Surviving Roundhouses and Turntables in North Carolina
| Type | Stalls | Year Built | Railroad | Current Use | City | State | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Remains Only | Southern | Norfolk Southern yard | Asheville | NC | USA | Demolished in 2014. Original attached backshop bldg still standing. | ||
| Visual Remains Only | Southern | Norfolk Southern yard crosstie storage | Greensboro | NC | USA | foundation visible | ||
| Turntable Only | Seaboard Air Line | CSX yard | Raleigh | NC | USA | turntable is deteriorating but probably operable | ||
| Visual Remains Only | Norfolk & Western | Norfolk Southern yard | Raleigh | NC | USA | outline of turntable ring, foundation to left | ||
| Roundhouse and Turntable | 37 | 1924 | Southern | North Carolina Transportation Museum | Spencer | NC | USA |
Statistics for Roundhouses in North Carolina
- 1 roundhouses that are at least partially intact.
- 2 turntables with or without a roundhouse.
- 1 turntables where a roundhouse may have once existed.
- 3 demolished roundhouses where an aerial view still shows the visual remains.
Resources
- Google Map View of all roundhouse / turntable locations in the USA
- 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. This file can be used to navigate to almost 1000 historic roundhouse locations in the USA.
Special thanks to Mark Mason who used the USGS Historical Topographic Maps to locate many of the roundhouse remains shown in this database.