List of railway roundhouses

List of railway roundhouses

__notoc__This is a list of roundhouses.

Australia

*Steamtown Peterborough Museum, a railway museum located in Peterborough, South Australia includes a roundhouse.

Canada

*John Street Roundhouse, in Toronto, Ontario, which is now the Steam Whistle Brewing, was formerly a Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive repair facility

*CNR Spadina Roundhouse is also in Toronto

*Vancouver Roundhouse, now the Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, in Vancouver, British Columbia

witzerland

*Roundhouse in Uster, Switzerland (photo available in Roundhouse article)

United Kingdom

*Barrow Hill Engine Shed is a roundhouse in the UK

*North Midland Railway roundhouse, a listed building at Derby, England, was built in 1839 (photo available in roundhouse article)

*The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England was built in 1847, but was too small for its function within 20 years (it is now an arts center).

United States

*Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops is in West Virginia
*Lenzen Roundhouse is in California
*Mt Clare Roundhouse is in Maryland
*Jackson Street Roundhouse is in Minnesota
*Spencer Shops Roundhouse is in North Carolina

*The Roundhouse located on the BNSF line, with the last stop in Aurora IL was purchased by Walter Payton and has become Walter Payton's Roundhouse Brewery and Restaurant.

*Steam locomotives sit in the Chicago and North Western Railway roundhouse at the Chicago, Illinois freight yards, December 1942 (photo available in roundhouse article)

*The B&O Railroad Museum, in Baltimore, Maryland, is located in the restored roundhouse of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

*There are at least 11 roundhouses that are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places:
**Hot Springs Railroad Roundhouse
**Mt. Alyeska Roundhouse
**Kansas City Terminal Railway Company Roundhouse Historic District
**Chicago and North Western Roundhouse
**Point Arena Rancheria Roundhouse
**AT & SF Roundhouse
**Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Roundhouse and Locomotive Shop
**Connecticut Valley Railroad Roundhouse and Turntable Site
**Midland Terminal Railroad Roundhouse
**Como Roundhouse, Railroad Depot and Hotel Complex
**Union Pacific Roundhouse, Turntable and Machine ShopMore may be included in historic districts of railyards.


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