Talk:List of railway roundhouses

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No Railroad Roundhouse in Point Arena[edit]

It's an indigenous Pomo native American structure, no railroad connection at all. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8g77t4qx —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.226.231.239 (talk) 08:19, 28 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Right, that was about the Point Arena Rancheria Roundhouse, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but which is indeed not railway-related at all. Photo and NRHP nomination document about it are available here. --Doncram (talk) 17:13, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

roundhouse vs. turntable[edit]

What is the difference between a roundhouse vs. a turntable, and are items of the latter type wanted for this list? Oyster Bay Long Island Rail Road Turntable is one example listed on the U.S. National Register. All the other NRHP ones with "turntable" but not "roundhouse" in their name are:

doncram (talk) 20:20, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I believe turntables were the devices used to rotate locomotives, whereas roundhouses were the actual buildings that housed the locomotives, usually surrounding or next to a turntable. --​​​​D.B.talk•contribs 22:09, 28 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Back again, nine years later. The Bagby listing is partly about its turntable, a "surviving manual or "Armstrong" gallows frame turntable, a device once common on branch and short line railroads, but now exceedingly rare, only one other being known" ( NRHP doc). Of the Yosemite Valley Railroad. There's no mention of a roundhouse having existed.
But should this be a list of roundhouses and turntables, not just roundhouses, so include the Bagby one and perhaps other turntables that might be found? --Doncram (talk) 17:18, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

List of Roundhouses or list of SURVIVING roundhouses?[edit]

This appears to be a list of SURVIVING roundhouses, but is not titled or described as such. A list of all roundhouses that ever existed would be huge. Just surviving roundhouses would be a sizable list. --Ebtrr1 (talk) 20:04, 31 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, Ebtrr1, now it seems to be a mix, some surviving, some former sites, and many having no source or information at all about them. I think that the list should be revised/clarified to be a list of "notable" roundhouses, where "notable" means having a Wikipedia article with sources there, or being a redlink (calling for an article) or blacklink (not having an article) with inline citations speaking to the notability of the place. --Doncram (talk) 17:23, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Austria[edit]

There seems to be a roundhouse in Salzburg, right near the main railway station, and it looks as though it's still in use, albeit not for steam locomotives. Does anybody know anything about that? Have a look: 47°49′02″N 13°02′47″E / 47.817261°N 13.046420°E / 47.817261; 13.046420. Kelisi (talk) 16:03, 26 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Railway engine workshops, not round[edit]

Hey, the Stewartstown Engine House, Stewartstown Railroad in Pennsylvania is in Category:Engine houses and seems to be a dedicated building for working on railway engines. But it is not a roundhouse, it is not round, it is just a building over one straight section of track. Should this and/or any other railroad workshop buildings be added to this list? Perhaps requiring a list name change. I am thinking not, and leaving it out for now. --Doncram (talk) 21:43, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There is also The Engine House, Shropshire, England, a museum which has multiple railway engines, but with no mention of roundness, seems like no roundhouse present. And there exist numerous railway museums (Category:Railway museums) having some engines but no roundhouse. --Doncram (talk) 21:48, 26 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

NRHP items, info added, October 2018[edit]

Following are notes from temporary work section for U.S. NRHP information that was temporarily in mainspace, about

NRHP ones to be merged into state sections below (i.e. into the state-by-state subsections)

Hits on "roundhouse" (after deleting AK, CA, VT ones which are not railway-related)

Additional items in Category:Railway roundhouses on the National Register of Historic Places

Additional hits on "turntable", as there will usually/often have been a roundhouse at any turntable. Should list be changed to cover roundhouses and turntables?

Also check all contents of Category:Engine houses Done. This added the Belt Railroad Engine House and Sandhouse, San Francisco, CA, now covered below. --Doncram (talk) 16:39, 27 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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