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 | 12 | Union Pacific | Open Field | Imlay | NV | USA | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 8 | 1950 | Tonopah & Goldfield | open field | Millers | NV | USA | turtable pit and roundhouse foundation visible |
| Turntable Only | 8 | 1870 | Virginia & Truckee Railroad | Virginia & Truckee Railroad | Virginia City | NV | USA | 4 stalls later added to for 8 stalls no bridge in turntable pit |
Statistics for Roundhouses in Nevada
- 0 roundhouses that are at least partially intact.
- 2 turntables with or without a roundhouse.
- 2 turntables where a roundhouse may have once existed.
- 4 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.
Submit a new roundhouse and/or turntable
Having trouble? Send what you have to me.- In google maps navigate to the roundhouse or turntable.
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