Images From Yesteryear

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  1. Al Amoling

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    I know that @Hal Pollner so how does the locomotive get into that "roundhouse"? I lived nerar a roundhouse as a youngster.
     
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    Al, do you have any pictures of the roundhouse where you lived?
     
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    See my image. Post 19 @Al Amoling

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    This is a happy lot.:p
     
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    Construction of streetcar crossing, downtown Atlanta, Georgia, 1901

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  6. Al Amoling

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    Sorry I don't. Didn't have a camera way back then. I think it's gone now because that whole area has completely changed since I lived there in the late 40s.
     
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    London Underground-- then and now.
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    A spur connects the outer yards to a turntable located in the center of the roundhouse, which then rotates the locomotive to a specified servicing stall, which the loco enters.

    The loco enters the stall under is own power, except for the rotating of the turntable, which is done by an engine at the base of the turntable.
    Hal
     
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    Barnum and Bailey circus band wagon. 92463591_1318658941671625_8138898914943172608_o.jpg
     
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  13. Al Amoling

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    I know how a round house works. As I said I live near one as a youngster and saw it operated many, many, many times.
     
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    Panning for gold, California Gold Rush (1848 - 1855)

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    Australian gold miners. c.1870.
     
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