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Posted by ogre427 on Monday, August 29, 2011 11:39 PM

I don't see the roundhouse and turntable in Chadron, NE. on the list. It has been purchased and it and the line to it has received a grant to make upgrades to put it back into service as a contract railroad equipment facility.

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Posted by beaulieu on Monday, August 29, 2011 10:19 PM

Nuremberg, Germany  - DB - 2 half roundhouses side by side with turntables, first one the leads are electrified for electric locomotives

49° 24'  50.26" N  11° 05'  17.16" E

The second is used for diesels

49° 24' 47.89" N  11° 05' 22.83" E

 

Hamburg-Wilhelmstadt - DB mostly abandoned

53° 30' 40.90" N  10° 00' 23.32" E

Hamburg-Eidelstedt Freight Yard Roundhouse with turntable, notice the long building for servicing ICE high-speed trainsets immediately to the south.

53° 36' 28.84" N  9° 52' 52.78" E

Meiningen, Germany - DB  Roundhouse with turntable

50° 34' 25.79" N  10° 25' 17.60" E

Meiningen, Germany - DB Steam locomotive works -home of DB's operating steam collection and one of the most capable steam workshops in the Western World. Roundhouse with turntable

50° 34' 54.21" N  10° 25' 09.79" E

Hanau, Germany - DB remains of two roundhouses each with a turntable one above the other

50° 06' 54.33" N  8° 56' 28.92" E

Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg, Germany - German National Steam Museum, Roundhouse with Turntable

50° 05' 37.50" N  11° 34' 54.93" E

Bremen, Germany - DB remains of two Roundhouses with Turntables

53° 05' 08.85" N  8° 48' 33.94" E

Lübeck, Germany - DB Roundhouse with Turntable filled in.

53° 51' 45.77" N  10° 39' 30.48" E

Rostock, Germany - DB Roundhouse with Turntable

54° 04' 52.00" N  12° 08' 46.39" E

Wismar, Germany - DB Remains of Roundhouse with Turntable

53° 53' 50.65" N  11° 28' 07.32" E

Kiel, Germany - DB Roundhouse with Turntable

54° 18' 25.32" N  10° 07' 40.02" E

Stralsund, Germany - DB THREE Roundhouses with Turntables

54° 17' 56.85" N  13° 05' 07.68" E

Szczecin, Poland - PKP Roundhouse with Turntable

53° 24' 58.93" N  14° 33' 45.22" E

Leipzig, Germany - DB Two side by side Roundhouses with Turntables

51° 21' 10.19" N  12° 23' 20.04" E

       Remains of third Roundhouse with Turntable here

51° 21' 04.13" N  12° 24' 01.35" E

Riesa, Germany - DB Remains of Complete circular Roundhouse with Turntable

51° 18' 28.04" N  13° 16' 47.04" E

Dresden, Germany - DB Roundhouse with Turntable

     1st one    51°02' 07.58" N  13° 42' 31.92" E

     2nd one  51° 02' 21.03" N  13° 42' 42.25" E

 

Ulm, Germany - DB Roundhouse with Turntable, remains of two more

48° 24' 16.74" N  9° 58' 14.65" E

 

Probably every German city of any significance that I didn't mention has at least one, except Stuttgart and Munich which have been extensively remodeled.

That's all for tonight!

 

 

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Posted by Jim in Fla on Monday, August 29, 2011 10:12 PM

Three turntables on the Long Island Rail Road:

NY   Greenport   41° 05' 57.26N   72° 21' 50'' W

NY   Jamaica   40° 41' 46.46N   73° 49' 23.90''W

 Turntable & roundhouse both still in service, transfer table missing

NY   Oyster Bay   40°52'29.04'' N   73° 31' 42.92''W

I think these were the only turntables on the post WW II LIRR, most places had a wye for turning.

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Posted by choo-choo-wayne on Monday, August 29, 2011 8:52 PM

43-33-12N  and 96-43-13W will bring up the 2-stall roundhouse of the IC in Sioux Falls,SD.  It's now an auto parts yard.  Turntable gone.

Milwaukee had a nice large roundhouse and turntable just across the river to the NW.  Unfortunately indigents managed to burn it to the ground one cold winter night  a few years ago.  The city was planning to save it.

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Posted by pepper378 on Monday, August 29, 2011 7:46 PM

OR Portland  45° 29' 28" N 122° 38' 45" W
OR Portland  45° 38' 58" N

122° 41' 10" W

The first one is the current home of SP4449 and SPS700. They'll be moving shortly though, as UP needs the space they're in.

The second coordinate is actually in Vancouver, WA, just a bit north of Portland, OR.

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Posted by AndrewDickey on Monday, August 29, 2011 4:05 PM

In NY -

At 41 16 07.47 N 73 46 51.04 W in Yorktown Heights.  There was a turntable on the Putnam Division of the New York Central.  There was also a small rail yard.  This is where most of the commuter trains for the division turned.  It's now a historical display, but if you go back in time you can see the old turntable pit.

At approximately 41 11 35.64 N 3 53 18.02 W in Croton-on-Hudson, NY.  There were two turntables for the New York Central's Harmon yard where steam was removed and replaced with electric for the ride into Manhattan.  The land where the turntables and roundhouses were was sold to a developer a while back and townhouses built over the area.  There is no trace of the turntables.

There was also a turntable in Poughkeepsie, NY - but I don't know the location.

Nice project you have going.

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Posted by CShaveRR on Monday, August 29, 2011 3:54 PM

Here, courtesy of the C&O Historical Society, is a list of turntables that existed on the C&O.  I hope it helps (and that people will assist you with similar listings from other railroads).

Indiana:

Peru, Muncie

Kentucky:

Ashland, Allen, Pikeville, Wayland, Mt. Sterling, Netherland, Louisville, Russell (2), Maysville, Stevens, Covington.

Ohio:

Cincinnati, Cheviot, Columbus (Parsons, SE of town), Marion, Walbridge (SE of Toledo), Toledo, Logan, Nelsonville, Pomeroy.

Virginia:

Phoebus, Richmond (both at Fulton and 17th Street), Dillwyn, Charlottesville, Waynesboro, Clifton Forge (2), Lynchburg, New Castle, Hot Springs, Covington, Alleghany.

West Virginia:

Ronceverte, Marlinton, Hinton, Stone Cliff, Meadow Creek, Nallen, Gauley Bridge, Handley, Pratt, Charleston, Huntington, Kingston, Danville, Madison, Sproul, Whitesville, Peach Creek (Logan), Taplin.

This list was dated 1935; I suspect that most, if not all, of these would have lasted into the 1950s.

As for Ohio, I'd be surprised if you couldn't find something around Bellefontaine.

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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Monday, August 29, 2011 2:05 PM

Too few left to break it into two lists... So here are the rest of them:

SA, Australia Mount Gambeir  37°49'42.33"S 140°45'58.73"E

SC Florence  34°12'5.20"N  79°45'38.13"W

SD Aberdeen  45° 27' 52" N  98° 29' 47" W
SD Edgemont  43°18'12.62"N 103°49'16.07"W
SD Huron  44° 21' 57" N  98° 12' 21" W
SD Mitchell  43° 42' 27" N  98° 01' 35" W
SD Rapid City  44° 4'37.87"N 103°12'25.28"W

SK, Canada Moose Jaw  50° 23' 16" N 105° 32' 15" W
SK, Canada Sutherland  52° 8'17.16"N 106°35'48.52"W

Slovakia Bratislava  48°10'0.07"N  17° 7'6.81"E

South Hampshire, UK Exbury  50°48'12.66"N   1°23'59.24"W

Spain Nueva Segovia  40°55'50.14"N   4° 6'54.19"W

Switzerland Belinzona  46°12'11.90"N   9° 2'12.09"E
Switzerland Berne  46°57'0.78"N   7°25'38.23"E
Switzerland Delemont  47°21'46.69"N   7°21'30.93"E
Switzerland Delemont  47°21'47.47"N   7°21'33.33"E
Switzerland Erstfeld  46°49'6.91"N   8°39'1.99"E
Switzerland Geneva 46°12'53.84"N 6°08'31.93"E
Switzerland Landquart  46°57'50.63"N   9°33'20.38"E
Switzerland Meiringen  46°43'38.00"N   8°10'54.49"E
Switzerland Meiringen  46°43'36.85"N   8°11'10.37"E
Switzerland Naters  46°19'12.80"N   7°59'50.74"E
Switzerland Olten  47°21'39.14"N   7°54'56.16"E
Switzerland Olten  47°21'42.80"N   7°55'3.04"E
Switzerland Realp  46°35'36.62"N   8°30'1.04"E
Switzerland Renen  46°32'1.37"N   6°35'19.21"E
Switzerland Spiez  46°40'51.98"N   7°41'10.92"E
Switzerland Vitznau  47° 0'33.70"N   8°28'57.77"E

TN Bruceton  36° 2'45.55"N  88°14'30.77"W
TN Chattanooga  35° 03' 37" N  85° 15' 01" W
TN Chattanooga  35° 2'58.75"N  85°16'55.83"W
TN Knoxville  36° 2'12.87"N  83°49'2.46"W
TN Memphis  35° 04' 13" N  90° 04' 15" W
TN Nashville  36° 05' 31" N  86° 45' 09" W

TX Amarillo  35° 11' 43" N 101° 49' 44" W
TX Amarillo  35°12'33.61"N 101°48'33.78"W
TX Dalhart  36° 4'16.17"N 102°30'53.53"W
TX Denison  33°46'9.15"N  96°34'22.53"W
TX El Paso  31° 45' 23" N 106° 29' 45" W
TX El Paso  31°46'25.02"N 106°28'7.67"W
TX Fort Worth  32°45'4.61"N  97°19'22.50"W
TX Fort Worth  32°47'22.16"N  97°20'43.96"W
TX Fort Worth  32°43'41.20"N  97°22'2.23"W
TX Grapevine  32°55'59.24"N  97° 4'47.75"W
TX Houston  29° 44' 41" N  95° 20' 25" W
TX Marshall  32°33'4.60"N  94°21'33.32"W
TX Maydelle  31°48'5.55"N  95°18'4.86"W
TX San Antonio  29°26'8.70"N  98°28'25.93"W
TX Temple  31° 5'45.35"N  97°20'58.17"W
TX Waco  31°34'30.19"N  97° 6'7.68"W
TX Wichita Falls  33°54'49.84"N  98°29'12.18"W

UT Midvale  40°37'11.37"N 111°54'24.02"W
UT Ogden  41° 13' 35" N 111° 58' 59" W
UT Ogden  41° 12' 47" N 111° 59' 07" W
UT Salt Lake City  40° 47' 22" N 111° 54' 29" W
UT West Jordan  40°35'34.55"N 111°59'40.39"W

VA Montrose  37°30'38.85"N  77°24'48.51"W
VA Norfolk  36° 52' 26" N  76° 18' 59" W
VA Roanoke  37°16'28.13"N  79°55'50.46"W
VA Roanoke  37°16'23.57"N  79°56'6.91"W
VA Roanoke  37°16'49.28"N  79°58'15.24"W
VA Roanoke  37°16'48.29"N  79°58'35.42"W

VT Burlington  44°28'14.25"N  73°13'9.83"W

WA Auburn  47° 18' 06" N 122° 13' 48" W
WA Pasco  46° 13' 41" N 119° 05' 03" W
WA Seattle  47° 39' 12" N 122° 22' 55" W
WA Spokane  47° 40' 24" N 117° 19' 35" W
WA Tacoma  47°14'32.06"N 122°25'44.02"W
WA Yakima  46° 34' 22" N 120° 30' 10" W

WI Altoona  44°48'32.13"N  91°25'57.46"W
WI Fond du Lac  43°49'3.68"N  88°28'32.05"W
WI Fond du Lac  43°48'40.72"N  88°28'41.12"W
WI Green Bay  44°31'59.11"N  88° 1'3.99"W
WI Green Bay  44°30'50.44"N  88° 1'51.46"W
WI Janesville  42°38'54.79"N  89° 0'29.54"W
WI Janesville  42°40'40.53"N  89° 2'4.73"W
WI La Crosse  43°49'51.23"N  91°15'8.82"W
WI Madison  43° 06' 22" N  89° 21' 41" W
WI Stevens Point  44° 30' 47" N  89° 34' 04" W
WI Superior  46° 43' 16" N  92° 06' 56" W

WV Elkins  38°55'29.23"N  79°51'7.95"W
WV Fairmont  39°29'45.46"N  80° 7'37.71"W
WV Grafton  39°20'24.18"N  80° 1'19.85"W
WV Hinton  37°40'39.42"N  80°53'11.25"W
WV Martinsburg  39°27'30.31"N  77°57'35.85"W
WV Martinsburg  39°27'33.40"N  77°57'36.44"W
WV McMechan  39°59'46.15"N  80°44'1.72"W
WV Williamson  37°39'50.59"N  82°16'7.93"W

WY Caspar  42°51'20.18"N 106°19'23.85"W
WY Cheyenne  41° 7'47.49"N 104°48'54.81"W
WY Cheyenne  41° 8'12.52"N 104°50'3.86"W
WY Evanston  41° 16' 20" N 110° 58' 16" W
WY Sheridan  44°48'38.32"N 106°57'4.39"W

YT, Canada Whitehorse  60°43'29.16"N 135° 3'12.40"W

 

 

A-the-a, a-the-a, -a-the-a... That's all Folk's!

 

After a few days for more additions and/or corrections, I'll consolidate it all and make both a Google Earth KMZ file and an Excel spreadsheet available (links to files on the web).

 

Semper Vaporo

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Posted by beaulieu on Monday, August 29, 2011 12:54 PM

Semper Vaporo

That makes TWELVE in Switzerland!  Maybe it is just because the images of Switzerland on Google Earth are particularly clear, but all the RR properties (the roundhouses in particular) are very clean and well maintained.

Cleanliness is SOP for Switzerland. There are still many separate railway companies in Switzerland each of which has its own maintenance facility all of which need to be checked.

Here is another one

Meiringen, Switzerland - Zentralbahn

Turntable 46° 43' 36.85" N    8° 11' 10.36" E

Transfer Table   46° 43' 37.98 N  8° 10' 54.46" E

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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Monday, August 29, 2011 8:42 AM

Thanks again!  I hunted all over Switzerland and only found 2 (neither of which you listed!)

I think I have found another one, adjacent to another one (only a few car lengths away).  It appears to have been built to turn longer cars and to not have to shut down the roundhouse to rebuild that one.  Do you know if this is true?

The Roundhouse is at:

Switzerland Delemont  47°21'47.47"N   7°21'33.33"E

The 2nd (larger) one is just a couple of carlengths West Southwest of it.

 EDIT:

Switzerland Delemont  47°21'46.69"N   7°21'30.93"E

That makes TWELVE in Switzerland!  Maybe it is just because the images of Switzerland on Google Earth are particularly clear, but all the RR properties (the roundhouses in particular) are very clean and well maintained.

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Posted by beaulieu on Monday, August 29, 2011 12:20 AM

Semper Vaporo

 

 

 

 

Thanks...

But I have some questions to get the city names right...  I name my findings by the nearest city name that Google Earth puts screen and I have found that I am wrong often because the place is really associated with some other city that may not be the closest.  I realize that city boundaries are often intertwined and confused and  that Google Earth may label some suburbs that may not be truely associated with the site I am looking at. (And sometimes Google Earth is just plain wrong!)

Depends on how you want to list them, based on how they are really named in Switzerland or upon a system generated by Google Earth, which appears to be based on Hamlets which are not officially recognized as a political subdivision in Switzerland. In Switzerland it goes down like this Canton (State), Bezirk or depending on language (District), Commune, Gemeinde, Kreis, Stadt (Municipality or City).

The 1st one you have listed as being Vitznau and I can find that name on Google Earth, but it is associated with the station adjacent to the turntable and a metropolitan area to the north.  The city names that appear nearest the station are: Seemli and Hinterbach.

Vitznau is the Gemeinde (Municipality) governing all of the Canton of Luzern east of Weggis. Seemli and Hinterbach are hamlets that would be known to locals, but do not have any legal existence.

Gemeinde Vitznau

The 2nd one is closer to Pedemonte and Bollette.

Similar problem here. Bellinzona exists and is the capital of the Canton of Ticino. I don't find any official reference to the other two.

I would have associated the 3rd one with Igis.

Here the situation is different. Igis is the correct Gemeinde (Municipality). Landquart comes from the hamlet (unofficial), Bezirk (District -official), and railroad name for the location. Remember the District is the intermediate level of government, above the Gemeinde. I believe the railroad name predates the area being annexed into Igis.

It might be best to label this one as RhB Landquart Shops, Igis, Switzerland.

Can you shed any light on how you came up with the names.

 

BTW: if anyone wants to use the coordinates as they appear in the posting, you may have to shorten the compass direction names to just the first letter ("N" for North, etc.).  Google Earth works for me that way, but did not like the full compass direction name.

 

Notice that I added more locations to my original posting. There are likely many more in Switzerland that I can look up.

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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Sunday, August 28, 2011 11:28 PM

beaulieu

A few to add to your list;

Vitznau, Switzerland - Rigibahn  turntable only, rack for cogwheel equipped, 2 tracks - cross pattern

47° 00' 33.69" North   8° 28' 57.75" East

 

Bellinzona, Switzerland  - Swiss Federal Railway (SBB) San Paolo Yard  turntable only

46° 12' 11.84"  North   9° 2' 12.17"  East

 

Landquart, Switzerland - Rhätische Bahn (RhB) Roundhouse with turntable

46° 57' 50.60" North   9° 33' 20.39" East

 

Thanks...

But I have some questions to get the city names right...  I name my findings by the nearest city name that Google Earth puts screen and I have found that I am wrong often because the place is really associated with some other city that may not be the closest.  I realize that city boundaries are often intertwined and confused and  that Google Earth may label some suburbs that may not be truely associated with the site I am looking at. (And sometimes Google Earth is just plain wrong!)

The 1st one you have listed as being Vitznau and I can find that name on Google Earth, but it is associated with the station adjacent to the turntable and a metropolitan area to the north.  The city names that appear nearest the station are: Seemli and Hinterbach.

The 2nd one is closer to Pedemonte and Bollette.

I would have associated the 3rd one with Igis.

Can you shed any light on how you came up with the names.

 

BTW: if anyone wants to use the coordinates as they appear in the posting, you may have to shorten the compass direction names to just the first letter ("N" for North, etc.).  Google Earth works for me that way, but did not like the full compass direction name.

 

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Posted by beaulieu on Sunday, August 28, 2011 10:49 PM

A few to add to your list;

Vitznau, Switzerland - Rigibahn  turntable only, rack for cogwheel equipped, 2 tracks - cross pattern

47° 00' 33.69" North   8° 28' 57.75" East

 

Bellinzona, Switzerland  - Swiss Federal Railway (SBB) San Paolo Yard  turntable only

46° 12' 11.84"  North   9° 2' 12.17"  East

 

Landquart, Switzerland - Rhätische Bahn (RhB) Roundhouse with turntable

46° 57' 50.60" North   9° 33' 20.39" East

 

Geneva, Switzerland  -  Swiss Federal Railways (SBB)  Cornavin station turntable only

46° 12' 53.84"  North   6° 08'  31.93"  East

 

Erstfeld, Switzerland - Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) Traverser

46° 49' 06.91"  North  8° 39' 01.99"  East

 

Olten, Switzerland - Swiss Federal Railways (SBB)  Main Car Shops

Traverser  47° 21' 39.14" North  7° 54' 56.16" East

Turntable  47° 21' 42.80"  North  7° 55' 03.04" East

 

Realp, Switzerland - Dampf Furka Bahn (historic Steam railway) Turntable former roundhouse.

46° 35' 36.62" North   8° 30' 01.04" East

 

Spiez, Switzerland - Bern -Lötschberg - Simplon Railway (BLS) main shops  traverser only

46° 40' 51.98"  North  7° 41' 10.92"  East

 

There are probably many more in Switzerland if you are interested.

 

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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Sunday, August 28, 2011 8:08 AM

The next batch:

OH Akron  41° 03' 47" N  81° 27' 26" W
OH Ashtabula  41°52'15.99"N  80°48'1.23"W
OH Bellevue  41°16'37.09"N  82°49'57.46"W
OH Brewster  40°42'57.16"N  81°36'19.76"W
OH Canton  40°46'10.92"N  81°24'51.94"W
OH Cleveland  41°26'40.16"N  81°38'22.73"W
OH Cleveland  41°28'29.48"N  81°40'32.86"W
OH Columbus  39° 54' 35" N  82° 59' 02" W
OH Crestline  40°47'2.06"N  82°45'13.94"W
OH Dayton  39°46'1.99"N  84°10'0.82"W
OH Hamilton  39°23'15.47"N  84°33'19.43"W
OH Lima  40°43'23.72"N  84° 6'21.82"W
OH Lima  40°44'48.17"N  84° 6'5.67"W
OH Lorain  41°26'11.64"N  82° 8'44.49"W
OH Marion  40° 35' 25" N  83° 09' 03" W
OH Mingo Jct  40°18'15.66"N  80°36'59.37"W
OH Portsmouth  38°44'30.64"N  82°57'2.44"W
OH Riverside  39° 5'3.65"N  84°34'49.14"W
OH Sharonville  39° 16' 04" N  84° 25' 06" W
OH Toledo  41°36'42.10"N  83°31'4.20"W
OH Willard  41° 3'42.08"N  82°43'50.61"W
OH Youngstown  41° 7'55.35"N  80°41'7.80"W

OK El Reno  35°32'21.85"N  97°56'55.53"W
OK Muskogee  35°45'41.87"N  95°21'29.40"W
OK Oklahoma City  35° 27' 22" N  97° 29' 48" W

ON, Canada Capriol  46°42'48.19"N  80°55'52.94"W
ON, Canada Ft. Erie  42°55'34.06"N  78°55'26.42"W
ON, Canada Rideau Junction, Ottawa  45°20'21.12"N  75°42'34.57"W
ON, Canada Sarnia  42°57'23.16"N  82°23'41.22"W
ON, Canada Toronto  43° 48' 09" N  79° 14' 45" W
ON, Canada Toronto  43° 38' 27" N  79° 23' 09" W

OR Ashland  42° 11' 55" N 122° 42' 19" W
OR Eugene  44° 03' 60" N 123° 07' 40" W
OR Klamath Falls  42°13'7.75"N 121°46'11.58"W
OR Portland  45° 29' 28" N 122° 38' 45" W
OR Portland  45° 38' 58" N 122° 41' 10" W

Oxfordshire, UK Didcot  51°36'53.63"N   1°14'43.40"W

PA Altoona  40°32'11.79"N  78°22'52.17"W
PA Altoona  40°33'1.22"N  78°22'6.14"W
PA Altoona  40°30'50.00"N  78°24'2.09"W
PA Bethlehem  40° 37' 10" N  75° 24' 39" W
PA Carbondale  41°34'39.87"N  75°30'3.45"W
PA Clifton Forge  37°48'36.21"N  79°50'9.34"W
PA Connellsville  40° 0'23.49"N  79°35'39.66"W
PA Conway  40° 30' 04" N  80° 14' 31" W
PA Dickerson Run  40° 2'53.02"N  79°39'58.09"W
PA Enola  40° 17' 43" N  76° 55' 37" W
PA Erie  42° 7'36.98"N  80° 3'36.58"W
PA Lackawanna  42°48'50.72"N  78°50'10.57"W
PA Lewistown  40°35'13.62"N  77°35'12.32"W
PA Monroeville  40° 26' 05" N  79° 48' 12" W
PA New Castle  40°58'6.32"N  80°22'8.15"W
PA Orbisonia  40°14'25.27"N  77°54'0.21"W
PA Philadelphia  39° 55' 43" N  75° 12' 29" W
PA Port Clinton  40°34'53.72"N  76° 1'36.74"W
PA Scranton  41° 24' 26" N  75° 40' 16" W
PA Sharpsville  41°15'57.96"N  80°28'14.64"W
PA West Pittston Jct  41°21'9.30"N  75°48'1.89"W
PA Wilkes-Barre/Kingston  41°15'48.75"N  75°54'12.32"W

Panama Colon   9°20'56.01"N  79°53'59.29"W
Panama Panama   8°59'30.10"N  79°35'12.64"W

Peru Chosica  11°56'3.61"S  76°41'29.04"W
Peru Lima  12° 2'23.97"S  77° 2'19.84"W
Peru San Bartolome  11°54'14.66"S  76°30'57.71"W

Poland Brzezinka  50° 2'43.55"N  19°12'8.91"E
Poland Warsaw  52°17'10.43"N  21° 1'5.43"E

PRC Datong,  40° 6'49.25"N 113°16'39.30"E

QC, Canada Charny  46° 42' 25" N  71° 16' 19" W
QC, Canada Montreal  45° 28' 59" N  73° 32' 56" W
QC, Canada Montreal  45° 28' 02" N  73° 40' 25" W

Romania Alexandru cel Bun  47° 9'59.42"N  27°33'50.34"E
Romania Azaclau  45°26'29.56"N  28° 3'55.06"E
Romania Bucuresti  44°27'38.70"N  26° 3'25.13"E
Romania Bucuresti  44°26'59.00"N  26° 3'53.18"E
Romania Buzau  45° 8'34.25"N  26°50'27.10"E
Romania Constanta  44° 9'57.72"N  28°34'36.20"E
Romania Mangalia   43°49'34.70"N  28°34'50.58"E
Romania Medgidia  44°15'12.18"N  28°16'23.65"E
Romania PaÅŸcani  47°15'8.62"N  26°43'45.57"E

Russia Moscow  55°46'29.20"N  37°34'22.98"E
Russia Moscow  55°46'51.26"N  37°39'10.80"E

There, that'll keep ya busy!

 

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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Sunday, August 28, 2011 8:00 AM

I spent some time AGAIN studying the images of Galesburg, Illinois and FINALLY found where I was sure a roundhouse existed.

IL Galesburg  40°56'22.89"N  90°21'59.81"W

And entering the whole address from Paul's post (just did a copy and paste of everything in the last line after the words "Go to") took me right to the roundhouse and turntable.  That makes it EASY! Thanks.

LA New Orleans  29°54'58.16"N  90° 6'19.80"W

 

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Posted by Paul of Covington on Saturday, August 27, 2011 2:22 PM

   In Louisiana, the New Orleans Public Belt RR (NOPB.com) has a turntable still in use.     I'm using a borrowed computer and don't have access to Google Earth, so don't have coordinates handy, but sattelite view on Mapquest shows a good view of it.    Go to 4822 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, La.

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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Saturday, August 27, 2011 7:15 AM

The "N"'s:

NB, Canada Fredericton  45° 57' 22" N  66° 38' 49" W

NC Asheville  35° 34' 01" N  82° 33' 41" W
NC Charlotte  35°14'19.29"N  80°49'56.34"W
NC Greensboro  36° 3'32.57"N  79°50'58.14"W
NC Raleigh  35° 47' 15" N  78° 38' 31" W
NC Spencer  35° 41' 10" N  80° 26' 10" W

ND Fargo  46° 53' 23" N  96° 48' 57" W
ND Grand Forks  47° 55' 03" N  97° 02' 46" W
ND Jamestown  46°54'28.83"N  98°43'33.96"W
ND Kenmare  48°40'17.08"N 102° 5'10.58"W
ND Mandan  46° 49' 30" N 100° 53' 21" W

NE Alliance  42° 5'34.40"N 102°52'13.99"W
NE Bridgeport  41°39'36.69"N 103° 5'50.21"W
NE Fairbury  40° 7'54.30"N  97°10'35.65"W
NE Falls City  40° 2'49.82"N  95°35'40.47"W
NE Fremont  41° 25' 34" N  96° 28' 31" W
NE Hastings  40°34'57.64"N  98°24'14.91"W
NE Lincoln  40° 49' 13" N  96° 42' 52" W
NE Lincoln  40° 48' 39" N  96° 44' 00" W
NE McCook  40°11'44.41"N 100°37'33.19"W
NE Norfolk  42° 0'46.54"N  97°24'53.46"W
NE Omaha  41° 13' 49" N  95° 54' 55" W

NH Bartlett  44° 4'36.23"N  71°17'13.49"W
NH Dover  43°12'22.60"N  70°51'52.55"W
NH North Conway  44° 03' 07" N  71° 07' 46" W
NH White River Jct  43°38'41.71"N  72°18'40.02"W

NJ Hawthorne  40°57'29.16"N  74° 9'11.38"W
NJ Newark  40° 42' 58" N  74° 09' 32" W
NJ Ridgefield Park  40°50'23.73"N  74° 1'45.59"W

NM Albuquerque  35° 04' 23" N 106° 39' 01" W
NM Belen  34° 39' 16" N 106° 46' 03" W
NM Clovis  34° 23' 48" N 103° 12' 41" W

NS, Canada Halifax  44°39'29.29"N  63°37'28.13"W
NS, Canada Kentville  45° 4'45.15"N  64°30'12.23"W

NV Caliente  37°37'2.53"N 114°30'26.43"W

NY Auburn  42°55'47.49"N  76°34'50.23"W
NY Batavia  42°59'42.39"N  78°11'26.14"W
NY Binghamton  42° 05' 48" N  75° 51' 12" W
NY Binghamton  42° 05' 53" N  75° 51' 26" W
NY Buffalo  42°53'58.36"N  78°48'37.08"W
NY Buffalo  42°52'43.02"N  78°49'13.40"W
NY Cortland  42°35'22.50"N  76°11'11.53"W
NY East Syracuse  43° 03' 46" N  76° 04' 29" W
NY Elmira  42° 6'13.47"N  76°48'45.70"W
NY North Creek  43°42'10.04"N  73°59'17.94"W
NY Port Jervis  41° 22' 35" N  74° 41' 41" W
NY Rome  43° 11' 56" N  75° 27' 15" W
NY South Albany  42°32'28.82"N  73°49'10.67"W
NY Utica  43° 06' 28" N  75° 14' 01" W
NY W. Seneca  42°50'57.44"N  78°45'54.29"W
NY Watertown  43° 58' 21" N  75° 55' 50" W
NY Watertown  43° 57' 19" N  75° 56' 59" W

NZ Ohakune  39°24'13.04"S 175°25'6.80"E

 

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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Friday, August 26, 2011 2:39 PM

I was just wandering around on Google Earth again.  I zoomed way out with all the pushpins showing all the turntables/roundhouses I have found (makes for a mighty yellow screen!).  I do this every once in a while, looking at the gaps and blank areas.  I then go looking for towns in one of those areas that I figure were associated with a RR or maybe cattle or grains or maybe transloading to ships.  Way too many show no signs there were ever RRs in the vicinity, even though I am sure they could not have existed without them.

Most often I find a place where there is an area where I am sure one should be, but find an Interstate highway interchange instead.

Often I have to switch to different years in the Historical Imagery feature, and it is not always the oldest image that proves the most useful in finding the telltales of where a turntable or roundhouse were.

Every once in a while I stumble upon something.

I was looking at central Michigan and figured Lansing should have something, but I could not find a thing.  So i followed a rail line to the southwest right to Battle Creek... Bingo!  Another one!  And follow some East and yet another one in Jackson.  I decided that Muskegon should have had some RR operations, but found nothing, so I worked my way north and found something in Ludington.  Following lines north to Manistee finds another.

This could go on all afternoon, but I have other things to do now.

MI Battle Creek  42°19'44.01"N  85° 8'38.61"W
MI Jackson  42°14'22.16"N  84°22'58.58"W
MI Ludington  43°56'52.46"N  86°25'35.24"W
MI Manistee  44°14'38.94"N  86°18'41.71"W

 

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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Friday, August 26, 2011 11:53 AM

Consolidation of the above help...

IL Villa Grove  39°51'32.24"N  88° 9'43.75"W

IN Terre Haute  39°29'50.30"N  87°22'47.30"W
IN Terre Haute  39°28'53.59"N  87°22'7.35"W

ME Millinocket  45°40'3.10"N  68°42'42.80"W

MI Durand  42°54'48.51"N  83°59'41.28"W

Thanks for the leads, everybody.

Several of the above are only visible if you select just the right historical image.  Ground vegetation certainly can hide or enhance the ability to detect the footprint of a roundhouse.

Some of the others I cannot find any evidence, even though my somewhat practiced eye at finding roundhouses sure says that there just had to have been one in a certain area, just based on the topology of the land (and tracks and streets).  But without the real clues of radial lines on the ground or semi-circular walls/foundations, I just don't feel like guessing the location of the center of the turntable (roundhouse 'focal point').

 

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Posted by The Butler on Friday, August 26, 2011 10:11 AM

I think inch53 mistyped, I found the round house at

39 51'32N  88 09'43.19W

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Posted by inch53 on Friday, August 26, 2011 5:40 AM
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Zwingle,

 There’s one more in ILL you missed for sure.

The C&EI had a round house [still there i think] and turn table [gone] in Villa Grove ILL.   39 09’32.00”N    88 09’ 43.19” w

And the NYC and PRR both had round house in Terre Haute Ind, but neither one of the footprints show up on Google maps for me. You might have better luck.

NYC was in this area,  39 29’ 54.31”N    87 22’ 48.04”W

PRR was somewhere round here,  39 28’ 54.76”N    87 21’ 53.76”W

http://www.trainboard.com/railimages/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/4309

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Posted by CShaveRR on Thursday, August 25, 2011 7:57 PM

You might be able to find something in North Yard, Muskegon, Michigan (not sure they had a turntable, but it would be logical).

You can definitely find evidence of the roundhouse and turntable at Durand, Michigan.  Go northwest from the diamond to the yard, then stay along the south side of the yard.

Grand Haven definitely had a turntable at one point (I understand the engine house was rectangular, though):  I couldn't find any evidence of it, though, as things have been pretty well paved over in that area.  The old GTW station was at 1 North Harbor Drive; go northeast on Harbor Drive another block and a half to where it was...it's now under the street and/or a parking lot.

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Posted by Randy Stahl on Thursday, August 25, 2011 7:00 PM

Millinocket Maine , roundhouse, turntable,coal tower, ashpit......

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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Thursday, August 25, 2011 6:12 PM

The "M"'s:

MA Chester  42°17'10.75"N  72°58'55.20"W
MA Greenfield  42° 34' 19" N  72° 34' 01" W

Manitoba, Canada Winnipeg  49°54'47.85"N  97° 9'26.73"W

MD Baltimore  39° 19' 00" N  76° 37' 32" W
MD Baltimore  39° 17' 08" N  76° 37' 58" W
MD Brunswick  39° 18' 39" N  77° 37' 26" W
MD Cumberland  39° 37' 47" N  78° 45' 56" W
MD Frostburg  39° 39' 25" N  78° 55' 28" W
MD Hagerstown  39°38'27.25"N  77°43'58.56"W

ME Bangor  44°47'9.23"N  68°46'38.27"W
ME Belfast  44°25'42.36"N  69° 0'25.55"W
ME Caribou  46°51'47.07"N  67°59'52.60"W
ME Derby  45°13'52.89"N  68°58'6.06"W
ME Hermon  44°47'25.61"N  68°51'55.39"W
ME Rockland  44° 6'4.45"N  69° 7'21.67"W
ME South Portland  43° 37' 31" N  70° 17' 43" W
ME Waterville  44° 34' 06" N  69° 37' 00" W
ME Waterville  44° 33' 59" N  69° 37' 09" W

Mexico Mexico City  19° 31' 34" N  99° 11' 01" W

MI Dearborn  42° 18' 25" N  83° 13' 48" W
MI Detroit   42° 19' 19" N  83° 07' 02" W
MI Escanaba  45°44'52.67"N  87° 3'30.08"W
MI Grand Rapids  42° 56' 11" N  85° 40' 42" W
MI Grand Rapids  42° 56' 41" N  85° 42' 13" W
MI Kalamazoo  42° 17' 38" N  85° 33' 58" W
MI New Buffalo  41°47'9.91"N  86°44'25.50"W
MI Owosso  42° 59' 38" N  84° 09' 56" W
MI Pontiac  42°39'21.96"N  83°19'5.22"W
MI Port Huron  42°57'40.66"N  82°27'43.06"W
MI Port Huron  42°57'55.06"N  82°28'7.46"W
MI Saginaw  43°26'27.56"N  83°55'5.49"W
MI Tawas City  44°16'36.99"N  83°30'8.39"W
MI Wells  45°46'34.36"N  87° 3'55.65"W

MN Brainerd  46° 21' 24" N  94° 11' 14" W
MN Columbia Heights  45° 02' 49" N  93° 16' 21" W
MN Dilworth  46° 52' 22" N  96° 41' 34" W
MN Mankato  44° 9'49.11"N  94° 0'47.87"W
MN Minneapolis  44° 59' 39" N  93° 14' 41" W
MN Minneapolis  45° 01' 11" N  93° 14' 58" W
MN Montevideo  44° 56' 33" N  95° 43' 39" W
MN Proctor  46°45'28.89"N  92°14'25.56"W
MN Rollag  46° 44' 51" N  96° 14' 06" W
MN St Paul  44° 56' 23" N  93° 02' 50" W
MN St Paul  44° 57' 45" N  93° 05' 45" W
MN St Paul  44° 57' 21" N  93° 11' 11" W
MN Thief River Falls  48° 07' 50" N  96° 10' 32" W
MN Two Harbors  47° 1'9.23"N  91°40'34.00"W
MN Wabasha  44° 23' 02" N  92° 02' 56" W
MN Wilmar  45° 07' 27" N  95° 01' 59" W
MN Worthington  43°37'4.03"N  95°35'40.01"W

MO Brookfield  39°47'2.76"N  93° 4'39.68"W
MO Hannibal  39°41'25.25"N  91°22'49.57"W
MO Joplin  37° 4'46.62"N  94°30'33.90"W
MO Kansas City  39° 07' 14" N  94° 30' 00" W
MO Kansas City  39° 7'38.77"N  94°31'3.07"W
MO Kansas City,  39° 4'45.80"N  94°36'3.32"W
MO Marceline  39°42'28.32"N  92°57'25.79"W
MO Moberly  39°25'32.29"N  92°26'33.21"W
MO North Kansas City  39° 8'39.66"N  94°33'10.78"W
MO Springfield  37° 13' 48" N  93° 18' 34" W
MO St. Louis  38° 41' 28" N  90° 12' 54" W
MO St. Louis  38° 37' 56" N  90° 14' 46" W
MO Trenton  40° 4'34.98"N  93°36'39.60"W

MS Amory  33°58'56.31"N  88°29'24.41"W
MS Columbus  33° 30' 03" N  88° 24' 43" W
MS Jackson  32°19'51.06"N  90°11'13.49"W
MS Vicksburg  32°20'37.07"N  90°53'16.72"W

MT Butte  46° 00' 34" N 112° 31' 11" W
MT Deer Lodge  46°23'31.45"N 112°44'28.50"W
MT Glendive  47° 06' 18" N 104° 42' 34" W
MT Great Falls  47° 30' 00" N 111° 18' 51" W
MT Harlowton  46°25'45.58"N 109°49'40.82"W
MT Havre  48° 33' 10" N 109° 39' 49" W
MT Helena  46° 36' 04" N 112° 00' 38" W
MT Laurel  45°40'13.18"N 108°45'5.73"W
MT Livingston  45°40'4.00"N 110°33'17.09"W
MT Miles City  46° 24' 59" N 105° 50' 19" W
MT Miles City  46° 24' 59" N 105° 50' 26" W
MT Whitefish  48° 24' 47" N 114° 20' 47" W

 

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Posted by Dragoman on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 9:50 PM

And yours is such a great list!  Quite a project!  Thank you again for sharing it.

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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 9:19 PM

Okay... added more in Kansas:

KS Coffeyville  37° 1'46.51"N  95°37'25.85"W
KS Coolidge  38° 2'27.69"N 102° 1'1.30"W
KS Elkart  36°59'49.45"N 101°53'52.91"W
KS Syracuse  37°58'56.16"N 101°45'42.69"W

And, no I had not found the one in Cullen, Louisiana, but since it does show in Google Earth, then I am adding it to the list.

LA Cullen  32°57'34.82"N  93°27'13.44"W

 

To reiterate... if I can find evidence of where the roundhouse or turntable exists, or at one time existed, then I will add it to the list.  It may only be a depression where the turntable pit was or a vague semicircular remnant of a wall or radial striations on the ground, and that is enough to add it to my list.

I have a few that I was able to determine where the roundhouse was by triangulating off of buildings, streets and/or other landmarks that appear in a photograph and pinpointed the center of the roundhouse on Google Earth by looking for those landmarks that are still visible and doing the same triangulation.

if I can't find it or find a way to determine where the center of the turntable/roundhouse WAS then I won't add it to "MY" list (feel free to add anything to any list YOU have).

 

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Posted by Dragoman on Monday, August 22, 2011 8:56 PM

Semper Vaporo --

You may have to subtract one (if you had it on your Louisiana list) --

"Historical train turntable, buildings razed" in Cullen, LA.

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Historical-train-turntable-buildings-razed-2135611.php

 

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Posted by mudchicken on Monday, August 22, 2011 7:57 PM

Hint Coffeyville: N37 01' 46.0"  W95 37' 28.1" http://local527.freeservers.com/photo.html

Hint Coolidge: N 38 02 28.0 W102 01' 02.8 http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM90YV_Coolidge_Kansas anything aerial pre-1985 ought to show the RH floor (after that two large polebarn haysheds start obscuring the brickwork)

Hint Syracuse: N37 58' 56.5" W 101 45' 41.6 http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,2149328 a PBX tower & radio system dogshouse sit on the RH pit along with two grain elevator storage tracks now.

Hint: Elkhart: N 36 59' 49.0" W101 53' 53.4" (1913-1926 Roundhouse moved after 1926 to Boise City OK (Boise City Terminal  N36 42' 58.8", W 102 30' 41.6" after Cimmarron/Colmor Cutoff got serious, 4 Stall at Elkhart, 26 at Boise City w/ provisions to double)

Hint: Pratt Kansas had 3 Roundhouses (CRIP ATSF & A&N/WNW) at one point....busy place

 

Hint: Downs, KS had a MoPac 10 bay RH N 39 30' 07.5" W 98 33' 01.6" http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/d/downs.html 

Hint: Horton, KS http://www.kshs.org/publicat/history/2004winter_quastler.pdf http://www.rits.org/www/structures/Heidi/HORTON.JPG

Hint: Herrington, KS http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,1572908

 

Diningcar probably knows of several more......

 

 

 

 

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Posted by Semper Vaporo on Monday, August 22, 2011 5:36 PM

Thanks, Mudchicken:  I found evidence of a Roundhouse and/or Turntable in 6 of those cities, but I cannot find anything at all in the others:

KS Ellis  38°56'10.16"N  99°32'56.91"W
KS Belleville  39°49'38.57"N  97°37'19.41"W
KS Pittsburg  37°25'24.84"N  94°41'28.58"W
KS Chanute  37°39'43.18"N  95°27'26.15"W
KS St. Francis  39°46'28.01"N 101°48'27.51"W
KS Hoisington  38°30'31.01"N  98°46'29.46"W

Thanks Zwingle: two more in Iowa:

IA Calmar  43°11'11.59"N  91°52'22.49"W
IA Manilla  41°53'20.77"N  95°14'17.09"W

The list is at 499 entries now.

 Whoops, make that 501.

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Posted by Zwingle on Monday, August 22, 2011 4:26 PM

There's a two-stall Milwaukee roundhouse at Calmar, IA. This was field-checked and extensively photographed by me last year. It stands open and empty, but it's solid.

There's also a mostly-filled turntable pit at Manilla, IA.

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