List of railway roundhouses
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This is a list of roundhouses.
[edit] Australia
- Steamtown Peterborough Museum, a railway museum located in Peterborough, South Australia includes a roundhouse.
[edit] 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 Ontario.
[edit] Switzerland
- Roundhouse in Uster, Switzerland (photo available in Roundhouse article)
[edit] 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).
[edit] United States
- 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 Shop
More may be included in historic districts of railyards.
