Boston and Maine turntables ( non pit type? )

[sparkyjay31]

Here's the dilemma. I need/want a turntable. I'm modeling the B&M in the early 1930's. Did the B&M have both pit type and non pit type turntables? I'm guessing that there were some non pit types especially on the branchlines as that would mean no shoveling of the snow from November thru April. Greenville, NH had a turntable and based on a site visit it was not a pit type. There are no remains of a pit in any shape or manner. So I'm leaning toward a modified Atlas turntable that increases the diameter to the mid 90 foot range. Does this seem right to anyone out there? Thanks, Jay

[dstarr]

 White River Junction had a pit turntable and a very cool roundhouse.  Wood with clapboard siding, some double hung windows, and 'cause there wasn't enough space, the roundhouse doors were right at the pit edge.  Open a door and one false step and you fell into the pit.  I don't have any photo's alas, but the one's I saw could be the basis for some great models.

 

[doctorwayne]

Not B&M, but also in a heavy snowfall area (Trains magazine, Feb. 1980 - Beyond the 100" Isoline), the CNR branches in this area often had a turntable located, in many cases, literally at the end of the line.  There was usually no engine house or turntable pit.  The approach track was often on a fill, with a regular bridge-style turntable sitting ,more-or-less, on the ground.  Operation was either by the "armstrong" method or via an air-operated engine running off the loco's brakepipe.

Wayne