List of railway roundhouses explained

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.

Australia

Belgium

Canada

Incomplète.

Alberta

British Columbia

Ontario

Quebec

Saskatchewan

Chile

France

Germany

Hungary

Indonesia

Italy

Japan

Mexico

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.

Portugal

Switzerland

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

United Kingdom

United States

Several of the historic roundhouses in the United States are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Alabama

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Georgia

Hawaii

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Railway Roundhouse - Heritage Park Historical Village . 2017-01-17 . 2016-10-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161022012048/http://www.heritagepark.ca/park-information/attractions-and-exhibits/railway-roundhouse.html . dead .
  2. https://www.roundhouse.ca/about/history/roundhouse-history/ Roundhouse History, Vancouver
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2014-07-29 . 2014-07-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140729224648/http://www.london.ca/newsroom/Documents/240Waterloo.pdf . dead .
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  5. http://oooooo.eu/berlin-rummelsburg-1 http://oooooo.eu/berlin-rummelsburg-1
  6. Web site: Barreiro e Arredores: Rotunda das Máquinas da Cp - Barreiro. 5 August 2011.
  7. Web site: Monumentos .
  8. Web site: Most Endangered 2005 Hawaii Consolidated Railroad Roundhouse . 2010-05-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101207080804/http://www.historichawaii.org/MostEndangered/2005_HMEP/Roundhouse.html . 2010-12-07 .
  9. Web site: Archived copy . 2020-06-12 . 2020-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200922012414/https://www.mauicounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1719/Wailuku-Kahului-Community-Plan-2002?bidId= . dead .
  10. Web site: Midwest Railway Preservation Society . 2022-02-28 . 2021-12-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211213211627/https://midwestrailway.org/ . dead .
  11. Web site: Railway Preservation News • View topic - Williamson roundhouse.
  12. http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/NationalRegister/Site.aspx?ID=472 Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office – National Register of Historic Places – Search Result