Surviving Roundhouses and Turntables in New York
List of Roundhouses and Turntables in New York
| Type | Stalls | Year Built | Railroad | Current Use | City | State | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Remains Only | 12 | Southern Central | Vacant lot | Auburn | NY | USA | Burned to the ground around 2016. 8 stalls remain. | |
| Roundhouse Only | 6 | New York Central | Depew, Lancaster & Western | Batavia | NY | USA | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 25 | Empty rail yard | Beckers Corners | NY | USA | Stall foundations can be seen just to the south. Razed by 1985. | ||
| Visual Remains Only | New York Central | vacant lot | Bellevue | NY | USA | concrete floor and foundation visible | ||
| Roundhouse Only | 15 | 1850 | Delaware, Lackawana & Western | abandoned | Binghamton | NY | USA | turntable was removed and now in use in NS yard |
| Turntable Only | Delaware, Lackawana & Western | CP, NS | Binghamton | NY | USA | was from roundhouse east from turntable | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 10 | D&H | Veritiv vacant lot | Binghamton | NY | USA | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 23 | Erie | Abandoned yard | Buffalo | NY | USA | Only turntable pit is visible. | |
| Visual Remains Only | Baltimore & Ohio | Buffalo and Pittsburgh yard | Buffalo | NY | USA | foundation visible | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 7 | Buffalo Creek RR | CSX Ohio Street yard | Buffalo | NY | USA | concrete floor visible | |
| Roundhouse Only | 22 | 1870 | New York Central | non-RR business | Buffalo | NY | USA | |
| Roundhouse Only | 6 | South Buffalo | South Buffalo Yard | Buffalo | NY | USA | 5 stalls remain | |
| Visual Remains Only | New York Central & Hudson River | private property | Canandaigua | NY | USA | Turntable pit ring visible. | ||
| Roundhouse Only | 4 | 1885 | Lehigh Valley | Silverizon | Cortland | NY | USA | Originally 8 stalls. 4 stalls remain. |
| Turntable Only | Lowville & Beaver River | empty lot | Croghan | NY | USA | Tracks not connected | ||
| Visual Remains Only | New York Central | CSX Dewitt yard parking area | East Syracuse | NY | USA | concrete floor visible | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 2 | New York, Lake Erie & Western | Norfolk Southern yard | Elmira | NY | USA | foundation of slender roundhouse, modern building over turntable position | |
| Visual Remains Only | Lehigh Valley | Grant's Vacation Park | Fair Haven | NY | USA | Only part of turntable ring remains | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 1910 | West Shore Railroad | Woods | Genesee Junction | NY | USA | Turntable pit in woods | |
| Turntable Only | 4 | 1890 | Long Island | Long Island Greenport station | Greenport | NY | USA | Good condition, no tracks, for end of line turning. A roundhouse once existed immediately to the east. |
| Turntable Only | Central New England | in woods | Highland | NY | USA | Turntable ruins hidden by trees | ||
| Turntable Only | Erie | Alstom | Hornell | NY | USA | |||
| Visual Remains Only | Saranac & Lake Placid Railroad | filled in | Lake Placid | NY | USA | |||
| Turntable Only | Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg | empty lot | Lowville | NY | USA | Turntable overgrown and does not look operational. Red roofed building is engine house. | ||
| Roundhouse and Turntable | 35 | 1916 | Lehigh Valley | abandoned | Manchester | NY | USA | Buried 100 foot turntable being cleared. |
| Visual Remains Only | 5 | New York Central | Railroad Property | Massena Springs | NY | USA | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 16 | New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad | container lot | Maybrook | NY | USA | foundation visible | |
| Visual Remains Only | 5 | Delaware & Hudson | empty lot | Mechanicville | NY | USA | Turntable ring and faint outline of stalls to the south east. | |
| Visual Remains Only | 18 | Boston & Maine | neglected lot | Mechanicville | NY | USA | Difficult to see any remains in aerial view | |
| Visual Remains Only | Erie | Genesee Vally Greenway | Mt. Morris | NY | USA | Turntable pit still visible. No roundhouse existed at this location. | ||
| Visual Remains Only | Lehigh Valley | wooded area | Naples | NY | USA | Turntable pit hidden in trees. | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 27 | New York Central | CSX Niagra Falls yard | Niagara Falls | NY | USA | small remnant of foundation visible | |
| Turntable Only | Delaware & Hudson | North Creek Depot Museum | North Creek | NY | USA | |||
| Visual Remains Only | New York Central | Public Park | Ogdensburg | NY | USA | Pre 1884 RH foundation and TT ring visable | ||
| Roundhouse Only | 22 | Pennsylvania | Dresser Rand | Olean | NY | USA | Two 10 stall and one 2 stall roundhouse separated. West 10 stall and east 2 stall razed. | |
| Visual Remains Only | 48 | 1906 | Delaware & Hudson | demolished | Oneonta | NY | USA | Claimed to be the largest roundhouse in the world when built. Built as two structures separated by entrance tracks. Demolished in 1993. |
| Visual Remains Only | 1880 | Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg | Field | Oswego | NY | USA | foundation of 3 stalls in underbrush | |
| Visual Remains Only | New York, Ontario & Western | junk yard | Oswego | NY | USA | |||
| Turntable Only | Long Island | Long Island Oyster Bay station | Oyster Bay | NY | USA | good condition, no tracks, for end of line turning | ||
| Turntable Only | 32 | Erie | NYGL Yard | Port Jervis | NY | USA | ||
| Turntable Only | 1901 | New York Central | Depot Museum | Remsen | NY | USA | No steel, pit intact | |
| Roundhouse Only | 6 | Genesee & Wyoming | Rochester and Southern Yard | Retsof | NY | USA | ||
| Roundhouse and Turntable | 22 | Long Island Railroad | LIRR Shop, Jamaica yard | Richmond Hill | NY | USA | 7 stalls remain | |
| Visual Remains Only | 1885 | LIRR | Railroad Museum of Long Island | Riverhead | NY | USA | Table built west of Griffing Ave in 1885. Out of service 1952. Pit filled 1998. | |
| Roundhouse Only | 14 | Baltimore & Ohio | available for commercial lease | Rochester | NY | USA | no tracks nor turntable, absorbed in commercial area, roundhouse restored with an addition | |
| Visual Remains Only | 3 | 1912 | Ontario & Western | demolished | Rome | NY | USA | Demolished in 2013. Objects cover the foundation. |
| Visual Remains Only | Boston & Maine | SI Group | Rotterdam Junction | NY | USA | Turtable pit visible. Rear wall of roundhouse may still exist. | ||
| Roundhouse and Turntable | 8 | D&H | Vacant lot | Rouses Point | NY | USA | The roundhouse in which NKP 759 was damaged. | |
| Visual Remains Only | 30 | Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh | vacant lot | Salamanca | NY | USA | foundation visible | |
| Visual Remains Only | 10 | 1906 | New York, Lake Erie & Western | Vacant lot | Salamanca | NY | USA | |
| Visual Remains Only | New York Central | CSX Selkirk yard | Selkirk | NY | USA | traces of foundation | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 6 | Northern Central | Park | Sodus Point | NY | USA | 4 stalls remain | |
| Visual Remains Only | New York Central | CSX Yard | Syracuse | NY | USA | Filled in pit visible. | ||
| Roundhouse Only | 6 | Boston & Maine | storage | Troy | NY | USA | No railroad tracks in site | |
| Visual Remains Only | 1906 | Delaware, Lackawanna & Western | abandoned | Utica | NY | USA | Turntable is still present in the weeds. | |
| Roundhouse Only | 16 | 1904 | New York Central | Temple Inland Utica Sheet Plant | Utica | NY | USA | good condition |
| Visual Remains Only | L&HR | Jones Chemicals | Warwick | NY | USA | Larger building is the diesel shops. Turntable removed mid 1990s. | ||
| Visual Remains Only | 35 | 1918 | New York Central | Vacant lot | Watertown | NY | USA | 100-foot turntable. Buildings dismantled in 1953. Remnants overgrown. |
| Visual Remains Only | Delaware & Hudson | vacant lot | Watervliet | NY | USA | turntable ring outline in center, remnants of foundation | ||
| Roundhouse and Turntable | 20 | 1918 | Pennsylvania | railcar rebuilder | West Seneca | NY | USA |
Statistics for Roundhouses in New York
- 14 roundhouses that are at least partially intact.
- 14 turntables with or without a roundhouse.
- 10 turntables where a roundhouse may have once existed.
- 36 demolished roundhouses where an aerial view still shows the visual remains.
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