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Any Turntables and round houses still standing?

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Ft.Worth&WesternRR (FWWR) recently installed a turntable in the old historic stockyards tourist area to turn their daily Tarantula steam train locomotive, an 1898 <br />4-6-0. I am not sure which turn table they used. There is another stored lineside on the 8th ave. yard run (ex-Frisco route). Dismantled turntables in the area belonged to Santa Fe, Frisco,& Katy. U.P. (ex T&P) still has an active daily use turntable at Centennial Yard in Ft. Worth on the East side of the engine service/shop building. It is used to reorient locomotives directionwise at their major locomotive service facility. Viewing engine service area ,access is easy and up close . West on Vickery Blvd. west of University Dr. Make first left between car lots and drive through skinny underpass.. Road follows yard entrance to engine facility. It is a public road and there is parking area out of traffic. As a bonus , new yard track construction is underway up close. <br /> The ex-T&P turntable was used to turn the 600's (2-10-4 Texas types) originally, now its length is challenged only by SD-90's. The turntable is not right up front in the engine area, but on the other side somewhat behind the wash building and lines of locomotives. Hope this helps some
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