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Asbestos was also used in the C&S Dept. Before we had our signal houses, most everything (relays, etc) were housed in wayside cabinets (we call them cases). Open the front doors, and inside were shelves that the relays sat on. Open the back doors, that was the cable side. Between the front and back of these cabinets was a partion wall, and, it was made from asbestos - fire proofing material. Holes were drilled thru the partion so that you could pass the wires from the back to the relays in the front. I was hired on in 1979, but, these cases were placed long before I was hired. When we were told to drill new holes for, maybe, a circuit change that required additional wires, we just did it. You were a "young" employee, you didn't question what you were told to do. But, to be quite honest, I didn't have a clue about the dangers of asbestos then, and, most of us didn't. We were never told asbestos was dangerous. To us, it was like drilling a hole in your living room wall. We wore no protective gear, other than the required safety glasses that we're always to be wearing. Most of those cases are now gone, an environmental company was hired to take them out. Any that do remain have had their drilled holes coated with some kind of protective paint or epoxy, and, we're not to drill any holes at all in these cases.
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