B&O MUSEUM NOT A ROUNDHOUSE?

The B&O Museum IS a roundhouse, however it was not originally a LOCOMOTIVE Roundhouse.

As originally built, the roundhouse where the B&O Museum is today was for the repair of passenger cars.

I would recommend a perusal of "Impossible Challenge" by Herbert Harwood.

I think our webmaster has mentioned the reasoning behind the argument that the B&O doesn't count.  Reasonable minds can disagree.  

A number of early roundhouses were fully enclosed.  There are a number of pics of the one in Alexandria during the Civil War.

I pass the B&O Museum roundhouse weekly.  It always looks round to me 

AND i do agree with what Rich said.

Yet another defining moment for Facebook and folks that apparently have way too much time on their hands, and should get off the net and go do something constructive (if possible), like taking a walk.............

There were several on narrow gauge lines as well. A few were on some of the Colorado 3-footers and the White Pass & Yukon had one at the North end of their massive (now abandoned) cantilever bridge, though in many of those cases they were simply means to turn the locomotives in areas prone to bad winter snows, not actual roundhouses as such...

Martin, Martin, Martin....!  You are, indeed, a kindred spirit of the pithiest sort!

Actually it was pretty interesting discussion. A number of people posted locations and old and new photos of roundhouses and stories of what they are now used for or what ever became of them. Not at all unlike here on the Forum. I guess if you're here talking about such thing it's OK/educational/informative/interesting but on Facebook it's useless nonsense. I agree there's a lot of stupid stuff on FB but there is also a lot of useful interesting stuff too, not too dissimilar to the Forum where we get great info and discussions but also our share of useless drama and uninformed opinions on everything from how to run a business to economics.

Jerry

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Aurora, IL 1864/1869 limestone block constructed roundhouse has been preserved as a restaurant and banquet hall. It is completely round, locomotives ran through the house to get to the turntable, which had a fully covered pit. Suspect full circle roundhouses were fairly common in the 19th century. Walking through the Aurora roundhouse, one is struck by the enormity of the building. And the heck of it is......the railroad stopped using it as a locomotive depot because it had become too small for the next generation of locomotives!

http://www.rodhandeland.com/Roundhouse.jpg

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