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A friend of mine that is in his early 90's and still can walk a mile every day has asked me a question about the early turntables that were used to access the roundhouses on any major railroad, back into the late 1880's. The question is, how did the railroads MOVE the turntable from one access track to another, in all kinds of weather, from simmering hot to bone chilling cold? We both live in Ohio, which has had some miserable cold weather in the hardest parts of December thru February, so if there was a large amount of snow and ice on the ground, and a steam loco and tender had to go into a roundhouse for repair, how did the turntable get moved? Give me some good detail on this. Did the method vary from one locale or road to another? thanks, sammyy.
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