BNSF Interbay Roundhouse. . . going. . going. . . . GONE! 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
Marysville RH in the 1920s - Trainorders. com Here are two more random scenes from the Marshall County Historical Society collection In the 70s amp; 80s I was able to shoot several times around Marysville roundhouse It was fun to imagine what it would have been like to shoot during the steam era Finding these two images helps a bit
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
old round house in atlanta georgia aerial photos - Trainorders. com The roundhouse was home to Crescent Limited Ps-4s and other Atlanta based passenger steam power The coach yard, located where the parking lot is on the west side of the property, was the service base for the Southern's Atlanta passenger trains and cars, and launching pad for many steam excursions through the 1970s
HO turntable roundhouse placement I've combined two Heljan kits to form a 6 stall roundhouse and have just purchased a Walthers motorized turntable with a 13 3 16 quot; pit diameter Unfortunately, the turntable instructions don't give any clue as to how far the edge of the pit should be from the front of the stalls
BNSF Interbay roundhouse gone… A trainman buddy of mine who was a precious roundhouse employee went over there to try and find a headlight for his locomotive that day, and the police showed up…so somebody is paying attention to things over there
Arch Roof or Harriman -Roundhouse Passenger Car History This week's announcement of the return of the former Harriman Passenger Cars, now labeled Arch Roof got me thinking about MDC-Roundhouse's passenger offerings in HO scale over the years Here's a brief look at Roundhouse Passenger Car History
Bye bye Balmer…. Grab some of the former GN BN BNSF Interbay roundhouse while you are at it too The 20+ locomotives remaining there, many of which were in good working order or there for minor repairs or inspections when the house closed over a year ago, became stranded when the employees were told to exercise their seniority and the doors closed
Pennsylvania Museum Building Roundhouse The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania announced last week plans to build a new roundhouse The project is being undertaken in partnership with the Pennsylvania Historical amp; Museum Commission and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of General Services eciConstruction of Dillsburg, Pennsy