In the nave, still new and clean, the arrested task was waiting; the steam in the engine, under pressure, made slight whistling sounds; the cages were hanging motionless to the cables; the trains, abandoned on the way, were encumbering the metal floors.
Dans la nef, neuve et encore propre, la besogne arretée attendait: la machine, sous pression, avait de légers sifflements de vapeur; les cages demeuraient pendues aux câbles immobiles; les berlines, abandonnées en route, encombraient les dalles de fonte.