Surviving Roundhouses and Turntables in Arkansas
| Type | Stalls | Year Built | Railroad | Current Use | City | State | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turntable Only | Eureka Springs RR | Eureka Springs & North Arkansas Railway | Eureka Springs | AR | USA | Original turntable moved to Harrison in 1912 and later scrapped. This 75' turntable acquired from SLSF, Fort Smith. | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 1901 | St. Louis & Iron Mountain | open field | Hoxie | AR | USA | Turntable ring and some stalls are visible | |
| Roundhouse Only | 6 | St. Louis South Western | UP rail yard | Jonesboro | AR | USA | Destroyed in 2018 fire. | |
| Visual Remains Only | 17 | Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific | abandoned | Little Rock | AR | USA | ||
| Roundhouse Only | 5 | 1887 | Hot Springs | unknown, storage? | Malvern | AR | USA | Built as narrow gauge roundhouse. |
| Visual Remains Only | Missouri Pacific | Union Pacific yard | Newport | AR | USA | outline of foundation | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 19 | St Louis Iron Mountain & Southern | Union Pacific Jenks Shops | North Little Rock | AR | USA | Foundation faintly visible on storage pad SW of Jenks shops. | |
| Turntable Only | Union Pacific | Union Pacific yard | North Little Rock | AR | USA | Turntable by itself, no visible signs of roundhouse. Perhaps moved from another location. | ||
| Visual Remains Only | Missouri Pacific | Abandoned | Paragould | AR | USA | foundation partially visible, at the end of Roundhouse Road | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 24 | St Louis - South Western | Arkansas Railroad Museum | Pine Bluff | AR | USA | ||
| Visual Remains Only | Missouri Pacific | Union Pacific yard | Van Buren | AR | USA |
Statistics for Roundhouses in Arkansas
- 2 roundhouses that are at least partially intact.
- 2 turntables with or without a roundhouse.
- 2 turntables where a roundhouse may have once existed.
- 7 demolished roundhouses where an aerial view still shows the visual remains.
Maps And Lists of Roundhouses
- Google Map View of all roundhouse / turntable locations in the USA (from this site)
- HRSS Extant Roundhouse Survey (NRHS)
- Significant Extant Railroad Structures
- Surviving roundhouse discussion
- TRAINS Roundhouse list
- All USA Roundhouses in Google Earth KMZ File (created by Brian Berthold, requires Google Earth Pro)
- For submissions or corrections send email to Brian Berthold with location information. Please provide sources when possible.
- Open Railway Map of Roundhouses (created by Bruce Haynie, hosted by Joe Jurecka)
- Kansas Roundhouses
Map Resources
- Library of Congress Sanborn Maps | Maps index by state | Maps index by state
- Historic Aerials
- Historic Map Works
- USGS Historical Topographic Maps
Special thanks to Brian Berthold, Richard Shulby, and Mark Mason who have all worked together to research and locate many of the roundhouse remains shown in this database.
Submit a new roundhouse and/or turntable
Having trouble? Send what you have to me.- In google maps navigate to the roundhouse or turntable.
- Use the 'X' in the google maps search area to clear any search terms.
- Make sure your map is not rotated or in 3D mode.
- Center the google map view on the turntable or roundhouse.
- Copy the URL from your browser's address bar.
- Paste that URL into the 'mapURL' of this form.