Pete Galayda had occasion to be traveling through Ohio this past weekend and he gallantly volunteered to stop by the Grand Rapids Electric Railway to take care of a pickup that has pending for some years. All photos by Jan Galayda.
Here is the first of two K-35 controllers as Pete was wheeling it over to his vehicle.
Strong backs were the order of the day to heft these up and into the bed.
Charley Sheets is the guiding force behind this museum in northwest Ohio. Charley on the left, (age 85) and Pete (age 70) are the two guys doing the heavy lifting in the previous photo. I hope I can do as well when I get to that point in time!
Time to close it up and head for home. On Wednesday Pete, Victor Humphreys, and I unloaded the prizes into Barn 4.
Comments
Tue, 06-02-2026 19:38
Always a treat when a new diesel comes to IRM! Only wish we'd get more diesel department news from week to week, I always wonder what's going on in [...]
Wed, 04-01-2026 09:01
Good job on the barn 15
Wed, 03-25-2026 18:21
Exciting to see a new barn going up! What's next, after the RAIL project is complete?
Mon, 09-08-2025 08:22
Good job on the Burlington Nortern 9976. OK.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:56
No new news that I have heard of thus far.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:53
I'll also be doing another update on it soon. Keep en eye out for that.
Tue, 08-12-2025 12:47
A little work was done to it for Diesel Days this year. You'll see photos floating around for the temporary short term job that was done to make it [...]
Wed, 08-06-2025 13:01
Is steam car CN 15444 going to be coming to museum several times it was to be moved to muesum
Sat, 07-19-2025 18:56
Yeah, sadly it's still there as of 7/19/2025
Thu, 06-12-2025 19:14
Its been 14 years guys, where is the unit? Like really? Did you guys misplace it? Or are repairs taking that long? At this point be might we will have [...]
Wed, 04-09-2025 17:40
Jamie Thanks for the update. She's gonna shine like every thing else you guys do! Smeds
Thu, 03-06-2025 16:28
Yes, there is a wye. Those two have been MU'ed on diesel days a year or two ago.