Ghost Roundhouse

[trainboyH16-44]

Well, here are a couple pictures I have of abandoned roundhouses...first one is in Big Valley, Alberta, a former CNR division point. Second is shot through the turntable at Missoula, Montana, mentioned above.

[tatans]

Turntable, You do the same thing as I do, I still refer to  the turntable as the roundhouse, but every one knows what I mean, the round pit is the turntable, the big wooden (or brick) round building is the roundHOUSE. I'm not alone.

[chad thomas]

Hey Zak, here is a closer picture of the Klamath Falls roundhouse, or rather where it used to be. It was still standing when I first moved to Modoc.

[miniwyo]

Dont forget Cheyenne 


Im sure you may still see some remanants in Green River but the photos of GR are not good at all.

[JSGreen]

Well, heck.  Have to set up a different place to post photos, then.  I am pretty sure this is a google issue, I will try to work it out with them, if they are interested.

Thanks for the help!

[nanaimo73]

This time the first picture was a red x inside a large box, while the second one was a red x in a small box. I clicked on "The link" and got Forbidden. Both pictures stayed as red crosses. Then I clicked on Missoula turntable, and both pictures show, but The link still shows Forbidden.

Message-

Forbidden

Your client does not have permission to get URL /1.1 from this server.

[JSGreen]

Well, if you have the time and inclination, we may be able to sort this out a bit....I am going to post in this message another picture.  Please let me know if it behaves like the previous picture.  If it just shows up as a red X, please visit the link I will also provide.  Let me know if it magically appears after you visit the link.  Also, before visisting the  link, check for the behavior of the previous picture I posted.  Please note if  it is just a red x before and after visiting this link....

The Picture...




The link...

and the cut and paste...
http://lh6.google.com/jimandcathygreen/RTEOYqR-ABI/AAAAAAAAAbI/Wg4gEf-cUP4/BNSF%20Sagel%208_5%200505%20005.jpg?imgmax=576

And, thanks for the help!

[nanaimo73]

not sure what is happening with the pictures, but it may  be related to using the google picture web site, Picasaweb.  Be interesting to know if another one acts the same way, or if your computer "learned" how to find "Picasa". 
 

I went off of the forum and deleted my temporary internet pages and the same thing happened again.

Double hmmmm...

[Murphy Siding]

     Does a Zombie Roundhouse count?  We have a two-stall Illinois Central roundhouse that is now part of a junkyard complex.

[JSGreen]

not sure what is happening with the pictures, but it may  be related to using the google picture web site, Picasaweb.  Be interesting to know if another one acts the same way, or if your computer "learned" how to find "Picasa". 

At this point the concept of cold doesnt worry me, but we will see if parctice matches theory....

[zgardner18]

JSGreen-

I could not see your posted picture, it was a red cross. After I used your Missoula Turntable link, the picture posted now works. Hmmmm..

Same thing happened for me.

JSGreen, sure you might like it now but wait for the winter.  My buddy who lived in Mussoula loved it too but said that it got really cold.  I guess a lot colder than Bozeman.

[nanaimo73]

JSGreen-

I could not see your posted picture, it was a red cross. After I used your Missoula Turntable link, the picture posted now works. Hmmmm..

[JSGreen]

Interesting.  It shows up when I am looking at it....but not for you.  Dont know why that would be. Anyway, here is the link to the picture itself...

Missoula Turntable.

If that doesnt work, try a cut and paste...
http://picasaweb.google.com/jimandcathygreen/FerroEquestrianism/photo#4985414012210315282

We live in Missoula....for all of two months now.  Love it here!

[zgardner18]

Here is another turntable in Missoula, MT, now a part of the Montana Rail Link.



it looks like they still use it to turn the power...not sure if they actually do, because I havent seen it in use. 

JSGreen,

your picture didn't come through so please try again.  You don't live in Helena do you?  I used to live in Bozeman and still wish that I did.  One of my all time favorite places to railfan was Mullan Pass.

[JSGreen]

Here is another turntable in Missoula, MT, now a part of the Montana Rail Link.



it looks like they still use it to turn the power...not sure if they actually do, because I havent seen it in use. 

[zgardner18]

Guys,

I was looking around and noticed that some turntables are still around but the roundhouses aren't.  Do you know if they still use the turntable but why would they rip down the roundhouse. 

Here's a few examples:

Bakersfield, CA.

Helena, MT.

Klamath Falls, OR.

[Datafever]

Just about every time I come to Trains.com a learn something! Didn't know UP had shays! What did they use them for? Mining branches in the area?

greetings,

Marc Immeker

Here's a good article to answer that question - The story of UP's Shay locomotives, and the LA&SL Tintic Subdivision where they worked. http://utahrails.net/utahrails/tintic.php

[edblysard]

http://http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Milby+street,+houston+texas&ie=UTF8&z=18&ll=29.744738,-95.340959&spn=0.001826,0.004538&t=k&om=1

Milby street round house and turntable.

Was a round house eons ago, still have a working turntable.

[yippinyahoo]

This is awesome!  I checked out my hometown & found two ghost roundhouses - one ex-B&O (their extensive shops were still standing until the mid 90s) and one ex-Erie on the west end of town.  Both were division points at one time.  The Erie coaling towers survive but in near-rubble condition

ex-B&O



ex-Erie

[LehighValleyman]

supposedly ina town 9mi from where i live there is an old turntable, but i dont know if it is there. the branch line, The LEHIGH VALLEY's NAPLES branch is what ran on the edge of my property. i dont know if it is there anymore, the last pics i have seen of it were taken in 1996? i believe. there is also an old turntable and round house, STILL UP!! in manchesterNY. but they are in major states of disrepair and vegetation grows like crazy on the old turntable in the spring and summer. the house has no rails in it anymore. the old yard is gone, all but gone. only one track meanders it's way thru. the main of the Ontario Midland, or Ontario western, something similar to that.....

[MStLfan]

and from utahrails.net--

• Heavy maintenance (wheel and boiler work) on Shays was done at Lynndyl, then at Provo after Lynndyl was closed as a locomotive repair shop (when?).
• Locals that worked out of Lynndyl included the St. John Local, the Tintic Local, the Delta Local, and the Provo Mixed.
• The Lynndyl switcher was 2-8-0 number 6010.

and from www.zoominfo.com--

During a conversation in June 1977 with the author, Frank Acord, UP's Superintendent of Motive Power & Machinery, remembered many parts of his initial service on UP as a mechanic at both Lynndyl and Provo, Utah. According to Mr. Acord, UP's Shay locomotives at Tintic were always maintained at the engine house at Tintic. For more extensive repairs such as boiler work or wheel work, they were sent to the shops at Lynndyl, where there was large brick roundhouse, with several add-on all-concrete stalls. Mr. Acord remembered that during the 1940-1943 period that he worked at Provo, the Shay locomotives came to the Provo Joint Shops (with Utah Railway) several times for wheel and boiler work because UP had closed the shops at Lynndyl.

Hope this helps!

Just about every time I come to Trains.com a learn something! Didn't know UP had shays! What did they use them for? Mining branches in the area?

greetings,

Marc Immeker

[grampaw pettibone]

I finally got Google Earth to work, don't know how, but anyway. First thing I found the old roundhouse in town and its turntable plain as day. This sort of stuff makes it worth getting up each day and coming to this forum. Thanks guys

[tatans]

Just got a note re: turntable in Moose Jaw, can it be possible when the old roundhouse was torn down they also ripped up the old turntable which was built in 1913??? Big Question?? supposedly a NEW  turntable was built in the 1970 or 1980's to accommodate the diesels. Does anyone out there have any information as to the actual situation, there is now an operating turntable on the facililty ,question is , is this the old one or the new one .  mysteries----mysteries. I shall dig around for more info.

[Anonymous]

Guys, how do you transport an image from Google Earth to this forum, I tried saving the image or copy/cut/paste and it would not work.  My reason for asking is I have one to offer as a local example.

What you need to do is once you get the picture that you like, go up to file and scroll down to save image (Ctrl+S) and save it to your desktop.  Then go to a place like Photobucket.com and upload the picture.  Next you highlight the 3rd box under the photo that says Img, right click and copy, then past on this page and you're done

I did. All I did was save the image to My Documents. Then am now useing my town as a Screensaver. Totaly cool.

[Datafever]

Google Earth will not run on my XP.  Once I get it installed, it gets to the login screen, tells me it's trying and then locks up. I have gotten a lot of use out of the Terraserver, but that is old B&W pix. Google looks much nicer in color.

You might try to switch between DirectX mode and OpenGL mode.  My XP runs fine in one mode, but the system crashes in the other mode - and I don't remember which is which.  I just know that it works in the mode that I have it set in now.

[tatans]

Great stuff eh? I wondered what ever happened to the roundhouse in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, this was a huge divisional point on the C.P.R. mainline, it is now a large heavy haul service depot. They removed a lot of the old steam facility buildings and replaced them with typical steel sheds, I checked on goole earth and sure enough the turntable is still there, it seems to be operable too. I'm also checking around and finding old abandoned railway lines in the area,  great fun ! !

[JSGreen]

could be a graphics card issue.  They are pretty specific about tyhe capabilities you need...if yoiu havent recently downloaded it, you might try downloading the newest version, i Upgraded today.....

[grampaw pettibone]

Google Earth will not run on my XP.  Once I get it installed, it gets to the login screen, tells me it's trying and then locks up. I have gotten a lot of use out of the Terraserver, but that is old B&W pix. Google looks much nicer in color.

[zgardner18]

Guys, how do you transport an image from Google Earth to this forum, I tried saving the image or copy/cut/paste and it would not work.  My reason for asking is I have one to offer as a local example.

What you need to do is once you get the picture that you like, go up to file and scroll down to save image (Ctrl+S) and save it to your desktop.  Then go to a place like Photobucket.com and upload the picture.  Next you highlight the 3rd box under the photo that says Img, right click and copy, then past on this page and you're done