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- New roundhouse for RRHMA at Silvis, IL
Steam Excursion > New roundhouse for RRHMA at Silvis, IL Date: 11 21 25 19:10 New roundhouse for RRHMA at Silvis, IL Author: Spoony81 Railroading Heritage of Midwest America Plans a major addition to its facility in Silvis, IL They will build a 6 stall roundhouse and use the 135’ turntable that formally was at Cicero, IL and donated by BNSF
- BNSF Interbay Roundhouse. . . going. . going. . . . GONE!
Roundhouse-shaped locomotive servicing structures largely vanished from the railroad scene decades ago, particularly on Class 1 railroads Supposedly this was because, while their shape was conducive to service steam, it wasn't so good for servicing diesels, where linear servicing buildings seem to be preferred
- Al Rose: ATSF Riverbank, CA roundhouse
Aerial photos show the roundhouse had been leveled by 1984 Al Rose lived in nearby Modesto, CA, and his photo collection includes a number of Santa Fe engine pictures taken near the Riverbank roundhouse beginning in the late 1930's
- Canadian Railroads gt; Fallen Flag Friday - Trainorders. com
Every Holiday Season a couple of railfan friends and I would do some sort of rail circle tour out of Ottawa The 1986-1987 trip took us Ottawa-Sudbury-Toronto-Brockville-Ottawa with lots of time to wander at the different transfer points We wandered over to CP Rail's John Street roundhouse and c
- SDP-45 at San Jose Roundhouse - Trainorders. com
Here are a couple of shots of an SDP-45 at the San Jose roundhouse in 1983 It may be 3209, but I'm not certain I'm pretty sure it's still in commute service since it doesn't have the engine number in the number boards Jim Maurer Edited 1 time(s) Last edit at
- Model Railroading gt; PB NE Gondolas - Trainorders. com
Many northeastern HO scale modelers probably remember the MDC Roundhouse gondolas painted bright orange for the Philadelphia, Bethlehem, and New England Railroad, quot;PBNE quot; While the PBNE had a very audacious-sounding name, it served as Bethlehem Steel's Class III shortline connecting the
- Switcher Saturday - SP SW-1500 on the San Jose Turntable
In this photo, SP 2539, an SW-1500, is going for a ride on the San Jose roundhouse turntable in 1983 I would not want to go into that pit! Jim Maurer Edited 2 time(s) Last edit at 11 22 25 10:32 by schaffner
- Bye bye Balmer….
Grab some of the former GN BN BNSF Interbay roundhouse while you are at it too The 20+ locomotives remaining there, many of which were in good working order or there for minor repairs or inspections when the house closed over a year ago, became stranded when the employees were told to exercise their seniority and the doors closed
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