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Australia

  • Steamtown Peterborough Museum
    Steamtown Peterborough Museum
    Steamtown, Peterborough Railway Preservation Society Inc. was a not-for-profit society which operated a heritage steam railway from Peterborough, South Australia north along a section of the Peterborough to Quorn railway line.Note: Though both the "Steamtown, Peterborough Railway Preservation...

    , a railway museum
    Railway museum
    A railway museum is a museum that explores the history of all aspects of rail related transportation, including: locomotives , railway cars, trams, and railway signalling equipment.See List of railway museums...

     located in Peterborough, South Australia
    Peterborough, South Australia
    Peterborough is a town in the mid north of South Australia, in wheat country, just off the Barrier Highway. At the 2006 census, Peterborough had a population of 1,689....

     includes a roundhouse.
  • Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum
    Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum
    The Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum is a railway museum located in Valley Heights, New South Wales, Australia. It is operated by the Blue Mountains Division of the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum....

    , located at Valley Heights, 75 km west of Sydney, contains the oldest surviving roundhouse in Australia.

Canada

  • John Street Roundhouse
    John Street Roundhouse
    John Street Roundhouse is a preserved locomotive roundhouse in Toronto, Ontario. Built for the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1929-31 by Anglin-Norcross to replace the earlier John Street roundhouse built in 1897...

    , in Toronto, Ontario, which is now the Steam Whistle Brewing
    Steam Whistle Brewing
    Steam Whistle Brewing is a brewery in Toronto, Ontario. The company produces a premium pilsner lager packaged in distinctive green glass bottles and a non-twist cap. They only use four natural ingredients: spring water from Caledon, Ontario; hops from Germany; two-row barley; and yeast. In 2004,...

    , was formerly a Canadian Pacific Railway
    Canadian Pacific Railway
    The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...

     steam locomotive repair facility

  • CNR Spadina Roundhouse
    CNR Spadina Roundhouse
    The CNR Spadina Roundhouse was owned by the Canadian National Railway, built in 1928 . The purpose of Spadina Roundhouse, was to pre-trip inspect, service and repair the motive power of passenger trains, including locomotives and Budd Rail Diesel Cars terminating, or originating at Toronto Union...

     was also in Toronto until it was demolished in 1986

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

  • Great Western Railway (GWR) Roundhouse, at 240 Waterloo St. in London, Ontario
    London, Ontario
    London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...

    , constructed in the mid-1800's to service steam locomotives, was variously operated by the Michigan Central Railway, Grand Trunk Railway
    Grand Trunk Railway
    The Grand Trunk Railway was a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American states of Connecticut, Maine, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The railway was operated from headquarters in Montreal, Quebec; however, corporate...

    , Great Western Railway
    Great Western Railway
    The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...

    , and Canadian National Railway
    Canadian National Railway
    The Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....

    . The GWR Roundhouse is currently being restored as a microbrewery, with extensive live entertainment and banquet venues

Poland

  • Roundhouse in Wolsztyn
    Wolsztyn
    Wolsztyn is a town in western Poland, on the western edge of Greater Poland Voivodeship...

    , still operational
  • Okrąglak roundhouse in Piła
  • Roundhouse Skierniewice
    Roundhouse Skierniewice
    Roundhouse in Skierniewice was started in 1845 and be used to 1991. At present Polish Association of Railway Enthusiasts started museum exposition here.-Exhibits :* Steam locomotives: Ty51 , TKi3 , Ol49 , OKl27...


Switzerland

  • Roundhouse in Uster, Switzerland (photo available in Roundhouse
    Roundhouse
    A roundhouse is a building used by railroads for servicing locomotives. Roundhouses are large, circular or semicircular structures that were traditionally located surrounding or adjacent to turntables...

     article)

United Kingdom

  • Barrow Hill Engine Shed
    Barrow Hill Engine Shed
    Barrow Hill Roundhouse & Railway Centre, until 1948 known as Staveley Roundhouse & Train Centre, is a former Midland Railway roundhouse in Barrow Hill, near Staveley and Chesterfield, Derbyshire .-History:...

     is a roundhouse in Derbyshire
    Derbyshire
    Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...


  • North Midland Railway roundhouse, a listed building at Derby, England, was built in 1839 (photo available in roundhouse
    Roundhouse
    A roundhouse is a building used by railroads for servicing locomotives. Roundhouses are large, circular or semicircular structures that were traditionally located surrounding or adjacent to turntables...

     article)

  • The Roundhouse
    The Roundhouse
    The Roundhouse is a Grade II* listed former railway engine shed in Chalk Farm, London, England, which has been converted into a performing arts and concert venue. It was originally built in 1847 as a roundhouse , a circular building containing a railway turntable, but was only used for railway...

    , 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

  • Steamtown National Historic Site
    Steamtown National Historic Site
    Steamtown National Historic Site is a railroad museum and heritage railroad located on in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, at the site of the former Scranton yards of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad . The museum is built around a working replica turntable and a roundhouse that is...

  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops
    Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops
    Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops is a historic industrial district in Martinsburg, West Virginia. It is significant both for its railroading architecture by Albert Fink and John Rudolph Niernsee and for its role in the Great Railroad Strike of 1877. It consists of three contributing...

     is in West Virginia
  • Lenzen Roundhouse is in California
  • Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
    Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
    Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, and its operating entity, the Sierra Railway, is known as "The Movie Railroad." Both entities are a heritage railway and are a unit of the California State Park System. Railtown 1897 is located in Jamestown, California...

     in Jamestown, California
    Jamestown, California
    Jamestown is a census-designated place in Tuolumne County, California, United States. The population was 3,433 at the 2010 census, up from 3,017 at the 2000 census.A scene from the movie Hidalgo was filmed in Jamestown...

     includes a roundhouse, as does California State Railroad Museum
    California State Railroad Museum
    The California State Railroad Museum is a museum in the state park system of California, USA, interpreting the role of the "iron horse" in connecting California to the rest of the nation. It is located in Old Sacramento at 111 I Street....

     in Sacramento
    Sacramento, California
    Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...

  • Timber Heritage Association is leasing the historic roundhouse and shops built back in the 1890's in Samoa, Humboldt County, California.
  • Midland Terminal Railroad Roundhouse
    Midland Terminal Railroad Roundhouse
    The Midland Terminal Railroad Roundhouse is a historic roundhouse in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The building was once operated by the Colorado Midland Railroad and its successor, the Midland Terminal Railway...

     Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  • Roundhouse Railroad Museum
    Roundhouse Railroad Museum
    The Roundhouse Railroad Museum is located at the Savannah Shops Complex of the Central of Georgia Railway in Savannah, Georgia. The complex is considered one of the most complete antebellum railroad complexes in the southern United States...

     is in Savannah Georgia
  • Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum
    Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum
    The Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum located at 300 South Burhans Boulevard, Hagerstown, Maryland, has exhibits relating to local railroad history and model railroads....

     Hagerstown Maryland
  • Mt Clare Roundhouse is in Maryland
  • Jackson Street Roundhouse is in Minnesota
  • Spencer Shops Roundhouse is in North Carolina

  • The Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad roundhouse in Aurora, Illinois 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
    Chicago and North Western Railway
    The Chicago and North Western Transportation Company was a Class I railroad in the Midwest United States. It was also known as the North Western. The railroad operated more than of track as of the turn of the 20th century, and over of track in seven states before retrenchment in the late 1970s...

     roundhouse at the Chicago, Illinois freight yards, December 1942 (photo available in roundhouse
    Roundhouse
    A roundhouse is a building used by railroads for servicing locomotives. Roundhouses are large, circular or semicircular structures that were traditionally located surrounding or adjacent to turntables...

     article)

  • The B&O Railroad Museum
    B&O Railroad Museum
    The B&O Railroad Museum is a museum exhibiting historic railroad equipment in Baltimore, Maryland, originally named the Baltimore & Ohio Transportation Museum when it opened on July 4, 1953. It has been called one of the most significant collections of railroad treasures in the world and has the...

    , in Baltimore, Maryland, is located in the restored roundhouse of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
    Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
    The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was one of the oldest railroads in the United States and the first common carrier railroad. It came into being mostly because the city of Baltimore wanted to compete with the newly constructed Erie Canal and another canal being proposed by Pennsylvania, which...

    .

  • There are at least 11 roundhouses that are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
    National Register of Historic Places
    The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

    :
    • Hot Springs Railroad Roundhouse
    • Mt. Alyeska Roundhouse
    • Kansas City Terminal Railway Company Roundhouse Historic District
    • Chicago and North Western Roundhouse in Huron, South Dakota
      Huron, South Dakota
      Huron is a city in Beadle County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 12,592 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Beadle County. Huron was the home of now-defunct Huron University since 1897. Huron is also the home of the South Dakota State Fair...

    • AT & SF Roundhouse
    • Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Roundhouse and Locomotive Shop
    • Connecticut Valley Railroad Roundhouse and Turntable Site
      Connecticut Valley Railroad Roundhouse and Turntable Site
      The Connecticut Valley Railroad Roundhouse and Turntable Site is located in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. The roundhouse and turntable were built in 1871 and were added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 28, 1994.-References:...

    • Midland Terminal Railroad Roundhouse
      Midland Terminal Railroad Roundhouse
      The Midland Terminal Railroad Roundhouse is a historic roundhouse in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The building was once operated by the Colorado Midland Railroad and its successor, the Midland Terminal Railway...

    • Como Roundhouse, Railroad Depot and Hotel Complex
      Como Roundhouse, Railroad Depot and Hotel Complex
      The Como Roundhouse, Railroad Depot and Hotel Complex is a collection of historic buildings in Como, Colorado.-History:The Denver, South Park and Pacific Railroad reached Como in June 1879...

    • Union Pacific Roundhouse, Turntable and Machine Shop

More may be included in historic districts of railyards.

The roundhouse of the Hawaii Consolidated Railway
Hawaii Consolidated Railway
The Hawaii Consolidated Railway , originally named the Hilo Railway, was a standard gauge common carrier railroad that served much of the east coast of the island of Hawaii until an important section of the line was destroyed by a tsunami on April 1, 1946.- Origin :Like the Oahu Railway and Land...

 in Hilo is on a list of most endangered historic sites in Hawaii.
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