.
Too late now, but I would have rented a car flatbed from Uhaul to pull behind the Jeep and hauled back 10 foot pieces.
The Jeep doesn't have a trailer hitch.
@@MillBrookRailroad Oh well, that's unfortunate...
If I had that opportunity I would’ve done the same, trains are expensive, & well if you can get some rail/track for free... well just labor well f$&@ that’s a great deal!
Thanks! It happens more often than you think. You just have to be in the right place at the right time.
will you be able to have the opportunity to come back for the remaining
rails? That was a great find, there is nothing worse then useable items
such as the rail to be used over being scraped, the co. I work for has so
MUCH WASTE ! they do not sell or donate it, just toss it into the dumpster.
I saw the other day about 25-30 decorative fluorescent light fixtures tossed into
the metal dumpster. probably thousands of dollars worth of products.so sad.
in the past they gave passes so some items they would allow to go to employees.
There was no opportunity to go back. The property's sale closed while I was removing the rails.
Why you removed it??
It's sad that this got like that. And a Brige with rustic Tressel.
wont cut many rails with no oil on that blade
There is one near flint that will probably see the same fate soon. Junction valley RR. The founder and builder/operator passed away a few years back, the family ceased operations but keeps it in tact......for now.
Im hoping they will keep it in tact and sell eventually i want to buy it so bad, so many memories on that railroad
@@HoundOfBaskerville if I ever hit the lotto, I would love to do the same. Convert it over to live steam, and bring back the Christmas train.
I rode the Junction Valley 2x in Michigan in 1986, and its very special because the track guage is 14&1/8th inch that is Precisely Quarter Scale. And only a few are at this Quarter scale at 3"=1'. But most everyone else uses the 15" guage at amusement parks. Or narrow guage for 3 footers like DRGW. AND recently I found out about a large cache of 12 lb. rail. But the seller want to sell it entirely as a group.
Railroads don’t last forever…
It's sad to see it all coming apert maybe section like swithes could be lifted up to use for your rail instead of dismantit all
It went into the switchback on the Shady Pines Railroad.
wait, where in Vermont is this? I am up in Northern VT, eventually would love to build a live steam RR but for now the full scale stuff is enough
The railroad I pulled up was in Wisconsin. The Mill Brook Railroad, where the rail is now, is in Windsor, VT.
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Must be too much work for your track crew to show up to lend a hand
My usual track crew was in the next time zone. I was on vacation in the Midwest and found out this track was available, free for the taking.
@@MillBrookRailroad Free is always good!
Where could I find a steam engine that works like the Shays
Bantamodelworks.com. It's not in the catalog, but I'm sure he'll build you one.
Did this railroad use steam locomotives or electric?
Also is the rail actually free or do you have to pay for them?
He used to build locomotives there, so mainly gas hydraulic and battery electric but steam would visit regularly. He used to haul 5000 passengers in a weekend.
The rail was free for the taking. He was closing the sale of his house the next day and had to get it out of there.
The neighbors weren't so happy about it going away but I assured them it would be going to a good home.
Shame would have enjoyed a house with a miniature train set up
WHY ?
The owner was selling the house, and the new owner didn't want a railroad.
Where do you source your rail?
I source my rail just like you see in this video. You can buy it new from a bunch of different suppliers. Learn more at www.discoverlivesteam.com
what jeep do you have?
2011 Grand Cherokee.
This the 1 in Hartford Wisconsin?
West Bend
Yeah west bend. Just happy someone got the track.
For me the rail would have been a selling point.
Or maybe they can't work as fast as you
It only took me 10 hours. He was selling the house and the closing was the next day, so this was the last chance before the scrappers got it.
Could've been worse.
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Lol I live in Milwaukee wanna hook me up with the address?
The rail from West Bend is now on the Shady Pines Railroad in Windsor, Vermont.