. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . helps to protect the oilagainst the destructive influences thataffect it. The shades placed on the market bythis well-known company are olivegreen, dark red. black, and what theycall Dixons natural color, which is palme, Sonora, at the junction of thisrailroad and the Sonora Railway. Aboutfive years ago, at the time constructionof the Cananea, Yaqui Railroad wasstarted at a junction with the SonoraRailway, five miles east of Guaymas, thepresent site of Empalme (Spanish for December, 1910. RAI
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . helps to protect the oilagainst the destructive influences thataffect it. The shades placed on the market bythis well-known company are olivegreen, dark red. black, and what theycall Dixons natural color, which is palme, Sonora, at the junction of thisrailroad and the Sonora Railway. Aboutfive years ago, at the time constructionof the Cananea, Yaqui Railroad wasstarted at a junction with the SonoraRailway, five miles east of Guaymas, thepresent site of Empalme (Spanish for December, 1910. RAILWAY AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING. 497 junction), it was a waste covered withcactus, with not a single improvementexcept the bare lines of an old there is a shop plant that is asup-to-date as any other west of theKockv Mountains, and a modern .■\mer- buildings are exceptionally well lighted,and, to eliminate the disagreeable featureof the strong sunlight, factory ribbedglass is used throughout. Particular attention has been given tolabor ii-n,--<:(vit!e . Cranes,. lean town site with hrst-class quarters totake care of the companys rapid growth was due to the ag-gressiveness of Mr. Epes Randolph, whohas been instrumental in the laying out andconstruction of the Southern Pacific roadthrough Western Mexico, and who de-serves practically all the credit for theload and the fine shops at Empalme. Plans for the shop and constructionwere started about three years ago. Thefirst building erected was the twenty-tight stall roundhouse, which was con-structed of stone obtained from the com-panys quarry kilometers from Em-palme. This construction proved that therest of the buildings could be erectedmore economically from concrete, andplans were made accordingly. A test ofthe soil showed that it would either benecessary to put in large spread concretefooting under the piers carrying thelarge buildings with traveling crane loadsor to drive c
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