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Any Turntables and round houses still standing?
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The KCS turntable in Pittsburg, KS is still used occasionally for turning locomotives. The Missouri Pacific roundhouse in Joplin, MO contains a manufacuring plant. The Eureka Springs and North Arkansas tourist line has a working ex-Frisco turntable at Eureka Springs, AR. The BNSF diesel servicing facility in Springfield, MO has an ex-Frisco turntable newly installed in the 1980's so they didn't have to take engines clear cross town to turn them. They had to pay a crew both road time and yard time. I have pictures of Frisco 1522 turning on it the last time it visited Springfield. The former Santa Fe turntable is still in place in Chanute, KS, but is not in use. The BNSF still uses the former Santa Fe turntable in Newton, KS. The former MKT turntable from Kansas City was donated to the Midland Railway tourist line in Baldwin, KS and the former Frisco turntable in Oklahoma City was donated to the Oklahoma Railroad Museum in OKC.
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