Weekend Photo Fun October 12 - 14

[HO-Velo]

So many generous comments do an old heart good, thanks to all, and of course a Bear-toon can’t help but tickle one’s fancy.

Thanks again, long live WPF, regards, Peter

[middleman]

Allan,thanks for the kind words about the roundhouse/layout,and nice job on the Pennsy antennas.

Kevin,thank you,too. The short answer to your question is: I don’t know.

Like you,most pictures I’ve seen of standard gauge roundhouses have the engines(generally)facing the back wall. I’ve always assumed that’s because there’s more room to work at the rear of the stall. The majority of the D&RGW narrow gauge roundhouse pictures I’ve seen,on the other hand,have most,if not all,engines facing the front. Don’t know if that was general practice,or was just the case in the few pictures I’ve found. If anybody has anything to add,feel free to chime in.

So I guess the long answer is also: I don’t know.

Thanks again,everyone,for your contributions.

Mike

[_JaBear]

The roundhouse looks so good. I see you parked your locomotives with the boilers out. I usually see the tenders towards the doors in pictures. Is there a reason for this?

Gidday Kevin, this is only a guess but with the fan effect of the stalls, if there was a lot of work to be done on the front of the engine, then there’d be more working space with the locomotive nosed in.
[2c]Cheers, the Bear.[:)]

[Harrison]

This weekend I went into the adirondacks and found D&H heven at North Creek, NY. Here is D&H RS-36 #5019.

Looking good everyone,

[G_Paine]

I’ve seen of standard gauge roundhouses have the engines(generally)facing the back wall.

The reason I understand is if a locomotive accidently moves out of its stall and goes into the turntable pit, it is a lot easier to recover a tender from the pit than a locomotive

[Heartland_Division_C]

middleman
I’ve seen of standard gauge roundhouses have the engines(generally)facing the back wall.

The reason I understand is if a locomotive accidently moves out of its stall and goes into the turntable pit, it is a lot easier to recover a tender from the pit than a locomotive

Maybe… However, I thought it was to make it easier to work on locomotives inside the roundhouse … The tracks were farther apart deeper into the roundhouse leaving more space between engines.

Everybody … Thanks to all who participated… It was a fantastic Weekend Photo Fun .

[middleman]

George: Your idea makes a lot of sense. The only Rio Grande K-36(out of 10)no longer around - #485 - was scrapped after falling into a turnable pit face first. This,coupled with the fact that there is more room to work at the back of the stall,makes a good argument for parking engines facing the rear wall.

[RR_Mel]

George: Your idea makes a lot of sense. The only Rio Grande K-36(out of 10)no longer around - #485 - was scrapped after falling into a turnable pit face first. This,coupled with the fact that there is more room to work at the back of the stall,makes a good argument for parking engines facing the rear wall.

OOPs

Mel

My Model Railroad
http://melvineperry.blogspot.com/

Bakersfield, California

[middleman]

Thanks for the picture,Mel!