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| Author: | Bob Yarger [ Tue Jan 28, 2003 12:39 am ] |
| Post subject: | Roundhouse hardware |
Ran across this ad for a hardware store, which I'm guessing is in PA. Anyone know if it is located in a real former roundhouse? http://www.yellowpages-ads.com/01008422 ryarger@rypn.org |
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| Author: | Alexander D. Mitchell IV [ Tue Jan 28, 2003 1:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Roundhouse hardware |
> Ran across this ad for a hardware store, > which I'm guessing is in PA. Anyone know if > it is located in a real former roundhouse? Nerwfoundland, Pa., in SW Wayne County. Never even been a railroad there of any kind; the nearest RR line is Steamtown/DLRR at Tobyhanna, several miles to the southwest. lner4472@bcpl.net |
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| Author: | Aarne H. Frobom [ Tue Jan 28, 2003 9:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Niles, MI, roundhouse hardware store |
If you want to buy pipe fittings in a roundhouse, you can do so in the concrete half-circle roundhouse on the former NYC just outside Niles, Michigan. A plumbing supply house is one of several businesses operating in the perfectly-maintained enginehouse. The property owner also preserves the adjacent RR YMCA as an office, and keeps the turntable operable as the centerpiece of a lawn and flower garden. However, the bridge lay underwater between the '60's and '80's, and is now in a see-through condition. The adjacent machine shop is under different ownership, and derelict. A titanic multi-story ice house is still standing. This terminal has a very lost-world feel to it, having been excessed very early by the NYC. Several miles of vacant yards, with humps and grade-separated flyovers are still evident. The engine terminal is a quarter-mile from the Amtrak main line. One of the Project 1225 enginemen ran past this site every day for years and never knew there was a roundhouse there. No NYC Hudsons left in it, though, just trucks and copper pipe elbows. Aarne Frobom The Steam Railroading Institute P. O. Box 665 Owosso, MI 48867-0665 |
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| Author: | Steve Zuiderveen [ Tue Jan 28, 2003 10:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Roundhouse hardware |
> Ran across this ad for a hardware store, > which I'm guessing is in PA. Anyone know if > it is located in a real former roundhouse? Cadillac Michigan had Roundhouse Lumber located across the street from the PRR,PC,MIGN, now TSBY enginehouse for many years (I think it is still a hardware store). While it was a circular building. old plat maps showed that while it was the site of a turntable, it never was a railroad roundhouse. Steve Zuiderveen SZuidervee@aol.com |
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| Author: | ge13031 [ Tue Jan 28, 2003 11:08 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Helping, Logistics |
> Cadillac Michigan had Roundhouse Lumber > located across the street from the > PRR,PC,MIGN, now TSBY enginehouse for many > years (I think it is still a hardware > store). While it was a circular building. > old plat maps showed that while it was the > site of a turntable, it never was a railroad > roundhouse. > Steve Zuiderveen Just like the "roundhouse" in Oberlin,OH ?? It was a gas storage building for the old city producer gas plant. lamontdc@adelphia.net |
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