BNSF Interbay Roundhouse. . . going. . going. . . . GONE! - Trainorders. com Roundhouse-shaped locomotive servicing structures largely vanished from the railroad scene decades ago, particularly on Class 1 railroads Supposedly this was because, while their shape was conducive to service steam, it wasn't so good for servicing diesels, where linear servicing buildings seem to be preferred
120 year-old narrow gauge roundhouse still stands in CA - Trainorders. com I last took photos of the roundhouse in 1994 and last visited it about five years later To me it's amazing it's still standing ninty years after the railroad was abandoned in 1915 For those unfamiliar with the C L, it was a 3-foot-gauge line built in 1885 from Colusa to Colusa Junction, where it connected with SP's West Valley mainline
BNSF Interbay roundhouse gone… - Trainorders. com > The Interbay roundhouse in Seattle…an old GN > facility well over 100 years old is gone and out > of business too The property has been sold and > all the windows boarded up > > Makes sense to get rid of a repair facility in the > biggest terminal in the NW division Not…
Age of Steam building another roundhouse - Trainorders. com From the article The Age of Steam Roundhouse Museum (AoSRM) in Sugarcreek, Ohio, is pleased to announce that after a year and a half of planning, the construction of a new, 10-stall roundhouse has begun As a separate structure disconnected from the existing 18-stall AoSRM roundhou
PRR shop roundhouse yard in Crestline,Oh - Trainorders. com Dec 78 On the PRR New York-Chicago line about mid-way across Ohio is the small town of Crestline In 1918-1920 a large roundhouse, yard and shops were built to replace smaller older ones The last steam locomotives built for the PRR - the T1 class were based here
Mystery Roundhouse, Solved, Provo? - Trainorders. com Then I realized the mountains looked a bit familar Maybe it shows the Provo, Utah, roundhouse The profile of the mountains match in both the black and white photo taken on 1958, and a view in the same direction in Google street view Photo 1 shows the Provo roundhouse, a joint facility built in 1917 for the joint use of LA SL(UP) and Utah
Nostalgia History gt; SP Dunsmuir Roundhouse - Trainorders. com For me the size of the machine shop and the smokestack is particularly impressive, the roundhouse was a major feature The angle can be replicated by using the features of the hills directly next to the river, some folks don't know the Sacramento river squeezes behind the roundhouse and is about 15 to 20 feet wide at that point
Steve Lee Guest Speaker Hugo, CO, Roundhouse - Trainorders. com Steve Lee, retired from Union Pacific RR December 31, 2010, was the guest presenter at Hugo Roundhouse Restoration meeting in Hugo, Colorado, Sunday, March 13, 2011 His program covered the UP Steam Heritage program which he was involved oversaw during his career Over 50 folks from around Colora
Model Railroading gt; HO turntable roundhouse placement - Trainorders. com The space between turntable and roundhouse is tied in with the angle of the segments I use the Fleischmann turntable and roundhouse with 7 1 2 degrees but this has clip-in segments so things can be lined up with the 15 degree Vollmer roundhouse I have a German HO layout and do not like Marklin in case anyone thinks I made the wrong choice
BNSF new roundhouse in Wash. state - Trainorders. com > the new site for bnsf's mini roundhouse ~~ ~~ > > bnsf is so short of power that they intend to > round up 20 old "beaters" for helper service > between gold bar the start of the 1% grade to > skykomish and wenatchee almost all eastbound > trains will get a couple of units to handle their > train out of seattle and will stop at gold bar and