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Figure 4.33. Building 991, perspective view looking east, 1976. Built in<br />

1942 in conjunction with the Knight Rail Yard, this building served as the<br />

base’s repair and maintenance facility for locomotives. It was known<br />

variously as the Engine Switch Shop, Railroad Engine Shop, and Railroad<br />

Roundhouse. Spur tracks led from the rail yard to the shop, branching to<br />

enter two service stalls served by tall hinged doors. (<strong>Oakland</strong> Army Base<br />

Archives.)<br />

Figure 4.34. The building is largely intact. Asbestos‐cement shingles have<br />

been added over the wood siding <strong>of</strong> the walls, and sheets <strong>of</strong> plywood cover<br />

the large window panels.<br />

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