Surviving Roundhouses and Turntables in Indiana
| Type | Stalls | Year Built | Railroad | Current Use | City | State | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Remains Only | New York Central | CSX yard | Anderson | IN | USA | foundation and floor visible | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 1893 | Wabash | Carpers Farm Supply | Ashley | IN | USA | A portion of the exterior wall foundation is visible | |
| Visual Remains Only | Monon | vacant lot | Bloomington | IN | USA | foundation visible | ||
| Visual Remains Only | New York Central | ArcelorMittal steel mill | East Chicago | IN | USA | concrete floor exposed | ||
| Visual Remains Only | Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal | TRANSFLO Terminal Services yard | East Chicago | IN | USA | concrete floor visible | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 34 | New York Central | vacant lot | Elkhart | IN | USA | This is the southern, and larger of two roundhouses. The other was immediately to the north. | |
| Visual Remains Only | New York Central | wooded lot | Elkhart | IN | USA | This is the smaller roundhouse north of the full circular. | ||
| Visual Remains Only | Chicago & Eastern Illinois | empty field | Evanaville | IN | USA | turntable ring faintly visible, no roundhouse foundation visible | ||
| Roundhouse and Turntable | 7 | Louisville & Nashville | CSX yard | Evansville | IN | USA | still in use by railroad | |
| Visual Remains Only | New York, Chicago & St Louis Railroad | Field | Fort Wayne | IN | USA | Foundation can be seen along Eastern Tree line google EARTH | ||
| Visual Remains Only | Nickel Plate Road | Vacant lot | Fort Wayne | IN | USA | |||
| Visual Remains Only | Wabash | vacant lot | Fort Wayne | IN | USA | concrete floor visible | ||
| Roundhouse and Turntable | 28 | 1914 | Toledo, St Louis, & Kansas City | None, In Ruins | Frankfort | IN | USA | 15 stalls remain |
| Visual Remains Only | Baltimore & Ohio | vacant lot | Garrett | IN | USA | outline in grass | ||
| Roundhouse and Turntable | 40 | Elgin, Joliet & Eastern | Canadian National Kirk yard | Gary | IN | USA | in use by RR, very good condition | |
| Roundhouse and Turntable | 38 | 1906 | Chicago, Indiana & Southern | Indiana Harbor Belt yard | Hammond | IN | USA | 25 stalls remain |
| Visual Remains Only | 26 | Pennsylvania | vacant lot | Indianapolis | IN | USA | concrete floor visible | |
| Visual Remains Only | Cleveland, Columbus, & Cincinnati | vacant lot | Indianapolis | IN | USA | concrete floor visible | ||
| Turntable Only | Pennsylvania | Transco Railway Products | Logansport | IN | USA | turntable still in use | ||
| Turntable Only | New York Chicago & Saint Louis | Norfolk Southern yard | New Haven | IN | USA | Used by C&O 2716 in 2008. Still in use. | ||
| Visual Remains Only | Lake Erie & Western | Grassy Area | Peru | IN | USA | |||
| Visual Remains Only | 12 | Lake Erie & Western | vacant lot | Peru | IN | USA | ||
| Visual Remains Only | Chicago, Cincinatti & Louisville | vacant lot | Peru | IN | USA | foundation visible through underbrush | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 25 | Southern | Abandoned | Princeton | IN | USA | ||
| Visual Remains Only | Chicago, St. Louis & Pittsburg | grassy area | Richmond | IN | USA | Circular area may be pivot point. | ||
| Visual Remains Only | Pennsylvania | vacant lot | Richmond | IN | USA | foundation visible | ||
| Roundhouse Only | 1906 | New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois | abandoned | South Bend | IN | USA | appears abandoned, overgrown, and decaying. Side shop attached. Update: torn down. | |
| Visual Remains Only | New York Central | Trucks Inc used parts yard | Terre Haute | IN | USA | concrete floor visible | ||
| Visual Remains Only | Pennsylvania | vacant lot | Terre Haute | IN | USA | concrete floor partially visible | ||
| Visual Remains Only | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific | vacant lot | Terre Haute | IN | USA | concrete floor visible | ||
| Visual Remains Only | New York, Chicago & St Louis | Norfolk southern | Tipton | IN | USA | Turntable ring and exterior wall of roundhouse is visible. | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 32 | Baltimore & Ohio | Vacant lot | Washington | IN | USA |
Statistics for Roundhouses in Indiana
- 5 roundhouses that are at least partially intact.
- 6 turntables with or without a roundhouse.
- 2 turntables where a roundhouse may have once existed.
- 25 demolished roundhouses where an aerial view still shows the visual remains.
Resources
- Google Map View of all roundhouse / turntable locations in the USA
- HRSS Extant Roundhouse Survey (NRHS)
- Significant Extant Railroad Structures
- Surviving roundhouse discussion
- TRAINS Roundhouse list
- For those of you with Google Earth, Brian Berthold has provided a Google Earth KMZ File (version 20.2.5). This file can be used to navigate to over 2000 historic roundhouse locations in the USA.
- Library of Congress Sanborn Maps
Special thanks to Brian Berthold and Mark Mason who used the USGS Historical Topographic Maps to locate many of the roundhouse remains shown in this database.
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