Wow what an exellent picture. shame they tore it down gd idea to try and get federal protection for the remaining ones so other generations can appreciate them
Aerial view of Roanoke, Va. shows four turntables, all still in use.
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"If you think that's a good idea, how about old woolen mills, celluloid collar factories, backwoods sawmills.... Not to mention that a lot of the 'historical landmarks' end up as taxpayer-owned structures. Not with MY tax dollars, thank you. Note, too, that most historical monuments are nominated for the status by people who don't have to support them."
Yes all good things to restore and preserve, it's call out American heritage, would you be content with seeing just pictures in book on online and see yours and my tax dollars go to fund inner city basketball courts or some other useless government project like the reproductive habits of the north American house fly?,
Of course we can't save and or preserve all of our history as far as unique buildings and structures go it's just not good fiscally sound to even think about, but everything does not need to meet the bulldozers blade. We have enough flipping mini malls and Walmarts in this country polluting the landscape. So yes there should be a law of some sort to preserve and restore and maintain parts of America's past infrastructure. I guess as a model railroader you've forgotten or just never given a hoot as to how important the railroads of this country were in developing this nation. I want to be able to take my son to places and show him this is a real round house and this is what they used to do here or this place is called a grist mill and it where and how they used to make flower run entirely by water! look son these people were thinking green way before it became fashionable.
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Here at Mobest Yards in Phx Az.. while the old brick roundhouse is gone the stalls and 90ft turntable still are pretty much still in daily use.
Hamltnblue While looking for the Amtrak Genset in the Wilmington area I ran across this in the satillite view. Looks like it's a site for an old roundhouse? http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=39.744769,-75.524365&spn=0.002285,0.00515&t=h&z=18
While looking for the Amtrak Genset in the Wilmington area I ran across this in the satillite view.
Looks like it's a site for an old roundhouse?
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=39.744769,-75.524365&spn=0.002285,0.00515&t=h&z=18
Yep. That's exactly what it was- a site for an old roundhouse.
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Hi everyone! If you are ever in Toronto you might want to visit the roundhouse downtown close to the Skydome. It houses old locos as well as a brewery. IMHO that is a fitting use for an old roundhouse that managed to survive the trend to tear them down.
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There's an old roundhouse in, I think, Aurora, its now a restaurant and bar. Fittingly called Walter Payton's roundhouse. Nice place and good food.
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grizlump9 yeah and they are almost always in the best part of town. who wouldn't want to go there? just walk sideways and try to take the bullet in your shoulder. grizlump
yeah and they are almost always in the best part of town. who wouldn't want to go there? just walk sideways and try to take the bullet in your shoulder.
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cudaken With the way people are buying old Factory's and turning them in to Loft apartments why not Old Roundhouse's? There be plenty of parking, and make the Turntable into a pool! Cuda Ken
With the way people are buying old Factory's and turning them in to Loft apartments why not Old Roundhouse's? There be plenty of parking, and make the Turntable into a pool!
Cuda Ken
Now, that's a good idea. Only, keep the turn-table bridge (I think that is what it's called...) and modify it to be an "adventure bridge" or put some sort of open-air restraunt or something on it.
I got an idea for a few models comming to mind now. A round house hotel or appartment complex.
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tomikawaTT richhotrain: grizlump9: "There should have been a Federal law placing all roundhouses and turnables on the National Register of Historic Sites instead of tearing them all down." why? just because you think they are cool? grizlump Exactly ! If you think that's a good idea, how about old woolen mills, celluloid collar factories, backwoods sawmills.... Not to mention that a lot of the 'historical landmarks' end up as taxpayer-owned structures. Not with MY tax dollars, thank you. Note, too, that most historical monuments are nominated for the status by people who don't have to support them. What I noticed was that the whole complex was fitted inside a 90+ degree curve - the cliche model railroad situation. Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
richhotrain: grizlump9: "There should have been a Federal law placing all roundhouses and turnables on the National Register of Historic Sites instead of tearing them all down." why? just because you think they are cool? grizlump Exactly !
grizlump9: "There should have been a Federal law placing all roundhouses and turnables on the National Register of Historic Sites instead of tearing them all down." why? just because you think they are cool? grizlump
"There should have been a Federal law placing all roundhouses and turnables on the National Register of Historic Sites instead of tearing them all down."
why? just because you think they are cool?
Exactly !
If you think that's a good idea, how about old woolen mills, celluloid collar factories, backwoods sawmills.... Not to mention that a lot of the 'historical landmarks' end up as taxpayer-owned structures. Not with MY tax dollars, thank you. Note, too, that most historical monuments are nominated for the status by people who don't have to support them.
What I noticed was that the whole complex was fitted inside a 90+ degree curve - the cliche model railroad situation.
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
Chuck,
The difference, IMHO, is that old woolen mills, celluloid collar factories, and backwoods sawmills are not cool....... ...........roundhouses and turntables are !!!
Rich
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richhotrain grizlump9: "There should have been a Federal law placing all roundhouses and turnables on the National Register of Historic Sites instead of tearing them all down." why? just because you think they are cool? grizlump Exactly !
grizlump9 "There should have been a Federal law placing all roundhouses and turnables on the National Register of Historic Sites instead of tearing them all down." why? just because you think they are cool? grizlump
It's the old PRR roundhouse. Sections of it were torn down at various times with the last section torn down about 10 years ago IIRC. The turntable was removed and the pit filled in the 1980s.
You can still see the old roundhouse in Las Vegas, NM. It was turned into a warehouse for trucking company.
richhotrain Sweet. There should have been a Federal law placing all roundhouses and turnables on the National Register of Historic Sites instead of tearing them all down.
Sweet.
There should have been a Federal law placing all roundhouses and turnables on the National Register of Historic Sites instead of tearing them all down.
I got some good news for you Rich. In Savannah, Georgia, they have turned the old roundhouse there into a museum. I havn't been there yet, but I know they got some locomotives (including a GP-35 (Savanah& Atlanta 2715)
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why? just because you think they are cool? these properties seldom became public domain right away when they became obsolete but were still railroad property. railroads were hard pressed to get obsolete physical plant off the tax ledgers for good reason. i guess they could just sit around and deteriorate until they looked like a good portion of Detroit or Gary Indiana.
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