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Other ways of turning big steam - a wye (as you mentioned), a balloon track (big loop, often used to turn entire trains like passenger trains with a set order and purpose built tailend car, as well as a big turntable. The biggest engines would not likely have been turned at the smaller facilities anyway. Not every turntable on a given railway could handle all the locos that railway might have owned. If absolutely necessary (and possibly as part of a major overhaul) the engine could be separated from its tender to be turned. Of course the tender would also have to be turned and then reattached; but this was not common at all. Some maintenance could be performed outside as necessary, or done in the bay directly across the turntable from the inbound track(s) as you noted. Andrew
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