Surviving Roundhouses and Turntables in Louisiana
| Type | Stalls | Year Built | Railroad | Current Use | City | State | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Remains Only | Missouri Pacific | Union Pacific yard hard storage area | Alexandria | LA | USA | faint outline of foundation visible below stored items | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 12 | Southern Pacific | Union Pacific Yard | Avondale | LA | USA | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 29 | Baton Rouge Southern | Baton Rouge | LA | USA | Geodesic dome built in 1958 for the Union Tank Car Co for tank car maintenance. Had radial transfer table around elevated central control room. Demolished in 2007. | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 10 | Illinios Central | Railyard | Baton Rouge | LA | USA | old pad is still visable | |
| Visual Remains Only | Missouri Pacific | field | Ferriday | LA | USA | Turntable ring and parts of foundation visible in grass. | ||
| Visual Remains Only | Kansas City Southern | vacant lot | Lake Charles | LA | USA | concrete floor visible | ||
| Visual Remains Only | Louisiana & Arkansas | Louisiana Southern Railroad | Minden | LA | USA | concrete floor visible | ||
| Visual Remains Only | Arkansas & Louisana Missouri | Arkansas Louisiana and Mississippi RR yard | Monroe | LA | USA | concrete floor visible | ||
| Visual Remains Only | Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific | Kansas City Southern yard hard storage pad | Monroe | LA | USA | concrete floor visible | ||
| Roundhouse and Turntable | 9 | Public Belt (Illinois Central) | New Orleans Public Belt | New Orleans | LA | USA | Operational. Turntable built in 1925. Renovated in 2008. | |
| Turntable Only | Shreveport & Red River Valley | rail yard | Shreveport | LA | USA | |||
| Visual Remains Only | Texas & Pacific | Union Pacific Hollywood yard storage | Shreveport | LA | USA | concrete floor visible, some brush | ||
| Visual Remains Only | Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf Railroad | wooded area | Shreveport | LA | USA | Pit is possibly obscured by trees |
Statistics for Roundhouses in Louisiana
- 1 roundhouses that are at least partially intact.
- 2 turntables with or without a roundhouse.
- 1 turntables where a roundhouse may have once existed.
- 11 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 | Illinois
- 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.