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This is a list of railway roundhouses. A roundhouse is a building used for servicing locomotives, large, circular or semicircular structures often located adjacent to or surrounding turntables. 1850s drawing of facade and plan of the roundhouse for Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway
The engine-house is a polygon of sixteen sides, and 190 feet (58 m) in diameter, lighted from a dome-shaped roof, of the height of 50 feet (15.2 m). It contains 16 lines of rails, radiating from a single turn-table in the centre: the engines, on their arrival, are taken in there, placed upon the turn-table, and wheeled into any stall that may ...
From the Lancaster Tap Railroad, constructed by a receiver of the Houston and Texas Central Railway Company (2), Hutchins to Lancaster, 1889 or 1890 4.75 From the Hearne and Brazos Valley Railway Company, constructed by that company, 1891-1892; destroyed by flood in 1899; rebuilt in 1900-1901, Hearne to Stone City 18.61
Allen station was established as a wood frame farmhouse servicing the Texas Electric Railway interurban rail line from Dallas, Texas to Sherman, Texas in 1908. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Texas Interurban Railway routed hourly passenger railcars or streetcars for access to the Dallas business district and Dallas Farmers Market district .
The railway deeded the depot to the city on October 19, 1981, [4] and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [3] On June 15, 1999, the station was brought into service once again for Amtrak's new Heartland Flyer service. The station house underwent a restoration, which was completed on October 6, 2001. [4]
El Paso Union Depot is an Amtrak train station in El Paso, Texas, served by the Texas Eagle and Sunset Limited.The station was designed by architect Daniel Burnham, [3] who also designed Washington Union Station in Washington, D.C., which was built between 1905 and 1906 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Train depot in Hartsel, Colorado . A station building, also known as a head house, is the main building of a passenger railway station. It is typically used principally to provide services to passengers. [1] [2] [3] A station building is a component of a station, which can include tracks, platforms, an overpass or underpass, and a train shed.
The railway operated from 1908 to 1948. The station stood vacant until the City of Plano renovated it into the Interurban Railway Museum in 1990. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 10, 2005. The museum also displays Car 360, a restored railcar of the Texas Electric Railway, on the grounds.