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List of railway roundhouses

This is a list of railway roundhouses. A roundhouse is a building used for servicing locomotives, large, circular or semicircular structures often located adjacent to or surrounding turntables.

Contents

Australia

  • Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre located, Goulburn, features the largest heritage based operating roundhouse in NSW and displays the historic transition from steam to diesel operations
  • Steamtown Peterborough Museum, a railway museum, Peterborough, South Australia, includes a roundhouse
  • Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum, Valley Heights, 75 km west of Sydney, contains the oldest surviving roundhouse in Australia
  • Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot, Newcastle, Broadmeadow, New South Wales, the 1948 vintage No. 2 roundhouse survives, a second roundhouse dating from 1924 was also on the site but it was demolished in 1990
  • The Collie Roundhouse in Collie Western Australia is rundown and not in use
  • The Lachlan Valley Railway is based at Cowra roundhouse
  • Pacific National use the remains of the roundhouse at Werris Creek, New South Wales
  • Gemco Rail use the roundhouse at Parkes, New South Wales
  • The roundhouse at Casino, New South Wales still stands although currently out of use

    • Canada

  • John Street Roundhouse, Toronto, Ontario, which is now the Steam Whistle Brewing, was formerly a Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive repair facility
  • CNR Spadina Roundhouse was also in Toronto until it was demolished in 1986
  • Vancouver Roundhouse, now the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Michigan Central Railroad Roundhouse, 240 Waterloo Street, London, Ontario, constructed in 1887 to service steam locomotives and ceased operations in the late 1890s, restored as a digital media centre
  • Roundhouse in Hornepayne, Ontario made by the Canadian National Railway
  • Biggar Roundhouse, built by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1909, demolished in 2015
  • Roundhouse, Chapleau, Ontario
  • Hanna, AB Roundhouse was designated a Provincial Historic Resource in August 2015, Hanna Roundhouse Society purchased the roundhouse, exterior turntable, and 9.97 acres in September 2013
  • Heritage Park roundhouse, Calgary, Alberta

    • France

  • Chambéry roundhouse, built between 1906 and 1910, Chambéry
  • Longueville roundhouse, Longueville, now the "Musée vivant du Chemin de Fer"
  • Montluçon roundhouse, Montluçon
  • Mohon roundhouse, Charleville-Mézières
  • Nogent-Vincennes roundhouse, built in 1849 in Paris-la Villette depot where it was used until it was disassembled in 1859 and then rebuilt at Nogent-Vincennes depot
  • Strasbourg-Hausbergen roundhouses
  • Colmar roundhouse
  • Sarrebourg roundhouse
  • Bénestroff roundhouse

    • Germany

  • Staßfurt
  • Wittenberge, ruin
  • Berlin-Pankow-Heinersdorf
  • Berlin-Rummelsburg

    • Hungary

  • Budapest North Depot (now the Hungarian Railway Museum).

    • Italy

  • Turin, near Porta Nouva terminal, 2 large roundhouses, one still currently in use by the FS electric locomotive fleet, the other is used as storage for historical equipment, neither accessible to public

    • Japan

  • Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum, Kyoto
  • Tsuyama Roundhouse, Tsuyama

    • Mexico

  • Ferrocarriles Mexicanos yards southwest of downtown, Guadalajara
  • Ferrocarriles Mexicanos yards, San Luis Potosi

    • Poland

    There are several dozen round houses still in operational use in Poland (albeit for diesel or electric locomotives) each with electric powered turntables. Many also remain extant but unused such as Gnieszno and Bydgoszcz. Below are ones associated with steam preservation.

  • Roundhouse, Wolsztyn and Leszno, used daily in conjunction with scheduled PKP steam
  • Okrąglak roundhouse in Piła
  • Roundhouse Skierniewice
  • Roundhouse Jaworzna Slaska
  • Roundhouse Tczew
  • Roundhouse Bydgoszcz

    • Portugal

    Entroncamento Municipality Portuguese National Railway Museum

    Switzerland

  • The lok remise at Uster station, Ulster, canton of Zurich

    • Sri Lanka

  • Galle Railway Station
  • Badulla Railway Station

    • Taiwan

  • Changhua Station (彰化車站) Changhua Fan-Shaped Depot

    • United Kingdom

  • Barrow Hill Engine Shed roundhouse, Derbyshire
  • North Midland Railway roundhouse, listed building built in 1839, Derby, England
  • The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England was built in 1847, but was too small for its function within 20 years, now an arts center
  • Roundhouse and half-roundhouse, Wellington Road/Graingers Way, Leeds, both built in approximately 1847 and are listed buildings, the much larger roundhouse is occupied by a commercial vehicle hire company; the half-roundhouse now houses a retail wine warehouse and a procurement management company
  • Roundhouse and working turntable, St. Blazey, Cornwall, now on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register

    • Alabama

  • Alabama Great Southern Railroad Finley roundhouse, Birmingham, Alabama
  • Louisville and Nashville Railroad roundhouse, Tarrant, Alabama
  • Roundhouse, Tuscumbia, Alabama

    • Arizona

  • Verde Tunnel & Smelter Railroad roundhouse, Clarkdale, Arizona
  • El Paso and Southwestern Railroad roundhouse, Tucson, Arizona

    • Arkansas

  • Hot Springs Railroad Roundhouse, Hot Spring County, Arkansas
  • St. Louis–San Francisco Railway roundhouse, Jonesboro, Arkansas

    • California

  • Southern Pacific Railroad Bayshore roundhouse, Brisbane, California
  • Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown, California, includes a roundhouse
  • California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento
  • Timber Heritage Association is leasing the historic roundhouse and shops built back in the 1890s, Samoa, Humboldt County, California
  • San Francisco Belt Railroad roundhouse, San Francisco, California
  • Lenzen Roundhouse, originally located in San Jose, California, currently disassembled while the California Trolley and Railroad Corporation searches for new site

    • Colorado

  • Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad roundhouse, Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • Colorado Railroad Museum roundhouse, Golden, Colorado
  • Como Roundhouse, Railroad Depot and Hotel Complex, Como, Colorado
  • Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad roundhouse, Durango, Colorado
  • Midland Terminal Railroad Roundhouse, Colorado Springs, Colorado
  • Union Pacific roundhouse, Hugo, Colorado

    • Connecticut

  • Connecticut Valley Railroad Roundhouse and Turntable Site, Old Saybrook, Connecticut
  • Roundhouse, Willimantic, Connecticut

    • Georgia

  • Southern Railway (U.S.) roundhouse, Peagram Yard, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Roundhouse Railroad Museum, Savannah, Georgia

    • Hawaii

  • Roundhouse of the Hawaii Consolidated Railway, Hilo, listed in 2005 among most endangered historic sites in Hawaii

    • Illinois

  • Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Roundhouse and Locomotive Shop, Aurora, Illinois
  • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad roundhouse, Beardstown, Illinois
  • Roundhouse, Centralia, Illinois
  • Chicago and North Western Railway roundhouse, Chicago, Illinois
  • Roundhouse, South Deering, Illinois

    • Indiana

  • Roundhouse, Frankfort, Indiana
  • Roundhouse, Gary, Indiana
  • Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad, Gibson Roundhouse, Hammond, Indiana
  • Southern Railway (U.S.) roundhouse, Princeton, Indiana

    • Iowa

  • Chicago and North Western Transportation Company roundhouse, Council Bluffs, Iowa
  • Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway roundhouse, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad roundhouse, Manly, Iowa
  • Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad roundhouse, Nahant, Iowa
  • Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad roundhouse, North Sioux City, Iowa, now Siouxland Historical Railroad Museum
  • Illinois Central Railroad roundhouse, Waterloo, Iowa

    • Kansas

  • Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad roundhouse, Phillipsburg, Kansas, now Kyle Railroad

    • Kentucky

  • Roundhouse, Covington, Kentucky
  • Kentucky & Indiana Bridge Company roundhouse, Louisville, Kentucky

    • Louisiana

  • Southern Pacific Railroad Roundhouse and Yard, Lafayette, Louisiana
  • New Orleans Public Belt Railroad Roundhouse, New Orleans, Louisiana

    • Maine

  • Maine Central Railroad Company roundhouse, Calais, Maine
  • Roundhouse, Derby, Maine
  • Bangor and Aroostook Railroad roundhouse, Caribou, Maine
  • Grand Trunk Railway roundhouse, East Deering, Maine
  • Bangor and Aroostook Railroad roundhouse, Millinocket, Maine
  • Roundhouse, Northern Maine Junction, Maine
  • Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad roundhouse, Phillips, Maine
  • Maine Central Railroad Company roundhouse, Rockland, Maine
  • Maine Central Railroad Company roundhouse, Rumford, Maine
  • Maine Central Railroad Company roundhouse, Waterville, Maine

    • Maryland

  • Mt Clare Roundhouse, Baltimore, Maryland, which contains the B&O Railroad Museum
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Cumberland Roundhouse, Cumberland, Maryland, still in use by CSX as a locomotive shop

    • Massachusetts

  • Roundhouse, Athol, Massachusetts
  • Roundhouse, Hyannis, Massachusetts

    • Michigan

  • Roundhouse, Alpena, Michigan
  • Detroit, Toledo & Milwaukee Roundhouse at Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan
  • Roundhouse, Hancock, Michigan
  • Michigan Central Railroad roundhouse, Niles, Michigan
  • Port Huron & Detroit Railroad Roundhouse, Port Huron, Michigan
  • Roundhouse, Saginaw, Michigan

    • Minnesota

  • Great Northern Railway roundhouse, Breckenridge, Minnesota
  • Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad roundhouse, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Duluth Missabe & Northern Railway roundhouse, Proctor, Minnesota
  • Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway roundhouse, Proctor, Minnesota
  • Jackson Street Roundhouse, Saint Paul, Minnesota
  • Roundhouse, Minnesota Commercial Railway, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad roundhouse, Thief River Falls, Minnesota
  • Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad roundhouse, Wabasha, Minnesota

    • Mississippi

  • Columbus and Greenville Railway roundhouse, Columbus, Mississippi
  • Illinois Central Railroad roundhouse, Jackson, Mississippi

    • Missouri

  • Roundhouse, Joplin, Missouri
  • Kansas City Terminal Railway Roundhouse, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Roundhouse, Steelville, Missouri

    • Montana

  • Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway roundhouse, Anaconda, Montana
  • Great Northern Railway (U.S.) roundhouse, Butte, Montana
  • Roundhouse, Glendive, Montana
  • Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad roundhouse, Harlowton, Montana
  • Great Northern Railway (U.S.) roundhouse, Whitefish, Montana

    • New Hampshire

  • Conway Scenic Railroad roundhouse, Conway, New Hampshire
  • Boston & Maine Railroad roundhouse, West Lebanon, New Hampshire

    • New Jersey

  • Central Railroad of New Jersey roundhouse, Cranford, New Jersey
  • New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway roundhouse, Hawthorne, New Jersey

    • New Mexico

  • Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway roundhouse, Las Vegas, New Mexico

    • New York

  • Roundhouse, Batavia, New York
  • Roundhouse, Binghamton, New York
  • NY Central Railroad Roundhouse, Buffalo, New York
  • Roundhouse, Manchester, New York
  • Roundhouse, Richmond Hill, New York
  • Pennsylvania Railroad Shops & Roundhouse, West Seneca, New York

    • North Carolina

  • Norfolk Southern Roundhouse, Asheville, NC, demolished due to unsafe conditions
  • Spencer Shops Roundhouse at North Carolina Transportation Museum

    • North Dakota

  • Great Northern Railway (U.S.) roundhouse, Grand Forks, North Dakota

    • Ohio

  • Pennsylvania Railroad roundhouse, Ashtabula, Ohio
  • Roundhouse, Bellevue, Ohio
  • Midwest Railway Preservation Society roundhouse, Cleveland, Ohio, former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad facility
  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad roundhouse, Parsons Yard, Columbus, Ohio
  • Age of Steam Roundhouse, Sugarcreek, Ohio

    • Pennsylvania

  • Roundhouse, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
  • Roundhouse, Enola Yard, Enola, Pennsylvania
  • Roundhouse, Hazelwood, Pennsylvania
  • Roundhouse, now used by Waste Management, Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania
  • East Broad Top Railroad roundhouse, Rockhill, Pennsylvania
  • Steamtown National Historic Site, the former Scranton, Pennsylvania yards of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
  • Roundhouse, North Bessemer, Pennsylvania
  • Roundhouse, Hall, Pennsylvania
  • Roundhouse, Greenville, Pennsylvania

    • Rhode Island

  • Narragansett Pier Railroad roundhouse, Peace Dale, Rhode Island

    • South Dakota

  • Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad roundhouse, Aberdeen, South Dakota
  • Chicago and North Western Roundhouse, Huron, South Dakota
  • Black Hills and Fort Pierre Railroad roundhouse, Lead, South Dakota
  • Prairie Village Museum roundhouse, Madison, South Dakota
  • Roundhouse, Rapid City, South Dakota

    • Tennessee

  • Roundhouse, Bruceton, Tennessee

    • Texas

  • San Antonio, Texas, turntable without roundhouse remains southwest of Duval & Hackberry Streets
  • Cotton Belt Roundhouse, Texarkana, Texas in private hands, turntable gone

    • Vermont

  • Vermont Railway Headquarters, located in the former Rutland Railroad's roundhouse, Burlington, Vermont
  • Central Vermont Railway roundhouse, Saint Albans, Vermont
  • Central Vermont Railway roundhouse, White River Junction, Vermont

    • Washington

  • BNSF Railway Interbay Roundhouse, at Balmer Yard, Seattle, Washington
  • Roundhouse, Shelton, Washington

    • West Virginia

  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops
  • Norfolk and Western Railroad Williamson Roundhouse, a 21-stall roundhouse, Williamson, West Virginia, owned by Norfolk Southern Railway and used as a car shop

    • Wisconsin

  • Roundhouse, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
  • Wisconsin and Southern Railroad roundhouse, Janesville, Wisconsin
  • Chicago and North Western Railroad roundhouse, Madison, Wisconsin
  • Roundhouse, North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
  • Roundhouse, Spooner, Wisconsin
  • Roundhouse, Superior, Wisconsin
  • Roundhouse, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin

    • Wyoming

  • Union Pacific Roundhouse, Turntable and Machine Shop, now part of the Wyoming Transportation Museum, Cheyenne
  • Roundhouse, Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Union Pacific Railroad Complex, Evanston, Wyoming
  • Chicago and North Western Transportation Company roundhouse, Lusk, Wyoming

    • References

    List of railway roundhouses Wikipedia
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