This post is a follow-up to my latest garage update. Since then I've installed new lights inside and out, and have rearranged the room to better accommodate its multiple functions.
To say I'm chuffed about how this lighting solution turned out is an understatement. A special thanks goes to my retired electrician friend for guiding me through the work step by step. The pendants I selected were the closest thing I could find to what would have been used in the 30s, without taking out a loan for replicas. The gooseneck fixture used above the door is likely original to the structure or from the same era. The clue there was the cloth-coated wire found in the fixture, now replaced with safe, modern wire, properly installed. Oh, and yes, the switch in the house does indeed operate the gooseneck light on the garage; it has already proved useful at night in the driveway.
These pictures give an idea of the light output, including one florescent fixture I kept plugged in for now; they really aren't necessary anymore but hanging there is a good place to store them until I find a new home for them. There's still much decluttering to do though some of the stuff near the garage door has already left the building, having been donated to local thrift stores. I anticipate spending the next two years reducing and relocating excess stuff. At that time, perhaps before, I may be able to put some sort of test track or loop for running the trains that require a larger radius than my 4x6 layout can provide. Still, that's a ways away and who knows what will happen in the mean time.
