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> > One last question on roundhouses in general: are there still roundhouses in use
> > in the US?
> > Here they have died out short after the end of the steam era. That means they
> > have been built in general for steam engines and you have nearly never seen a
> > diesel in a roundhouse.
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> I believe one or two might exist but, damned if I know where. As far as housing
> Diesel in Steam Roundhouse. Yeah, but the idea is without a doubt the best way
> to bring every side of lego into a layout. Technic, Town, Train....
Sure there's roundhouses still in use! About two hours south of LUCNY in
Scanton, PA:
http://www.speakeasy.org/~cwebster/steamtown/steamtown.html
http://www.steamlocomotive.com/pennsy/steamtown/
(they keep diesels out of the bays)
I've taken tours of that particular roundhouse several times, and it's
immense. It's a real working piece of American railroading history, and I
highly recommend it.
There's also a small wooden roundhouse I've visited in Jamestown, CA at
Railtown 1897:
http://www.csrmf.org/railtown/doc.asp?id=288
...The tour guides there tried to tell me that this was the only working
roundhouse in America. I politely nodded and acknowledged their puny wooden
contraption...but I'd alreay seem Steamtown's. What a difference!
Anyway, just thought I'd contribute that at this point.
Ed
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| (...) Thanks for the links Ed! This one is really impressing: (URL) to see some real designs. Most roundhouses I know are from model railroaders... So far I have only seen one in real live (just 30km away from here, but no longer in use). Regards, (...) (24 years ago, 16-May-02, to lugnet.org.us.lucny, lugnet.trains)
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