Surviving Roundhouses and Turntables in Nevada
| Type | Stalls | Year Built | Railroad | Current Use | City | State | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Remains Only | Union Pacific | Union Pacific yard | Caliente | NV | USA | foundation visible | ||
| Visual Remains Only | Southern Pacific | Union Pacific yard | Carlin | NV | USA | faint outline of foundation | ||
| Turntable Only | Nevada State Railroad Museum | Nevada State Railroad Museum | Carson City | NV | USA | |||
| Visual Remains Only | 11 | Union Pacific | Open Field | Imlay | NV | USA |
Statistics for Roundhouses in Nevada
- 0 roundhouses that are at least partially intact.
- 1 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.
Submit a new roundhouse and/or turntable
Having trouble? Send what you have to me.- In google maps navigate to the roundhouse or turntable.
- Use the 'X' in the google maps search area to clear any search terms.
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- Center the google map view on the turntable or roundhouse.
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- Paste that URL into the 'mapURL' of this form.