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 Post subject: New Museum in Old Roundhouse in Chile
PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2019 3:14 pm 

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An old roundhouse in Temuco, Chile has been renovated into museum and cultural facility. They built a translucent PVC dome over the turntable to enclose the roundhouse, which had apparently been heavily damaged in a number of earthquakes. The result is less-authentic, but interesting. The site appears to contain a few ruins from the steam era including a coaling tower.

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 Post subject: Re: New Museum in Old Roundhouse in Chile
PostPosted: Mon Jun 10, 2019 6:26 pm 

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Looks beautiful to me. All that equipment is protected, and there appears to be lots of room for future additions.

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 Post subject: Re: New Museum in Old Roundhouse in Chile
PostPosted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 2:22 pm 

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Found this web page about the museum. Pictures show it before the covering over the turntable was installed:

https://www.welcomechile.com/temuco/pablo-neruda-national-railway-museum.html

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 Post subject: Re: New Museum in Old Roundhouse in Chile
PostPosted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 3:12 pm 

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Maybe 40 years ago, Rail Classics had an article about steam in Chile, featuring pictures of this place before it was prettied up for tourists....

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