. American engineer and railroad journal . ssenger car shops are welllighted and ventilated. There are arc lights in each sectionof these two shops, and also incandescent lights between thetracks, so that the men working on cars may be enabled to dotheir work under all conditions. Portable electric light exten-sions are furnished the men when working inside cars, andthese extensions are connected to special plugs which are lo-cated on posts, and are made long enough so that the menworking inside the cars may move around with them. Thereis a switch box in each section, so that the arc lights an
. American engineer and railroad journal . ssenger car shops are welllighted and ventilated. There are arc lights in each sectionof these two shops, and also incandescent lights between thetracks, so that the men working on cars may be enabled to dotheir work under all conditions. Portable electric light exten-sions are furnished the men when working inside cars, andthese extensions are connected to special plugs which are lo-cated on posts, and are made long enough so that the menworking inside the cars may move around with them. Thereis a switch box in each section, so that the arc lights and in-candescent lights are operated independently of each incandescent lights which are placed between the tracksmay be operated individually, there being separate switchesfor each row of lights. The south passenger car shop is composed of four sections,and all repairing of passenger cars is done in this shop. On^;section in this shop is used exclusively as a wash the cars are placed upon being taken into the shop and.
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