Any Turntables and round houses still standing?

[Anonymous]

Currie, Minnesota: The End-O-Line RR Park and Museum. Visit www.endoline.com. A manually operated turntable, depot, and other RR related displays on abandoned CNW RR trackage in southwest Minnesota. Fully restored and well maintained. You can see hints of the old roadbed going east from there through Dovray, Westbrook, Storden, Jeffers, and on to Bingham Lake where it connected to the CNW main. Beautiful rural setting in farm country. Lake Shetek nearby, with fishing, swimming and camping. See in the summertime! I grew up on a farm about 10 miles east of Currie, used to ride my bike down country gravel roads two and a half miles south of the farm to watch a steam engine pulling a short string of freight cars across a high (to me) trestle (since removed) over a creek bed. Well worth a visit, you will not be disappointed! Oh, for the good old days!
HalAng

[Anonymous]

BNSF has a large roundhouse & turntable at Seattle's Interbay Yard that they're using as the Northwest area's diesel engine shop. It's easy to see on Google Earth a bit north of the downtown area (follow the tracks along the waterfront to the yard). The roundhouse is about 160 degrees and looks to have at least a dozen engine stalls with room for another six or so as well as what looks like a car shop attached. Next time I'm in town I'll try for a visit and maybe some photos.

[old old carman]

The kids and I use to enjoy trooping thru the old roundhouse at Jamestown,Ca. but now that it's a State facility it isn"t nearly as enjoyable.

[Anonymous]

There is a functioning TT in Bellmeade, TX(just north of Waco) east of the old Bellmeade Katy Shops/UP Bellmeade Yard. I dont think it is used to turn power, as it really isnt all that big, but it might be able to turn locomotives. It is mostly used to turn boxcars that have busted doors, and can only open on one side. UP used to keep a 4-pack of mixed SW1500 and MP15s nearby.

[Dakguy201]

There is a functioning roundhouse and turntable in Sioux City, Iowa.  It houses a partially restored Great Northern steamer and some other railroad equipment.  It is generally open to the public on Saturday mornings in the summer.

[D&RGWRR476]

The old Denver, Southpark, and Pacific roundhouse in Como was restored over the last decade or so. It is a great photo spot.

[ModelTrainLover]

There's a 9in. HO scale TT in my room.

[spbed]

I saw one recently @ both the UPRR & BNSF yards in El Paso TX

 

 

I used to enjoy trooping around old round houses but not not many are left. Anyone know how to get a list of where some are?

Charlie

[inch53]

 in Villa Grove,IL, there is a abandoned roundhouse and tower

Turntable: Unknown

Thr round house was there  bout a month ago, but the coaling tower been gone awhile. Turn table was taken out some years ago, back in the early 80's as I remeber

Mike

[doghouse]

I saw one recently @ both the UPRR & BNSF yards in El Paso TX

You beat me to it!

 

I used to enjoy trooping around old round houses but not not many are left. Anyone know how to get a list of where some are?

Charlie

[dldance]

last weekend (8/4/07) was Round House days in Evanston Wyoming.  They are converting the UP round house there into their city offices.  The train show was held in the renovated machine shop.  The turntable still operates but is not used by the UP.

dd

[Anonymous]

there was a round house & turn table in use by IMRL now IC&E in mason city IA it is an ex MILW & ex SOO there also is a round house still standing in KCMO IT IS AN EX SLSF

I BELIVE KCS still has there round house and turn table its now an office building for the rr

tyler tx old COTTEN BELT shops there is a picture some where from 1936 that shows a round house turntable & shops with a loop track

[garthor]

Ok folks was poking around Long Island N.Y. using google earth and found 3 turntables that appear to be still standing?

1) near atlantic ave and 125th street ?

2) Greenport Long Island near A road ? 

3) Oyster bay on Long Island ?

If anyone lives near these could you respond with a couple of pictures? Current or old really dosen't matter I grew Up in New Rochelle N.Y. and left before I could go to these locations myself.

 

Thanks 

[rgappel]

I know this has already been mentioned, but GTW pontiac yard still has an operable turntable. The roundhouse was torn down, but the tracks remain in use. You can check it out in google with the highest zoom. Also, there is still a coaling tower there, as well as in Elberta, MI.

[spokyone]

Here is one not mentioned before in Eureka Springs AR

In Biggar Sask they are going to demolish the roundhouse there. I think it has been used as a turkey coop for many years.

[Biggarite]

Just an update on the Biggar Roundhouse;

 It has been tabled in the House of Commons and is seeking support in the hopes to make it a National Historic Point of Interest. The plans (That I have heard of) is to complete a phase resoration and a full Railway Museum.

http://www.carolskelton.ca/Releases2007/20071024a.htm

http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/local/story.html?id=ab9c46fe-c858-41bf-bfa0-04dd69a14036

If you care to support the cause then please sent an email to [e-mail] , all they need would be a name, location and why you would like to see it preserved.*

 

 

[spokyone]

Thanks for the link
http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/local/story.html?id=ab9c46fe-c858-41bf-bfa0-04dd69a14036

 

[EJE818]

The EJ&E has two operating roundhouses and turntables at Joliet and Gary, but with CN planning on expanding both yards when they take over they might not be around much longer. BNSF doesn't have any roundhouses left in the Chicago area, and they just took out the turntable at Eola Yard a week or two ago. CN still has a turntable at Homewood. Two of the nicer roundhouses I've been to are the WSOR roundhouse at Janesville and the IC&E's roundhouse at Nahant Yard in Davenport, IA.

[spokyone]

Turntables being in short supply in Rock Island IL, the MILW 261 stopped on the Government Bridge and they swung the  bridge around.

[Anonymous]

I cant believe the number of answers but I work at NS's Conway Diesel Shop which is a roundhouse and I operate the turntable there every night. I hope they never decide to get rid of it either and I have 38 years 11 months and 15 days left before i can retire.

[CSXDixieLine]

TVRM East Chattanooga and on the C&C at Summerville, GA

Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum has an operating turntable in East Chattanooga along the original Southern Railway mainline. The best part is that if you ride one of their trains (along a 3 mile stretch of the previously mentioned line), at the midpoint they bring all of the passengers right alongside the turntable to watch as they turn the engine for the ride back. The kids loved it (and so did our children  )

[Anonymous]

There is a DMIR round house still standing in Hibbing Mn.

Dave Aho is restoring it. There's a short piece on him that Jason Davis did last fall.

 

KSTP.com - Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008: Amazing Minnesotans then open Hibbing Arts Center

Dave is a sculpter and has his own site has well. He has big plans for this project.

He also has a web site http://www.weldedmetal.com/ to view some of his work.

[Ster1]

I know of two roundhouse still standing and six turntables

  1) Greenville, Pa. B&LE roundhouse and turntable, used (i think)

  2) Cleveland, Oh. CSX Clark yard roundhouse and turntable, unused

  3) Willard, Oh. CSX Willard yard turntable, used

  4) Akron, OH. W&LE Brittian yard turntable, used

  5) Brewster, Oh. W&LE Brewster yard turntable, used

  6) Grafton, WVa. CSX Grafton yard turntable, used

[ICRR1964]

I live in central Illinois in a small town on the TP&W line, about 10 miles down the road on RT 24 is a town called Forrest, it had an old set of tracks that crossed the TP&W tracks going north and south. I think this is the old Wabash Line. In the North East corner by the intersection of the 2 tracks is a turntable that is still there. Last summer the Wabash Train soc. uncoverd allthe over growth from it and is in the works of restoring the depot and turntable.

 

[jnbadventures]

I don't know of any round houses, but I know of one working turntable that has not been mentioned yet.  It is at the Lahaina station on Maui.  The Sugar Cane Train still runs daily as a tourist attraction and the LK & P RR 2-4-0 turns just outside the station and gift shop in Lahaina.  I wanted to post a picture because it's the only turntable that I've seen that has a wood plank deck rather than an open pit. 

For those that model trains, the Atlas turntable has been criticized as not being realistic, but I think that it looks a lot like this prototype turntable.

[Extiger]

In New Orleans, the NO Public Belt RR maintains a working TT and round house.  Saulte St. Marie Ontario also has a a working TT and roundhouse.  The TT is inside the building.

[Biggarite]

Roundhouse update for Biggar, Saskatchewan GTP

 

The building's fate has about 2 more months. It now has at least 2 ministers of parliament and heritage Canada supporting the cause as well as the Government of Canada requesting CN's intent on this matter.

 It is listed in the top 10 most endangered buildings of Canada and is again gaining interest world wide.

 

 

[Trainman2005]

It's probably pretty late, but I have made a resource of many roundhouses, turntables, and indicators thereof of roundhouses in the USA. most of them are marked off, but if any are missing please tell me.

Thanks, TM05/MatthewB.

[Lithonia Operator]

Trainman2005

It's probably pretty late, but I have made a resource of many roundhouses, turntables, and indicators thereof of roundhouses in the USA. most of them are marked off, but if any are missing please tell me.

Thanks, TM05/MatthewB.

 

Cold you furnish a link to your list? Thanks.

[CMStPnP]

Janesville, WI Turntable and roundhouse.   Mark 1:18 on the video.    Both are operational and in use.     Fond Du Lac, WI used to have both when track owned by Wisconsin Central.    Not sure if CN Preserved it or not.

Janesville, WI (first video mark 1:18)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2w-y5YCXsg

North Fond Du Lac, WI (video mark :28)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnrLTCMARSE