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<p>[quote user="dehusman"]</p> <p> </p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-user">SeeYou190</div> <div class="quote-content">It sounds like I am OK in 1954 running my 4 axle USRA steamers on mainline, and my two USRA 0-8-0 switchers are plausible.</div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>Yes.  USRA designs were starting to be long in the tooth by the mid to late 50's, they would have been in the 25-30 year old  range by then (depending on when they were actually built).</p> <p> </p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-content">It also sounds like the diesels and steam engines shared the roundhouse during this time period. Is that correct?</div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>They could have.</p> <p> </p> <div class="quote-header"> </div> <blockquote class="quote"> <div class="quote-content">I was going to put the steamers in a rectangular engine house. If I do not need to do that some space would be freed up for other things.</div> </blockquote> <div class="quote-footer"> </div> <p> </p> <p>Not all locations had "roundhouses", some locations had "square houses" rectangular engine houses that were built for steam and served both steam and diesel.  If a rectangular engine house fits better, use it.  The advantage of a roundhouse is it allowed more stalls to be accessible to the turntable.  If you are only going to have 2 or 3 stalls, then the rectangular engine house may be better.</p> <div style="clear:both;"> </div> <p>[/quote]</p> <p>A google search for Norfolk and Western lubritorium yields this:</p> <p>[url]https://www.google.com/search?q=Norfolk+and+Western+lubritorium&rlz=1C1EODB_enUS607US607&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJ4K-IoNPXAhWm44MKHW5bCXEQ_AUICSgA&biw=1366&bih=700&dpr=1[/url]</p> <p>A regtangular engine house.</p>
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