Re: PS,DY&P - An almost forgotten (& almost defunct) 24" 'Industrial' RR

fellows ,

A friend sent me this thread { and this site address , I joined up }..

I have Orchard car equipment co. bits..

I have recently laid 18" gauge at my place .

I think the orchard car lines were two footers..?..The things are very usable..user friendly.?..Just drill some new holes in the axle / tube and set wheels .

I am interested in information on the "Orchard car equipment Co. Cleveland Ohio .I searhed the internet for something about that with no luck.

A prize I have is a set of roller bearing pedestals . These are neat castings with little plates to cover the outer edge , two little bolts hold the plate on.They are labelled "Orchard car eq. co , clevelnad Ohio.

I have a pot of obviously home made pedestal axle holder things. each one , a big round washer { fits the O.D. of the axle } welded to a "U" bolt , One leg of the "U" bolt is longer and has a nut on it.Apparently the one nut being enough to hold them in place with the other leg just being a stub.

This is a very intersting topic to me , as are the Taiwan / Japanese Pushcar lines as in Charley Smalls book " Railways to the mines."

I will post some fotos after I get them into flicker or some such.