This is a list of railway roundhouses . A roundhouse is a building used for servicing locomotives, large, circular or semicircular structures often located adjacent to or surrounding turntables .
1850s drawing of facade and plan of the roundhouse for Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway
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Exterior of the 'Garratt Shed' end of No. 2 Roundhouse at Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot
Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre located, Goulburn , features the largest heritage based operating roundhouse in NSW and displays the historic transition from steam to diesel operations
The Junee roundhouse, built in 1947, is being shared between the Junee Roundhouse Railway Museum , and the Junee Railway Workshop, the latter actively rebuilding, and servicing locomotives
Steamtown Peterborough Railway Preservation Society , a railway museum, Peterborough, South Australia , includes a roundhouse
Valley Heights Rail Museum , Valley Heights , 75 km west of Sydney , contains the oldest surviving roundhouse in Australia
Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot , Broadmeadow , the 1948 vintage No. 2 roundhouse survives, a second roundhouse dating from 1924 was also on the site but it was demolished in 1990
The Collie Roundhouse in Collie, Western Australia is rundown and not in use
The Lachlan Valley Railway is based at Cowra roundhouse
Pacific National use the remains of the roundhouse at Werris Creek
Gemco Rail use the roundhouse at Parkes, New South Wales
The roundhouse at Casino, New South Wales still stands although currently out of use
Florennes roundhouse, small roundhouse, not connected by rail anymore, overgrown. (coordinates: 50.252754,4.614074)
Incomplète.
Alberta
Hanna, Alberta Roundhouse was designated a Provincial Historic Resource in August 2015, Hanna Roundhouse Society purchased the roundhouse, exterior turntable, and 9.97 acres in September 2013
Heritage Park Roundhouse, Calgary , Alberta . Built to store the park's collection of railway equipment.[1]
Strathcona Roundhouse, Edmonton, Alberta. Built and used by the Canadian Pacific Railway, it is the last roundhouse in Alberta still in use. Once part of a much larger structure, only one stall remains. No turntable.
Roundhouse, Big Valley, Alberta - preserved roundhouse and turntable ruins
British Columbia
Vancouver Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre
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Ontario
The Great Western Railway Roundhouse in London, Ontario , Canada
John Street Roundhouse , Toronto, Ontario , which is now the Steam Whistle Brewing , was formerly a Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive repair facility
CNR Spadina Roundhouse was also in Toronto until it was demolished in 1986.
Michigan Central Railroad Roundhouse, 240 Waterloo Street, London, Ontario , constructed in 1887 to service steam locomotives and ceased operations in the late 1890s, restored as a digital media centre[3]
Roundhouse in Hornepayne, Ontario made by the Canadian National Railway
Roundhouse, Capreol, Ontario - roundhouse structure remains but turntable removed
Roundhouse, Chapleau, Ontario - turntable and roundhouse ruins
Quebec
Roundhouse, Charny, Quebec - intact 39 stall Joffre Roundhouse and turntable, 2250 de la Rotonde Avenue, Charny, Quebec
Saskatchewan
The Biggar, Saskatchewan Roundhouse being demolished
Baquedano semi-circular roundhouse for 16 locos with turntable. Abandoned building claiming to be a museum, but unattended. Has 5 preserved (not restored) steam locomotives in and around the roundhouse, as well as old carriages and wagons. Is in the centre of a working railway yard - Baquedano Station. Site was used in the James Bond movie Quantum of Solace.
The Chambéry roundhouse in Chambéry , France
Annemasse roundhouse (built in 1880, destroyed in 2017)
Aubagne roundhouse
Avignon roundhouses [ fr ] (two side-by-side)
Bayonne roundhouse
Bénestroff roundhouse
Bizanos roundhouse
Bordeaux roundhouse
Castelnaudary roundhouse
Chalindrey roundhouse
Chambéry roundhouses [ fr ] (two side-by-side), built between 1906 and 1910, Chambéry
Charleville-Mézières Mohon roundhouses (two side-by-side)
Châtenoy-le-Royal roundhouses (two side-by-side)
Clermont-Ferrand roundhouse
Colmar roundhouse
Damelevieres roundhouse
Delémont roundhouse [ fr ] (two side-by-side), built between 1906 and 1910, Chambéry
Dijon roundhouse
Grigny roundhouse [ fr ]
Longueau roundhouse [ fr ]
Longueville roundhouse, Longueville , now the "Musée vivant du chemin de fer [ fr ] "
Lyon roundhouses (three)
Marseille roundhouses [ fr ] (three)
Miramas roundhouse
Modane
Montabon roundhouse [ fr ]
Montauban roundhouse
Montluçon roundhouse [ fr ]
Moulins roundhouse
Mulhouse roundhouse
Nevers roundhouse
Nogent-Vincennes roundhouse, built in 1849 in Paris-la Villette depot where it was used until it was disassembled in 1859 and then rebuilt at Nogent-Vincennes depot
Paris roundhouse
Perthuis roundhouse (destroyed)
Saint-Étienne roundhouse
Strasbourg-Hausbergen roundhouses
Sarrebourg roundhouse
Thionville roundhouse
Toulon roundhouse
Valence roundhouse
Valenton roundhouse
Augsburg, museum
Bamberg: 2 (both half-demolished and in ruins)
Berlin-Pankow-Heinersdorf[4]
Berlin-Rummelsburg[5]
Dresden: 2 (Plauen, Südvorstadt)
Halle (Saale), originally 4, 3 left as one is destroyed in 2017. The one in best condition is now part of the DB Eisenbahn Museum.
Hannover still occasionally used
Neustrelitz
Nürnberg (Bärenschanze): demolished
Ottbergen, no longer rail connected
Rostock
Staßfurt
Wittenberge, ruin
Budapest North Depot with turntable
Budapest North Depot (now the Hungarian Railway Museum , 2 turntables)
Székesfehérvár (operated by MÁV Hungarian State Railway),
Dombóvár (operated by MÁV Hungarian State Railway),
Szeged Marshalling Yard (operated by MÁV Hungarian State Railway),
Pécs (operated by MÁV Hungarian State Railway),
Ferencváros (operated by MÁV Hungarian State Railway, turntable with square engine shops),
Miskolc Marshalling Yard (operated by MÁV Hungarian State Railway),
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Turin, near Porta Nouva terminal, 2 large roundhouses, one still currently in use by the FS electric locomotive fleet, the other is used as storage for historical equipment, neither accessible to public
A roundhouse at Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in Japan
There are several dozen round houses still in operational use in Poland (albeit for diesel or electric locomotives) each with electric powered turntables. Many also remain extant but unused such as Gnieszno and Bydgoszcz. Below are ones associated with steam preservation.
The roundhouse at the National Railway Museum Entroncamento in Entroncamento , Portugal
Entroncamento Municipality Portuguese National Railway Museum
Barreiro "Rotunda das Locomotivas" (Locomotive Roundabout) at the terminal railyard of the Alentejo Railway[6]
Castelo Branco "Rotunda das Locomotivas" (Locomotive Roundabout) at the terminal railyard of the Alentejo Railway [7]
The restored roundhouse in Uster , Switzerland
Galle Railway Station
Badulla Railway Station
The Changhua Fan-Shaped Depot in Changhua City , Taiwan
Sunderland South Dock locomotive depot
Barrow Hill Engine Shed roundhouse, Derbyshire
North Midland Railway roundhouse, listed building built in 1839, Derby, England
The Roundhouse , Chalk Farm, London, England. Built in 1847, it was too small for its function within 20 years; it now houses an arts centre.
Horsham Motive Power Depot
Roundhouse and half-roundhouse, Wellington Road/Graingers Way, Leeds . Both structures were built in approximately 1847 and are listed buildings; the much larger roundhouse is occupied by a commercial vehicle hire company while the half-roundhouse is currently (May 2021) unoccupied.
St. Blazey engine shed in Cornwall , now on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register
Sunderland South Dock locomotive depot
The roundhouse at Chattanooga Railroad in Atlanta, Georgia
Several of the historic roundhouses in the United States are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
California
Southern Pacific Railroad Bayshore roundhouse , Brisbane, California
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park , Jamestown, California , includes a roundhouse
California State Railroad Museum , Sacramento
Timber Heritage Association is leasing the historic roundhouse and shops built back in the 1890s, Samoa, Humboldt County, California
San Francisco Belt Railroad roundhouse, the Belt Railroad Engine House and Sandhouse , San Francisco, CA, NRHP-listed
Lenzen Roundhouse , originally located in San Jose, California , currently disassembled while the California Trolley and Railroad Corporation searches for new site
Colorado
Midland Terminal Railroad Roundhouse , Colorado Springs, Colorado , NRHP-listed. Now a retail mail.
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad roundhouse, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Como Roundhouse, Railroad Depot and Hotel Complex , Como, Colorado , NRHP-listed
CB&Q/BNSF roundhouse portion, Denver, Colorado , 2 stalls left of old CB&Q roundhouse included as part of current shop building
Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad roundhouse, Durango, Colorado
Colorado Railroad Museum roundhouse, Golden, Colorado
Union Pacific roundhouse, Hugo, Colorado
Leadville, Colorado & Southern (D&RGW) roundhouse, Leadville, CO
Tiny Town RR roundhouse & turntable, Morrison, CO 15" gauge tourist RR
Connecticut
Connecticut Valley Railroad Roundhouse and Turntable Site , Old Saybrook, Connecticut , NRHP-listed
Columbia Junction Roundhouse, Connecticut Eastern RR Museum, Built 11/1892, Razed ~1934, Rebuilt 9/2000, www.cteastrrmuseum.org , Willimantic, Connecticut
Illinois
Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Roundhouse and Locomotive Shop , also known as Two Brothers Roundhose, Aurora, Illinois , NRHP-listed
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad roundhouse, Beardstown, Illinois
Roundhouse, Centralia, Illinois (as of 10/10/21 only foundations are left based on google earth)
Chicago and North Western Railway roundhouse, Chicago, Illinois
Roundhouse, South Deering, Illinois (as of 17/05/23 only a 2 stalls and a part of the shops remain based on google earth)
roundhouse, Missouri Pacific Villa Grove, IL, still standing in 10/16 (based on google streetview it might be gone)
Indiana
Roundhouse, Frankfort, Indiana
Roundhouse, Gary, Indiana
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad , Gibson Roundhouse, Hammond, Indiana
Southern Railway (U.S.) roundhouse, Princeton, Indiana down to a 1/4 when abandoned in 1958, mostly rotted away by 2/18
roundhouse, Evansville, IN
Iowa
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company roundhouse, Council Bluffs, Iowa
Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway roundhouse, Iowa City, Iowa
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad roundhouse, Manly, Iowa
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad roundhouse, Nahant, Iowa
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad roundhouse, North Sioux City, Iowa, now Siouxland Historical Railroad Museum
Illinois Central Railroad roundhouse, Waterloo, Iowa
Chicago & Northwestern roundhouse (small portion), Cedar Rapids
Maine
Maine Central Railroad Company roundhouse, Calais, Maine
Roundhouse, Derby, Maine
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad roundhouse, Caribou, Maine
Grand Trunk Railway roundhouse, East Deering, Maine
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad roundhouse, Millinocket, Maine
Roundhouse, Northern Maine Junction, Maine
Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad roundhouse, Phillips, Maine
Rockland Turntable and Engine House , a roundhouse of the Maine Central Railroad Company , Rockland, ME, NRHP-listed
Maine Central Railroad Company roundhouse, Rumford, Maine
Roundhouse ruins at Conway Junction Railroad Turntable Site , South Berwick, ME, NRHP-listed
Maine Central Railroad Company roundhouse, Waterville, Maine
Massachusetts
Roundhouse, Athol, Massachusetts
Roundhouse, Hyannis, Massachusetts
Roundhouse, East Deerfield, Massachusetts damaged by windstorm in 2020, demolished after deemed structurally unsound, turntable remains.
Roundhouse, N. of Chester, MA
Roundhouse, Revere, MA
Michigan
Detroit, Toledo & Milwaukee Roundhouse
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Roundhouse, Adrian, Michigan
Detroit and Mackinac Roundhouse, Alpena, Michigan
Calumet and Hecla Roundhouse, Calumet Michigan
Detroit, Toledo & Milwaukee Roundhouse , a 2000 replica of an 1884 roundhouse at Greenfield Village , Dearborn, Michigan , which in 2000 was one of only seven working roundhouses open to the public in the U.S.
Quincy and Torch Lake, Hancock Michigan
Pere Marquette Roundhouse, New Buffalo, Michigan
Michigan Central Railroad Roundhouse, Niles, Michigan
Pere Marquette Roundhouse, Saginaw, Michigan
Minnesota
Great Northern Railway roundhouse, Breckenridge, Minnesota
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad roundhouse, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Duluth Missabe & Northern Railway roundhouse, Proctor, Minnesota
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway roundhouse, Proctor, Minnesota
Jackson Street Roundhouse , Saint Paul, Minnesota
Roundhouse, Minnesota Commercial Railway , St. Paul, Minnesota
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad roundhouse, Thief River Falls, Minnesota
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad roundhouse, Wabasha, Minnesota
Roundhouse, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Pigs Eye yard, St. Paul, Minnesota)
Soo roundhouse, 5 stall, Rollag, MN
Montana
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway roundhouse, Anaconda, Montana
Great Northern Railway (U.S.) roundhouse, Butte, Montana
Roundhouse, Glendive, Montana
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad roundhouse, Harlowton, Montana
Great Northern Railway (U.S.) roundhouse, Whitefish, Montana
Nebraska
Roundhouse BNSF McCook, Nebraska; turntable demolished
Roundhouse (portion) BNSF , Holdredge, NE; no turntable
Roundhouse (portion) BNSF , W. Lincoln, NE
Roundhouse (split 1/2 circle), BNSF , Chadron, NE
New Hampshire
Conway Scenic Railroad roundhouse, North Conway, New Hampshire
Boston and Maine Corporation roundhouse, Dover, New Hampshire
Boston and Maine Corporation roundhouse, Walpole, New Hampshire
Bartlett Roundhouse , Bartlett, NH, NRHP-listed, a Portland and Ogdensburg RR roundhouse
Boston & Maine 2 stalls of original roundhouse Nashua, NH
Boston & Maine full Roundhouse saved and incorporated into retail complex Keene, NH
New York
Roundhouse, Batavia, New York
Roundhouse, Binghamton, New York
NY Central Railroad Roundhouse, Buffalo, New York
Roundhouse, Manchester, New York
Roundhouse, Richmond Hill, New York
Pennsylvania Railroad Shops & Roundhouse, West Seneca, New York
New York Central System roundhouse, Rouses Point, NY
New York Central System roundhouse, Utica, NY
roundhouse, Woodlawn, NY (Buffalo area)
roundhouse, Sloan, NY (Buffalo area)
roundhouse, Retsof, NY 4/16 aerial shows working
roundhouse, Rochester, NY B&O/NYC, disconnected but goes back to 1800s
roundhouse, Auburn, NY Lehigh Valley RR
roundhouse, Olean, NY Erie RR, disconnected 1/4 circle
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad roundhouse, Ashtabula, Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad roundhouse, Crestline, Ohio; Roundhouse and turntable demolished, but foundations and backshops remain
Roundhouse, Bellevue, Ohio
Midwest Railway Preservation Society roundhouse, Cleveland, Ohio , former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad facility[10]
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway roundhouse, Parsons Yard, Columbus, Ohio
Age of Steam Roundhouse , Sugarcreek, Ohio
Pennsylvania
East Altoona Roundhouse, Altoona, Pennsylvania largest locomotive servicing roundhouse in the world in 1904; demolished in two phases in the 1960s
Roundhouse, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Roundhouse, Enola Yard , Enola, Pennsylvania
Roundhouse, Hazelwood, Pennsylvania
Roundhouse, now used by Waste Management , Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania
East Broad Top Railroad roundhouse, Rockhill, Pennsylvania
Steamtown National Historic Site , the former Scranton, Pennsylvania yards of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Roundhouse, North Bessemer, Pennsylvania
Roundhouse, Hall, Pennsylvania
Roundhouse, Greenville, Pennsylvania
Roundhouse, New Castle, Pennsylvania
Roundhouse, McKeesport, PA Roundhouse (no turntable) and machine shop
Roundhouse, Mahoningtown, PA small roundhouse used for commercial business
Roundhouse, North Pittston, PA Roundhouse remains
South Dakota
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad roundhouse, Aberdeen, South Dakota ; Currently 7 stalls, 22 stalls demolished (foundations visible), turntable demolished.
Chicago and North Western Roundhouse , Huron, SD, NRHP-listed, now belonging to Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad ; Once full circle, 15 stalls and the turntable remain.
Black Hills and Fort Pierre Railroad roundhouse, Lead, South Dakota ; Converted into restaurant.
Prairie Village Museum roundhouse, Madison, South Dakota
Roundhouse, Rapid City, South Dakota ; 4 Stalls, no turntable
Tennessee
Roundhouse, Bruceton, Tennessee
Southern Railway Roundhouse, Knoxville, Tennessee
CSX (ex L&N) Radnor Yard, Nashville, Tennessee
Texas
San Antonio, Texas, turntable without roundhouse remains southwest of Duval & Hackberry Streets
Cotton Belt Roundhouse, Texarkana, Texas in private hands, turntable gone
CB&Q roundhouse, Amarillo, TX disconnected in the 1960s, now commercial property
Mineola Texas roundhouse
Vermont
Vermont Railway Headquarters , located in the former Rutland Railroad 's roundhouse, Burlington, Vermont
Central Vermont Railway roundhouse, Saint Albans, Vermont
Central Vermont Railway roundhouse, White River Junction, Vermont a replica of the former roundhouse, now serving as a metallurgy business.
Central Vermont Railway roundhouse, Newport, Vermont
Virginia
L&N Railway 8 stall roundhouse, Bristol, VA disconnected, used for commercial business
NS railway 2 standing roundhouses, Roanoke, VA
CSX roundhouse, Norfolk, VA
Wisconsin
Wisconsin and Southern Railroad roundhouse, Janesville, Wisconsin
Chicago and North Western Railroad roundhouse, Madison, Wisconsin
Roundhouse, North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Roundhouse, Spooner, Wisconsin
Roundhouse, Superior, Wisconsin
Roundhouse, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Wyoming
Union Pacific Roundhouse, Turntable and Machine Shop , Cheyenne, Wyoming, NRHP-listed, now part of the Wyoming Transportation Museum [12]
Roundhouse (1912) with 28 stalls, at Union Pacific Railroad Complex , Evanston, Wyoming, NRHP-listed
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company roundhouse, Lusk, Wyoming