🚂 Railway Roundhouses of the World

These are notable railway roundhouses — the circular locomotive sheds built around a turntable so engines could be housed and serviced radially, from the great American examples at Baltimore and the Canadian West to surviving British and European examples, now a byword for the age of steam. Each profile shows where the roundhouse stands, which country it is in, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia.

19 railway roundhouses from 9 countries are covered below, grouped by continent. Open any roundhouse for its full profile.

Americas (10) Asia (2) Europe (6) Oceania (1)

Americas (10 railway roundhouses)

Asia (2 railway roundhouses)

Europe (6 railway roundhouses)

Oceania (1 railway roundhouses)

Coordinates are approximate locations. Descriptions: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached on our server. Data sourced from Wikidata. Related: Mountains · Lakes · Islands · World Heritage.