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.
Australia
Goulburn Rail Heritage Centre located, Goulburn, features the largest heritage based operating roundhouse in NSW and displays the historic transition from steam to diesel operations The Junee roundhouse, built in 1947, is being shared between the Junee Roundhouse Railway Museum, and the Junee Railway Workshop, the latter actively rebuilding, and servicing locomotives Steamtown Peterborough Railway Preservation Society, a railway museum, Peterborough, South Australia, includes a roundhouse Valley Heights Rail Museum, Valley Heights, 75 km west of Sydney, contains the oldest surviving roundhouse in Australia Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot, Broadmeadow, the 1948 vintage No. 2 roundhouse survives, a second roundhouse dating from 1924 was also on the site but it was demolished in 1990 The Collie Roundhouse in Collie, Western Australia is rundown and not in use The Lachlan Valley Railway is based at Cowra roundhouse Pacific National use the remains of the roundhouse at Werris Creek Gemco Rail use the roundhouse at Parkes, New South Wales The roundhouse at Casino, New South Wales still stands although currently out of use Rockhampton Railway Roundhouse, built in 1915 is the only full circle roundhouse built in Queensland, and remains intact but out of use with stalls for 52 locomotives.
Belgium Mariembourg roundhouse, small roundhouse with 5 stalls, no turntable. Houses the locomotives of the Chemin de fer à vapeur des Trois Vallées. It is the last in use roundhouse in Belgium.
Florennes roundhouse, small roundhouse, not connected by rail anymore, overgrown. (coordinates: 50.252754,4.614074)
Canada
Alberta
Hanna, Alberta Roundhouse was designated a Provincial Historic Resource in August 2015, Hanna Roundhouse Society purchased the roundhouse, exterior turntable, and 9.97 acres in September 2013 Heritage Park Roundhouse, Calgary, Alberta. Built to store the park's collection of railway equipment. Strathcona Roundhouse, Edmonton, Alberta. Built and used by the Canadian Pacific Railway, it is the last roundhouse in Alberta still in use. Once part of a much larger structure, only one stall remains. No turntable. Roundhouse, Big Valley, Alberta - preserved roundhouse and turntable ruins
British Columbia
Vancouver Roundhouse, now the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre, Vancouver, British ColumbiaRoundhouse History, Vancouver CN Roundhouse & Conference Centre, Squamish, British Columbia. Reproduction railway museum roundhouse and event centre. The Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Roundhouse in Victoria, British Columbia →
Ontario
John Street Roundhouse, Toronto, Ontario, which is now the Steam Whistle Brewing, was formerly a Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive repair facility CNR Spadina Roundhouse was also in Toronto until it was demolished in 1986. Michigan Central Railroad Roundhouse, 240 Waterloo Street, London, Ontario, constructed in 1887 to service steam locomotives and ceased operations in the late 1890s, restored as a digital media centre Roundhouse in Hornepayne, Ontario made by the Canadian National Railway Roundhouse, Capreol, Ontario - roundhouse structure remains but turntable removed Roundhouse, Chapleau, Ontario - turntable and roundhouse ruins
Quebec
Roundhouse, Charny, Quebec - intact 39 stall Joffre Roundhouse and turntable, 2250 de la Rotonde Avenue, Charny, Quebec
Saskatchewan
Biggar Roundhouse, built by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1909, demolished in 2015.
Roundhouse, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan - ten stall roundhouse and turntable, 1550-5 Avenue East. Built by the Canadian Northern Railway, it is still in use by the Carlton Trail Railway.
Chile Baquedano semi-circular roundhouse for 16 locos with turntable. Abandoned building claiming to be a museum, but unattended. Has 5 preserved (not restored) steam locomotives in and around the roundhouse, as well as old carriages and wagons. Is in the centre of a working railway yard - Baquedano Station. Site was used in the James Bond movie Quantum of Solace.
France
Annemasse roundhouse (built in 1880, destroyed in 2017) Aubagne roundhouse (two side-by-side) Bayonne roundhouse Bénestroff roundhouse Bizanos roundhouse Bordeaux roundhouse Castelnaudary roundhouse Chalindrey roundhouse (two side-by-side), built between 1906 and 1910, Chambéry Charleville-Mézières Mohon roundhouses (two side-by-side) Châtenoy-le-Royal roundhouses (two side-by-side) Clermont-Ferrand roundhouse Colmar roundhouse Damelevieres roundhouse (two side-by-side), built between 1906 and 1910, Chambéry Dijon roundhouse
Longueville roundhouse, Longueville, now the "" Lyon roundhouses (three) (three) Miramas roundhouse Modane
Montauban roundhouse
Moulins roundhouse Mulhouse roundhouse Nevers roundhouse Nogent-Vincennes roundhouse, built in 1849 in Paris-la Villette depot where it was used until it was disassembled in 1859 and then rebuilt at Nogent-Vincennes depot Paris roundhouse Perthuis roundhouse (destroyed) Saint-Étienne roundhouse Strasbourg-Hausbergen roundhouses Sarrebourg roundhouse Thionville roundhouse Toulon roundhouse Valence roundhouse Valenton roundhouse
Germany Augsburg, museum Bamberg: 2 (both half-demolished and in ruins) Berlin-Pankow-Heinersdorfhttp://oooooo.eu/berlin-pankow-1 Berlin-Rummelsburghttp://oooooo.eu/berlin-rummelsburg-1 Dresden: 2 (Plauen, Südvorstadt) Halle (Saale), originally 4, 3 left as one is destroyed in 2017. The one in best condition is now part of the DB Eisenbahn Museum. Hannover still occasionally used Neustrelitz Nürnberg (Bärenschanze): demolished Ottbergen, no longer rail connected Rostock Staßfurt Wittenberge, ruin
Hungary
Budapest North Depot (now the Hungarian Railway Museum, 2 turntables) Székesfehérvár (operated by MÁV Hungarian State Railway), Dombóvár (operated by MÁV Hungarian State Railway), Szeged Marshalling Yard (operated by MÁV Hungarian State Railway), Pécs (operated by MÁV Hungarian State Railway), Ferencváros (operated by MÁV Hungarian State Railway, turntable with square engine shops), Miskolc Marshalling Yard (operated by MÁV Hungarian State Railway), ...
Indonesia Indonesian Railway Company have 2 surviving roundhouses as in 2019: the one near Lempuyangan railway station in Yogyakarta and next to Tebing Tinggi station in North Sumatra. Although both no longer functioning as locomotive shed. Jatibarang Brebes Sugar Mill has a historic roundhouse for their fleet of 600mm locomotives.
Italy Turin, near Porta Nouva terminal, 2 large roundhouses, one still currently in use by the FS electric locomotive fleet, the other is used as storage for historical equipment, neither accessible to public. Milan, Milano Smistamento roundhouse, used by Mercitalia Rail to store electric locomotives, historical equipment is also stored at the depot and various open-days were organised in the past during which historical locomotives would be parked in the roundhouse.
Japan Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum, Kyoto Tsuyama Roundhouse, Tsuyama
Mexico Ferrocarriles Mexicanos yards southwest of downtown, Guadalajara Ferrocarriles Mexicanos yards, San Luis Potosi Ferrosur, Veracruz
Poland There are several dozen round houses still in operational use in Poland (albeit for diesel or electric locomotives) each with electric powered turntables. Many also remain extant but unused such as Gnieszno and Bydgoszcz. Below are ones associated with steam preservation. Roundhouse, Wolsztyn and Leszno, used daily in conjunction with scheduled PKP steam Okrąglak roundhouse in Piła Roundhouse Skierniewice Roundhouse Jaworzna Slaska Roundhouse Tczew Roundhouse in Czechowice Dziedzice (PKP Cargo) Roundhouse Bydgoszcz
Portugal Entroncamento Municipality Portuguese National Railway Museum Barreiro "Rotunda das Locomotivas" (Locomotive Roundabout) at the terminal railyard of the Alentejo Railway Castelo Branco "Rotunda das Locomotivas" (Locomotive Roundabout) at the terminal railyard of the Alentejo Railway
Switzerland Brig roundhouse Erstfeld roundhouse Payerne roundhouse St-Maurice roundhouse The lok remise at Uster station, Ulster, canton of Zurich
Sri Lanka Galle Railway Station Badulla Railway Station
Taiwan
Changhua Roundhouse
United Kingdom
Barrow Hill Engine Shed roundhouse, Derbyshire North Midland Railway roundhouse, listed building built in 1839, Derby, England The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London, England. Built in 1847, it was too small for its function within 20 years; it now houses an arts centre. Horsham Motive Power Depot Roundhouse and half-roundhouse, Wellington Road/Graingers Way, Leeds. Both structures were built in approximately 1847 and are listed buildings; the much larger roundhouse is occupied by a commercial vehicle hire company while the half-roundhouse is currently (May 2021) unoccupied. St. Blazey engine shed in Cornwall, now on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register Statfold Barn Railway a narrow gauge round house aka the Grain Store. Sunderland South Dock locomotive depot
United States
Several of the historic roundhouses in the United States are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
Alabama Alabama Great Southern Railroad Finley Roundhouse, Birmingham, Alabama Louisville and Nashville Railroad roundhouse, Tarrant, Alabama Roundhouse, Tuscumbia, Alabama Building and turntable intact in May 2022.
Arizona Verde Tunnel & Smelter Railroad roundhouse, Clarkdale, Arizona El Paso and Southwestern Railroad roundhouse, Tucson, Arizona
Arkansas Hot Springs Railroad Roundhouse, Malvern, listed on the National Register of Historic Places St. Louis Southwestern Railway roundhouse, Jonesboro, Arkansas Arkansas Midland roundhouse, Malvern, AR, disconnected used for business
California Southern Pacific Railroad Bayshore roundhouse, Brisbane, California Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, Jamestown, California, includes a roundhouse California State Railroad Museum, Sacramento Timber Heritage Association is leasing the historic roundhouse and shops built back in the 1890s, Samoa, Humboldt County, California San Francisco Belt Railroad roundhouse, the Belt Railroad Engine House and Sandhouse, San Francisco, CA, NRHP-listed Lenzen Roundhouse, originally located in San Jose, California, currently disassembled while the California Trolley and Railroad Corporation searches for new site
Colorado Midland Terminal Railroad Roundhouse, Colorado Springs, Colorado, NRHP-listed. Now a retail mail. Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad roundhouse, Colorado Springs, Colorado Como Roundhouse, Railroad Depot and Hotel Complex, Como, Colorado, NRHP-listed Burlington Route roundhouse portion, Denver, Colorado, 2 stalls left of old CB&Q roundhouse included as part of current shop building Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad roundhouse, Durango, Colorado Colorado Railroad Museum roundhouse, Golden, Colorado Union Pacific roundhouse, Hugo, Colorado Denver and Rio Grande Western roundhouse, Leadville, CO Tiny Town RR roundhouse & turntable, Morrison, CO 15" gauge tourist RR
Connecticut Connecticut Valley Railroad Roundhouse and Turntable Site, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, NRHP-listed Columbia Junction Roundhouse, Connecticut Eastern RR Museum, Built 11/1892, Razed ~1934, Rebuilt 9/2000, www.cteastrrmuseum.org, Willimantic, Connecticut
Georgia Southern Railway (U.S.) roundhouse, Peagram Yard, Atlanta, Georgia Roundhouse at the Georgia State Railroad Museum, formerly the Roundhouse Railroad Museum, Savannah, Georgia, NRHP-listed
Hawaii Roundhouse of the Hawaii Consolidated Railway, Hilo, listed in 2005 among most endangered historic sites in Hawaii Roundhouse of the Kahului Railroad, Kahului, Maui, located at 140 Hobron Ave
Illinois