Electric Car Department

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.

Number One

Here is the first of two K-35 controllers as Pete was wheeling it over to his vehicle.

Loading

Strong backs were the order of the day to heft these up and into the bed.

Official Portrait

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!

Close It Up

Time to close it up and head for home.  On Wednesday Pete, Victor Humphreys, and I unloaded the prizes into Barn 4.

Framing

Pete Galayda is continuing on this large project.  He has moved to the second end of the locomotive and has cleaned and primed the steelwork in this photo.  John Nelligan looks on (supervises) from inside the cab.  Pete has also completed a fairly extensive re-build and restoration of the roof mounted fusebox.

Mysteries

Meanwhile John Nelligan continues to delve into the mysteries of electrical schematics and wiring.  After the locomotive arrived at IRM there was the usual flurry of activity and this resulted in several rats nests of disconnectied wire and cable with no documentation of about what went where and what any of them do.  In this pic John is burrowing under one of the hoods as he attempts to unravel some of the mysteries.

The Door

Ray Schmid was busy mounting a lot of the many hardware and trim items for the new baggage door, number two.

The Door

And Jeff Brady was also carefully measuring, drilling holes and getting everything mounted.