Roundhouse & Turntable Locations
lb
On Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:57:01 -0500, Dan Jones <drj...@eau.net> wrote:
>I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
>restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to museums
>or other uses?
>
In Vancouver BC an old CPR roundhouse has been restored and is being
used to house a recreation center.
It is also housing an old CPR steamer...which will eventually be moves
to a display position under shelter outside.
Turntable still exists andd still is functional (i think).
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Dan Jones wrote:
>
> I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
> restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to museums
> or other uses?
The old Southern Railway Spencer Shops (NC) turntable and roundhouse
have been restored and are in use by the North Carolina Transportation
Museum in Spencer, NC. Their web site is:
http://www.ci.salisbury.nc.us/nctrans/index.htm
To see pictures, click on the RailFan 97 link near the top on the front
page.
Richard Taylor
Carrboro,NC
Dan Jones
Jim Donohue
> In article <33F4A67C...@eau.net>, drj...@eau.net wrote:
The Maryland & Pennsylvania Roundhouse in Baltimore was converted may
years ago to the Highway shops.
And of course the B&O Mt. Clare Roundhouse is now the B&O Museum in
Baltimore.
Jim
Richard P Campbell
In article <33F488...@mindspring.com>, Richard Taylor
<rsta...@mindspring.com> wrote:
Another that slipped my mind is the Verde Tunnel and Smelter Railroad in
Clarkdale Arizona. After the VT&S quit running in the 40's it was used
forvarious purposes unti the Arizona Central bought the Sante fe line from
Drake to Clarkdale. The AZ Central used until last year. It belongs to a
company that owns the site of the smelter. There didn't seem to be any
activity last Memorial Day weekend when I visited.
Richard from Phoenix
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Richard P Campbell
> I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
> restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to museums
> or other uses?
The old ElPaso and Aouthwestern Roundhouse in Tuscon is still in use. I
think its a oil distributor. No track connection now.
lb
On Fri, 15 Aug 1997 21:10:44 -0400, Jim Donohue <ljdo...@smart.net>
wrote:
>> In article <33F4A67C...@eau.net>, drj...@eau.net wrote:
>The Maryland & Pennsylvania Roundhouse in Baltimore was converted may
>years ago to the Highway shops.
>
>And of course the B&O Mt. Clare Roundhouse is now the B&O Museum in
>Baltimore.
>
>Jim
I believe the former GN roundhouse in Seattle is still being used for
BN loco shops.
Its big.
Denni s Martin
Dan Jones wrote:
>
> I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
> restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to museums
> or other uses?
Steamtown National Historic Site, Scranton, PA, is using 13 stalls of
the DL&W roundhouse to house working steam locomotives, an additional
two stalls for display, and has constructed new sections replacing ones
torn down by Conrail for a Visitor Center, Theater, and two museums. The
turntable is in daily operation.
See http://www.cs.uofs.edu/steamtown/homepage.html for details and
photos.
Dennis Martin
WPDiven
Re roundhouses and turntables:
In New Mexico the BNSF still uses its Albuquerque turntable although the
roundhouse is gone. The former ATSF roundhouse still stands in Las Vegas;
a few years ago a lumber company was using it for storage.
In Chama on the Cumbres & Toltec, the new owners of a Denver amusement
park have donated a former C&S turntable which was trucked to the yard.
The C&TS plans to install the turntable and build a new roundhouse (!) on
the site of the long-gone D&RGW facility.
Bill Diven
WPDiven@aolcom
8/16/97
LARRY DODGION
roundhouse at the Hoyt St site in NW Portland. The roundhouse came down
a few years ago, but the CMO's office and lockeroom is still standing.
A portion of the original SP roundhouse and turntable at Brooklyn Yd in
SE Portland is still in use at the present time and is home to SP4449
and SP&S700 but rumors have been heard for years that it will eventually
come down, which I'm sure is the case now that UP owns the property.
Butch Dodgion
Anthony P. Fabro
>In article <33F4A67C...@eau.net>, drj...@eau.net wrote:
>
>> I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
>> restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to museums
>> or other uses?
In Columbus, the CSX Parsons Yard (ex C&O nee HV) still has a
roundhouse and working turntable. The roundhouse is now used to store
shop equipment. There have been rumors for years that they were going
to demolish it, but nothing has ever been confirmed.
Also in Crestline, Ohio, a huge PRR roundhouse still stands on the
west side of the old CR yard near the Triple Crown roadrailer
facility. All of the windows have been broken out, and supposedly
someone owns it and that you should not venture inside of it.
Tony
Raymond Chuang
WPDiven <wpd...@aol.com> wrote in article
<19970816144...@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
> In Chama on the Cumbres & Toltec, the new owners of a Denver amusement
> park have donated a former C&S turntable which was trucked to the yard.
> The C&TS plans to install the turntable and build a new roundhouse (!) on
> the site of the long-gone D&RGW facility.
Bill,
I read about the Cumbres & Toltec getting a roundtable in TRAINS magazine,
I believe.
I think that is a VERY nice thing to do, since it gives C&T even more
"authenticity" in terms of what the D&RGW were doing up until the 1960's in
terms of narrow-gauge railroading the Rockies.
--
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Raymond Chuang
Dan Jones <drj...@eau.net> wrote in article <33F4A67C...@eau.net>...
> I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
> restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to museums
> or other uses?
I believe that the turntable at Union Pacific's Roseville Yard in
Roseville, CA is still active--after all, in the current issue of TRAINS
magazine there was a picture of SP 1518 on that turntable taken recently.
Edwin Garrett
Dan Jones wrote:
> I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
> restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to
> museums
> or other uses?
In Rockland, ME there is a turntable and roundhouse still being
used by the Maine Coast RR. (ex Maine Central)
Ed Garrett
Edwin Garrett
Edwin Garrett
Tony Burzio
Anthony P. Fabro wrote:
> Also in Crestline, Ohio, a huge PRR roundhouse still stands on the
> west side of the old CR yard near the Triple Crown roadrailer
> facility. All of the windows have been broken out, and supposedly
> someone owns it and that you should not venture inside of it.
There's one in at the Los Angeles Amtrak engine facility. There's also
one near Madison Wisconsin at the Wisconsin Central shops (they even
have a working transfer table, but it's used for cars only.)
Tony Burzio
San Diego, CA
Edwin Garrett
David Outen
Actually Chama is currently very very representative of what the D+RGW was
doing up until the sixties. The turntable will fill the same role that the
"new" enginehouse does. Improve the operability of the railroad. The
original turntable at Chama was not long enough for the Mikados which led
to its' removal but it was not replaced since there was a wye just west of
the yard. From the historical aspect what they are proposing is a more
than minor modification of an almost totally intact historic site. However
it's something that by its completion will do much to insure that the
remaining historical rail line remains with its' equipment. If you have
seen the enginehouse then you know that they did their best to make it look
like it really belongs there.
Dave
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Raymond Chuang <rch...@slip.net> wrote in article
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Andrew
Dan Jones wrote:
>
> I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
> restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to museums
> or other uses?
There used to be a round house and turntable in Port Jervis NY
The round house is long gone but, the turn table has just been rebult to
turn the C&O 614 when it goes on its excursions. I went in the fall of
last year, and to see something like the 614 on the turn table was
amazing.
Andy
Mark Pappalardo
Dan Jones wrote:
>
> I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
> restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to
> museums or other uses?
Four come to my mind:
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western's roundhouse on the
southside of their former (now CP) yard east of
Binghamton, NY. The property and buildings (there
are several in addition to the roundhouse) are
not the property of CP, and are abandoned. No
turntable in the pit.
- Lehigh Valley's roundhouse in Manchester, NY. It
is owned by a local company and used for storage.
I can't remember if the turntable is there.
(NOTE: The Manchester Agway uses several Lehigh
Valley boxcars for storage. All are still in
LV paint and markings.)
- New York Central roundhouse at the west end of
Frontier Yard in Buffalo. Its located behind
a Tops grocery store on the north side of
Broadway. Its apparently used by a local company
for storage.
- Bessemer & Lake Erie's roundhouse & turntable at
their main shops in Greeville, PA. B&LE doesn't
appear to store engines in the roundhouse anymore
and I'm not sure if they use the turntable.
MJP
RR3thPIN
try kalamazoo mich. it still had a turn table
Mike & Lynne Calo
In Baltimore - the old Maryland & Pennsylvania roundhouse still stands
on Falls Road, just west of the Baltimore Trolley Museum. The pit is
long gone, but the roundhouse itself remains and is used to store
highway department equipment.
Jim Hermsdorfer
Dan Jones wrote:
> I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
> restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to
> museums
> or other uses?
Well now....
1. Orbisonia, Pa. East Broad Top Railroad----Still being used as God
intended. Since built has never been used for anything
else...............
Is deserving of being named as National Shrine for Steam Preservation.
2. Juniata Shops, Altoona Pa...Turntable still used..can't really call
shops
a "roundhouse" tho.
3. Western Maryland Railway (gone but not forgotten), Hagerstown, Md...
going under name "Hagerstown Railroad Museam" tho looks like it may
fall down at any moment.
4. Chambersburg, Pa..former Cumberland Valley Railroad roundhouse..
Being used as farmers market..alas turntable was removed and pit filled
in long ago..
How's that for starters??
Jim
Dale E Jourdan
there is also the B&O Mount Clare Roundhouse that now is the B&O museum
in Baltimore, which has the turntable restored
The Ma & Pa's Baltimore roundhouse still stands and is used as a state
shed in Balt
Neil Carlson
Dan Jones wrote:
>
> I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
> restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to museums
> or other uses?
Union Pacific:
Cheyenne, WY roundhouse & turntable
Evanston, WY roundhouse & turntable [owned by car repair co.]
Salt Lake City, UT turntable
Roseville, CA turntable [SP]
Eugene, OR turntable [SP]
Portland, OR roundhouse & turntable [SP Brooklyn Yard]
Los Angeles, CA turntable [SP Taylor Yard]
Stockton, CA roundhouse & turntable [WP]
San Jose, CA roundhouse & turntable [SP, not in use]
Bakersfield, CA turntable [SP]
Dunsmuir, CA turntable [SP]
Calif. State RR Musem:
Sacramento, CA roundhouse & turntable [built 1981]
Jamestown, CA roundhouse & turntable [Sierra RR]
Amtrak:
Redondo Jct., CA roundhouse & turntable [ATSF]
Neil Carlson
Insanity Cruz, CA
Rich Weyand
>I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
>restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to museums
>or other uses?
Here are some that haven't been mentioned yet:
Colorado Springs, CO. The Victor & Cripple Creek roundhouse at the
end of Gold Camp Road in Colo Spgs has been converted to a small
shopping center. Turntable is gone, if memory serves.
Williamson, WV. The N&W roundhouse and turntable are both still in
service, as a car repair and repaint facility.
Roanoke, VA. N&W west end shops (Schaffer's Crossing): turntable is
still in service; roundhouse is gone, replaced by the new loco light
repair facility.
Roanoke, VA. N&W east end shops (Roanoke Shops): turntable is still
in service; don't think there was ever a roundhouse per se. The
erecting shops and such are all still there, now serving as the loco
heavy repair facility.
Aurora, IL. CB&Q turntable and roundhouse: Still there, still opera-
tional. Adjacent to and part of the new transportation center as a
CB&Q/Aurora museum. Being refurbished as time/money permit.
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Edwin Garrett
Dan Jones <drj...@eau.net> wrote in article <33F4A67C...@eau.net>...
> I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
> restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to museums
> or other uses?
>
>
In Rockland, Maine there is a turntable and roundhouse still in use by the
Maine Coast RR. This is at the end of the Rockland Branch (ex Maine
Central).
Ed Garrett
Andrew James Llwellyn Cary
Add the Sierra Railroad/Calif. State Railroad Museum's roundhouse in Jamestown, CA
Jim Hermsdorfer <her...@cvn.net> wrote in article <33F754FA...@cvn.net>...
> Dan Jones wrote:
>
> > I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
> > restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to
> > museums
> > or other uses?
>
> Well now....
gre...@concentric.net
In <33F4A67C...@eau.net>, Dan Jones <drj...@eau.net> writes:
>I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
>restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to museums
>or other uses?
>
Several years ago I used to live in Greensboro, NC. THe
old round house and turntable were located just west of
the Pomona Yard. But it is now privatly owned and the
pit has been filled in. The whole thing is used as junk
yard and is impossible to tell what it once was unless
you just happened to know.
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Ahead of the Torch lists many northeastern roundhouses and turnatbles in
the reports sections.
Go to:
http://www.injersey.com/Media/IJFeatures/AOTT
Rob
lb wrote:
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> On Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:57:01 -0500, Dan Jones <drj...@eau.net> wrote:
>
> >I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
> >restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to museums
> >or other uses?
> >
> In Vancouver BC an old CPR roundhouse has been restored and is being
> used to house a recreation center.
> It is also housing an old CPR steamer...which will eventually be moves
> to a display position under shelter outside.
> Turntable still exists andd still is functional (i think).
Matt Conrad
Jim Donohue <ljdo...@smart.net> wrote:
> > In article <33F4A67C...@eau.net>, drj...@eau.net wrote:
> The Maryland & Pennsylvania Roundhouse in Baltimore was converted may
> years ago to the Highway shops.
>
> And of course the B&O Mt. Clare Roundhouse is now the B&O Museum in
> Baltimore.
The Mt. Claire roundhouse was not built as a locomotive roundhouse - it
was a carhouse. That's the reason for the decked-over turntable and the
fully-enclosed, 360-degree building. Just thought I'd mention that. :o)
There are (or were last time I rode Amtrak through there a couple years
back) two roundhouses still visible in Wilmington, DE. One is at the
Amtrak shops, very decrepid. The other is downtown, near the depot. It
has no tracks running to it and appears to have been converted into a
warehouse. You can see both from the train, but you have to look cloely
to find the one downtown - it's tough to pick it out.
I believe a group on Savannah, GA has restored a roundhouse as a museum.
Likewise in Hagerstown, MD.
The Conway Scenic Railroad has a turntable with a small, two (or maybe
three) stall roundhouse in Conway, NH.
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania has an old Reading turntable that
they transplanted to their museum site.
Tennesee Valley Railroad in Chattanooga also has a turntable.
East Broad Top has an eight-stall roundhouse and turntable at Orbisonia.
Someone mentioned Steamtown - I was under the impression that they built
all 4 sections of that roundhouse complex from scratch, on the
foundation of a demolished structure. Am I wrong about that? I haven't
seen that since it was finished, I was last up there in 1992. Speaking
of Steamtown, is the old roundhouse and turntable from Riverside still
there at Steamtown's old site? Or is that the table they moved?
Many of these places are on the Web, I have links to most of them on the
SCRM site's Links pages. See the URL below.
I'd be interested in seeing a compiled list of remaining turntables and
roundhouses posted to this group.
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Burridge, Gerard
>In article <33F4A67C...@eau.net> Dan Jones <drj...@eau.net> writes:
>>I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
>>restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to museums
>>or other uses?
Soo, Ont; Algoma central Rly Steelton yards - 'Squarehouse' with
interior turntable. Now owned by the water closet railway.
Montreal, Que.; CPR St Luc yard - in use.
Charny, Que; CNR (old)Joffre Yard - 360deg RH & turntable, used until
1996 by MoW dept, most doors filled. Land up for sale, possibbly
already sold.
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Dan Jones wrote:
>
> I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
> restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to
> museums or other uses?
I forgot one from my previous reply. Chicago Great Western's
former shops in Oelwein, Iowa. The turntable and roundhouse,
located on the east side of the engine shop complex, exists
and is used by a private company that repairs freight cars
and paints cars & locomotives (they used to paint CNW's
locomotives before UP took over).
MJP
Susan Jamison
I have seen very little info for Minnesota so here is one for you.
Dan Jones <drj...@eau.net> wrote in article <33F4A67C...@eau.net>...
> I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
> restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to museums
> or other uses?
>
>
St. Paul, Minn.
EX-GN/BN Jackson St. Roundhouse.
Originally owned by GN and turned over to the US Postal service.
Turntable was pulled out and pit filled. The front of the roundhouse
(Engine stall door area) was added onto for more room covering most
of the turntable area.
The site has been turned over to the Minnesota transportation museum
and the building is in the process of being restored. Plans call for the
turntable pit to be dug out and a turntable has been purchased from
the BN (turntable came from the Minneapolis Junction facility).
Walked through a section of the old roundhouse and it still had the
vent flumes!!! A portion of the roundhouse had been converted to
handle diesels while still used by the GN......
TeeJay
tee...@usa.net
Steven Aresty
Some other sites:
Danbury Conn--turntable recently restored according to articles in
Railfan & Railpace
East St. Louis, Illinois--CSX roundhouse & table still extant although
falling in and abandoned
St. Louis, MO--Wabash turntable & pit located alongside Metrolink light
rail line between Grand and Central West End stops (southside)
Rochester, NY--BR&P roundhouse in use by industry (Chili Avenue?)
Sacremento, CA--turntable & roundhouse part of Calif RR Museum (does this
count?)
I'm sure that there's plenty of others--although hundreds have probably
been lost in the last ten years or so.
WMFisher40
And then there's the turntable and about 1/4 of a roundhouse
in Frankfort, Indiana. NS, formerly NKP, formerly Clover Leaf.
In use as a light car repair facility at least as of 2 years ago
(I think).
- Bill Fisher
Phillip L. Bostian
Matt Conrad wrote:
>
> Jim Donohue <ljdo...@smart.net> wrote:
>
> > > In article <33F4A67C...@eau.net>, drj...@eau.net wrote:
> > The Maryland & Pennsylvania Roundhouse in Baltimore was converted may
> > years ago to the Highway shops.
> >
> > And of course the B&O Mt. Clare Roundhouse is now the B&O Museum in
> > Baltimore.
>
> The Mt. Claire roundhouse was not built as a locomotive roundhouse - it
> was a carhouse. That's the reason for the decked-over turntable and the
> fully-enclosed, 360-degree building. Just thought I'd mention that. :o)
>
> There are (or were last time I rode Amtrak through there a couple years
> back) two roundhouses still visible in Wilmington, DE. One is at the
> Amtrak shops, very decrepid. The other is downtown, near the depot. It
> has no tracks running to it and appears to have been converted into a
> warehouse. You can see both from the train, but you have to look cloely
> to find the one downtown - it's tough to pick it out.
>
> I believe a group on Savannah, GA has restored a roundhouse as a museum.
> Likewise in Hagerstown, MD.
>
restoration. Contractors had begun to tear it down to reuse its
Savannah bricks. Now it's being rebuilt, SLOWLY.
> The Conway Scenic Railroad has a turntable with a small, two (or maybe
> three) stall roundhouse in Conway, NH.
>
> The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania has an old Reading turntable that
> they transplanted to their museum site.
>
> Tennesee Valley Railroad in Chattanooga also has a turntable.
>
> East Broad Top has an eight-stall roundhouse and turntable at Orbisonia.
>
> Someone mentioned Steamtown - I was under the impression that they built
> all 4 sections of that roundhouse complex from scratch, on the
> foundation of a demolished structure. Am I wrong about that? I haven't
> seen that since it was finished, I was last up there in 1992. Speaking
> of Steamtown, is the old roundhouse and turntable from Riverside still
> there at Steamtown's old site? Or is that the table they moved?
>
Matt, you haven't mentioned the most newly rebuilt roundhouse in the
country-Spencer Shops roundhouse from the SRR. After all, eight million
dollars constitutes a pretty nice rebuild. If you haven't seen it, you
should.
Jack Forbes
>I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
>restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to museums
>or other uses?
>
Eureka Springs Ark. Has a turntable.
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Me?
CSX (B&O) still uses a turntable in Decatur, IL. It is located west
and the south side of the Jasper Street underpass
I have no conformation, but I would suspect the KCS still has a
turntable in Pittsburg, KS.
Keith D
Richard P Campbell wrote:
>
> In article <33F4A67C...@eau.net>, drj...@eau.net wrote:
>
> > I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
> > restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to museums
> > or other uses?
>
> think its a oil distributor. No track connection now.
>
> --
> Richard P Campbell aka Pebble Island:<)
In Dover, NH just off Broadway, there is a roundhouse that's now a
pottery studio/heavy equipment rental company (how's that for strange
bedfellows?). The turntable in front of it was removed and the pit
filled in. The yard is still in use by Guilford Rail/Springfield
Terminal. Used to be a smallish loco repair facility for the B&M. I
actually operated the turntable as a kid.
E. M. Bell
CSX still uses the old C&O roundhouse and turntable in Russel KY, and
there is still a turntable at the Corbin (KY) shop.
The NS still uses the roundhouse and turntable located in Louisville.
E. M. Bell
Lawrenceburg, KY
Matthew J. Frahm
The DM&E uses the former C&NW roundhouse & turntable at Huron, SD.
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T Bullard
The IC still has few turntables. The ones I know of are at Fulton, Ky
and in Memphis, TN at Johnston Yard.
The KCS did have one at Vicksburg, Ms and I am pretty sure it is still
active today.
Rick Steele
> >restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to museums
> >or other uses?
>
>
> Colorado Springs, CO. The Victor & Cripple Creek roundhouse at the
> end of Gold Camp Road in Colo Spgs has been converted to a small
> shopping center. Turntable is gone, if memory serves.
>
That's the Colorado Midland/Midland terminal roundhouse, now VanBriggle
Pottery Works.
Rick Steele
Ben Kroger
At least three turntables still exist in Texas (without roundhouses):
Fort Worth & Western RR (a.k.a. Tarantula), Fort Worth
Texas State Railroad, Maydelle
Union Pacific (former SP) Hearne
BNSF (former Santa Fe) Amarillo
a roundhouse without a turntable was still standing in Las Vegas, New
Mexico as of June of this year
Ben Kroger
Mesquite, Texas
E. Van Huffel
>>In article <33F4A67C...@eau.net>, drj...@eau.net wrote:
>>
>>> I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
>>> restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to museums
>>> or other uses?
>
>In Columbus, the CSX Parsons Yard (ex C&O nee HV) still has a
>roundhouse and working turntable. The roundhouse is now used to store
>shop equipment. There have been rumors for years that they were going
>to demolish it, but nothing has ever been confirmed.
>
>Also in Crestline, Ohio, a huge PRR roundhouse still stands on the
>west side of the old CR yard near the Triple Crown roadrailer
>facility. All of the windows have been broken out, and supposedly
>someone owns it and that you should not venture inside of it.
>
>Tony
In Cleveland the old B&O roundhouse still stands, with a working
turntable, as well as a steam locomotive inside, as well as some
passenger cars. I am not sure about Greenville Pa. They used to have
a nice roundhouse on the B&LE railroad with some steam, as well as
passenger equipment in it.
Leslie W. Jennings
The ex-IC facilities now P&L (Paducah and Louisville) in Louisville, KY.
still have the old turntable. The ex-K&I T roundhouse and turntable are
still in tact, this is now NS on the west side of Louisville. The ex-L&N
roundhouse and turntable are still in use in Paris, KY., now TTI.
Jimmy Barlow
Other Texas tt's w/o roundhouses:
UP Ft. Worth (ex-MP) (That makes 2 in "Cow Town.")
BNSF Silsbee (ex-ATSF)
Possibility: HB&T Houston (Milby St.) (Can anyone confirm/deny?)
AFAIK, the ex-SP/T&NO roundhouse in Lufkin (on the Rabbit Line between
Houston and Shreveport) is still standing, decrepit and used only for
m/w parking (no doors, windows, etc). The tt is long gone.
Jimmy
Dan Jones
Two more:
Altoona, WI - Roundhouse & Turntable. Roundhouse used for storage of
equipment, and a steam locomotive restoration. Possible restoration of
roundhouse. Operational turntable.
Mankato MN - Roundhouse & Turntable.
Douglas White
Jim Hermsdorfer wrote:
> Dan Jones wrote:
> > I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
> > restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to
> > museums
> > or other uses?
> 1. Orbisonia, Pa. East Broad Top Railroad
Whew, I thought nobody would get to that. Thanks!
> 3. Western Maryland Railway (gone but not forgotten), Hagerstown, Md...
> going under name "Hagerstown Railroad Museum" tho looks like it may
> fall down at any moment.
The HRM is actively pursuing the aquisition of the property; currently
the agreement is a caretaker's lease, which allows staff to arrest
vandals,
occasionally do light weed and structure preventive maintenance, but
does NOT allow full scale restoration.
Yes, it looks like it will fall down, and unfortunately some of it
already
has (political delay of the process?), but the key structures which
include
a 25 bay roundhouse are pretty well intact. Once permanent acquisition
occurs, the HRM will be able to do real restoration.
There are a 105' (if memory serves) turntable, a drop table, overhead
cranes in
the roundhouse and erecting shop and a transfer table in the complex.
None are operable; the entire complex has been scavenged of ALL copper -
no power is available anywhere permanently.
With support, we are looking towards the goal of a Spencer or Steamtown
setting - probably more Spencer, as we'd like to have the heavy
equipment
available for big steam restoration - one of the Reading T-1's was
restored
15 years ago. We have our own diesels and coaches to maintain, too.
It is very unsafe to venture into the complex alone or unguided. If you
make arrangements with the HRM staff, we are willing to take an
occasional
visitor back to the heart of the complex in a safe manner.
The HRM is beginning a website - photos aren't up yet, but are coming.
the URL is http://ccpl.carr.lib.md.us/~dwhite/roundhouse
and yes, I'm a member and former Director.
I too would be interested in seeing a compilation of the suggestions
here.
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Michael G. Koerner
In article <33F7B0...@pacbell.net>, Neil Carlson <ne...@pacbell.net>
wrote:
>Dan Jones wrote:
>>
>> I am trying to find locations (actual, and website) and uses of
>> restored roundhouses. Are they still operating, or converted to museums
>> or other uses?
Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that the Wisconsin Central still
uses the former Soo Line turntables and roundhouses in Stevens Point and
North Fond du Lac, WI (and from what I hear, the NFdL one is currently being
rebuilt) and the former CNW turntable and roundhouse in Green Bay, WI (the
locomotive shop there is open while the NFdL one is down).
Also, does anyone know if the WC is still using the former Algoma Central
*indoor* (the easiest way that the AC found to keep the pit from clogging up
with their generous amounts of snow in winter) turntable in Sault Ste.
Marie, Ontario?
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Edwin Garrett
Bartlet, NH used a Y track to turn locomotives. I am not sure if there ever
was a turntable there. (ex Maine Central)
There is a roundhouse and turntable in North Conway, NH being used by the
Conway Senic RR. (ex Boston & Maine)
Dover, NH has a roundhouse that I believe is rented out to a private
business. I am not sure if the turntable is still there or not. (Boston &
Maine)
There is a turntable in Sanbornville, NH that served the Wolfeboro RR in
the late 70s'.
There is no connection to it at the present time. (ex Boston & Maine)
There was also a turntable in North Stratford, NH on the Beacher Falls
branch.
(ex Maine Central) I think it is still there.
Russ Short
Roundhouses at;
Calumet, MI;l C&H, I believe the turntable has been removed.
Malvern Arkansas, no turntable, just a portion of the old MP roundhouse.
Hancock, MI, believe there is still portions of the Q&TL roundhouse
standing, do not know condition.
Russ short
Fritz Milhaupt
Has anyone mentioned the ex-Michigan Central turntable and roundhouse on
the east side of Niles, Michigan, yet? A trucking company stores
trailers in the roundhouse stalls (or at least did a couple years ago)
and planked over the turntable deck to use it to line up trailers to be
backed in.
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>Also, does anyone know if the WC is still using the former Algoma
Central
>*indoor* (the easiest way that the AC found to keep the pit from
clogging up
>with their generous amounts of snow in winter) turntable in Sault
Ste.
>Marie, Ontario?
Still in use two weeks ago when I was at Sault.
Bryce Lee,
Burlington, Ontario.
SBrooks
Hi, very interesting thread. I missed the beginning of it, so I'm
not sure these have been mentioned.
Marquette MI, Wiconsin Central has a roundhouse and turntable
that as far as I know are still using.
Calumet, MI, old Calumet and Hecla roundhouse is being used as a
factory.
Channing, MI, I'm not sure but I think that there is a turntable
here, as well as a round house on the EL&S. In use I believe.
Escanaba, MI, EL&S has a turntable and roundhouse here. In use.
Savannah, GA, old Central of Georiga roundhouse and turntable are
now a new museum. There is lots of work to do, but the museum is
open.
Port Huron, MI, The GTW used to have a turntable in their yard
that they used up to a few years ago. I don't know if it is still
there or not.
Hancock, MI, old Quincy and Torch Lake narrow gauge roundhouse is
still around, but in very, very bad shape.
pki...@nbnet.nb.ca
In article <eQ7SMCU...@ntdwwaaw.compuserve.com>, SBrooks <7273...@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
>Hi, very interesting thread. I missed the beginning of it, so I'm
>not sure these have been mentioned.
>
>Marquette MI, Wiconsin Central has a roundhouse and turntable
>that as far as I know are still using.
>
>Calumet, MI, old Calumet and Hecla roundhouse is being used as a
>factory.
I have heard there is an abandoned Canadian National roundhouse in Napadogan,
NB, and a turntable was removed a number of years ago in St. Martins, NB.
J.P. Kirby
Fredericton, N.B.