I am unaware of any photos that exist of the interior of the Alpine shed, other than some glimpses through the doors or windows. Alpine had tall windows and skylights at the start of operations. The skylights disappeared over time and the windows in some cases were boarded up for various reasons. There likely was some form of lanterns that were hung inside as needed--possibly hand lanterns or even headlights. But what exactly remains to be discovered. Another question is just how the shed was used in different periods, which would also affect what lighting was required.
Take AI summaries with a grain of salt. AI only knows what it has learned from scanning the available data on the internet. As seen in this group, there is a great deal of information that isn't online, both source and interpreted knowledge. And of course there is a ton of partial or just bad information online. I take AI searches, because they are increasingly forced on us, as a starting point at best.
The AI companies are now resorting to buying books, including historic books. They're cutting off the covers and unbinding them to scan and apparently tossing them out once done. I was just in Mt Vernon, Washington, at an excellent bookstore that regularly buys collections of RR books. They are looking into ways to identify these orders and limit these sales in the future.
Dave Eggleston
Seattle, WA
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