Type | Stalls | Year Built | Railroad | Current Use | City | State | Country | Notes |
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Visual Remains Only | Illinois Terminal | Norfolk Southern yard | Alton | IL | USA | outline of foundation faintly visible | ||
Roundhouse Only | 11 | Illinois Central | Sensient Flavors factory | Amboy | IL | USA | 2 bays of roundhouse are incorporated into a factory | |
Roundhouse Only | 40 | 1856 | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Two Brothers Roundhouse | Aurora | IL | USA | Original 22 stalls. 8 added in 1859, 10 added in 1866. Largest surviving full-circle limestone roundhouse in the world. |
Roundhouse Only | 16 | 1905 | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Roundhouse Event Center | Beardstown | IL | USA | |
Visual Remains Only | Belt Railway Of Chicago | Belt Railway of Chicago yard | Bedford Park | IL | USA | Turntable ring clearly visible. A roundhouse did not exist at this site. | ||
Visual Remains Only | 20 | 1925 | Belt Railway Of Chicago | Belt Railway of Chicago yard | Bedford Park | IL | USA | Razed by 1962. Foundation visible. |
Visual Remains Only | New York Central | tore down | Belgium | IL | USA | half of turntable ring and some stalls are visible | ||
Turntable Only | 40 | 1926 | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific | Canadian Pacific yard | Bensenville | IL | USA | 110 foot, 432 ton Bethleham Steel turntable from 1937. Foundation partially visible. Turntable moved to Silvis, IL in 2022. |
Visual Remains Only | 40 | Chicago & Alton | Abandoned lot near UP yard | Bloomington | IL | USA | Roundhouse destroyed by two arson fires in 1972-73. Foundation of roundhouse and turntable are visible. | |
Turntable Only | Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific | Metra Commuter Rail | Blue Island | IL | USA | Out of service for bearing replacement. | ||
Visual Remains Only | Wabash | Norfolk Southern property | Bluffs | IL | USA | Roundhouse foundation coverd by trees but you was see were it was located | ||
Visual Remains Only | Illinois Central | Canadian National yard | Bluford | IL | USA | turntable ring clearly visible, foundation faint | ||
Visual Remains Only | Wabash | Abandoned | Brooklyn | IL | USA | outer rim of roundhouse visible, 2nd street curves around roundhouse | ||
Visual Remains Only | 1905 | Merchants Bridge Terminal | vacant lot | Brooklyn | IL | USA | concrete floor visible | |
Visual Remains Only | 6 | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | private land | Buda | IL | USA | Turntable ring clearly visible. | |
Visual Remains Only | 5 | Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific | abandoned | Bureau Junction | IL | USA | Foundation seen though trees | |
Visual Remains Only | Cairo & Thebes | field | Cairo | IL | USA | Rear wall seen in brush | ||
Visual Remains Only | 5 | Illinois Central | vacant lot | Cairo | IL | USA | Foundation floor visible in grass | |
Visual Remains Only | 6 | Cairo & Vincennes (GM&O) | vacant lot | Cairo | IL | USA | Turntable ring and foundation visible | |
Visual Remains Only | 18 | 1888 | Cairo & Thebes | wooded area | Cairo | IL | USA | Foundation hidden under trees. |
Visual Remains Only | 12 | Illinois Central | abandoned | Carbondale | IL | USA | foundation fully visible | |
Visual Remains Only | 9 | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | BNSF yard | Centralia | IL | USA | outline of foundation visible | |
Visual Remains Only | 12 | 1910 | Toledo, St. Louis & Western | railroad property | Charleston | IL | USA | Razed by 1983. Turntable ring still visible. |
Visual Remains Only | 32 | Chicago & Alton | Canadian National yard | Chicago | IL | USA | Demolished between 1951 and 1962. 90' turntable. Footprint of roundhouse or turntable is barely perceptible. Not sure. | |
Visual Remains Only | 5 | Chicago West Pullman & Southern | Chicago Rail Link LLC | Chicago | IL | USA | Switched (no turntable). Connected machine shop and store room still standing. Foundation outline to the right. | |
Visual Remains Only | Elgin Joliet & Eastern | Field | Chicago | IL | USA | |||
Visual Remains Only | Chicago Great Western | wooded lot | Chicago | IL | USA | foundation of 2 stalls visible through trees | ||
Visual Remains Only | 17 | Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe | Field | Chillicothe | IL | USA | Visable Foundation | |
Roundhouse and Turntable | 4 | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | BNSF yard | Cicero | IL | USA | used monthly | |
Visual Remains Only | 5 | 1909 | Chicago Great Western | Manufacturer's Junction, Belt Railway of Chicago | Cicero | IL | USA | Tracks and 60 foot turntable removed. Roundhouse demolished in 2016. |
Visual Remains Only | 30 | Illinois Central | abandoned | Clinton | IL | USA | foundation visible | |
Turntable Only | Baltimore & Ohio | CSX yard | Decatur | IL | USA | poor condition | ||
Visual Remains Only | 45 | Wabash | rail yard | Decatur | IL | USA | Footprint of roundhouse is just visible | |
Visual Remains Only | Toledo Peoria & Western | Toledo Peoria and Western yard | East Peoria | IL | USA | foundation and turntable ring visible | ||
Roundhouse Only | 11 | Baltimore & Ohio | abandoned | East St Louis | IL | USA | Roundhouse demolised in 2020. | |
Visual Remains Only | 16 | Illinois Central | abandoned | East St Louis | IL | USA | ||
Visual Remains Only | Saint Louis Southwestern | lot between rail yards | East St Louis | IL | USA | faint outline of foundation | ||
Visual Remains Only | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Woods | East St Louis | IL | USA | Visable Foundation | ||
Visual Remains Only | 12 | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | BNSF yard | Eola | IL | USA | Turntable existed in 2006. | |
Visual Remains Only | 8 | Baltimore & Ohio | vacant lot | Flora | IL | USA | Turntable was for an engine house, not roundhouse. Outline of foundation faintly visible | |
Turntable Only | Wabash | Forrest Depot Museum | Forrest | IL | USA | |||
Visual Remains Only | 12 | Illinois Central | field | Forreston | IL | USA | Walls and stall pits shadows can be seen in 7/2022 Google Earth view. | |
Visual Remains Only | Illinois Central | Railroad Property | Freeport | IL | USA | Turntable pivot point visable, moved from roundhouse between 1966-1974, removed after 2012. | ||
Visual Remains Only | 34 | 1894 | Illinois Central | wooded lot | Freeport | IL | USA | 90 foot turntable moved to yard on west side of town. Foundation visible through undergrowth. |
Visual Remains Only | 58 | Chicago & North Western | grain factory | Fulton | IL | USA | foundation visible | |
Visual Remains Only | 20 | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | BNSF yard | Galesburg | IL | USA | Several roundhouses shared this location. Faint outlines of two foundations can still be seen. Another, to the north is not longer visible. | |
Visual Remains Only | Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific | ag supply yard | Galva | IL | USA | end of line turntable, pit filled in, ring visible, no roundhouse | ||
Visual Remains Only | Chicago & North Western Railway | empty lot | Harvard | IL | USA | Foundation can be seen in grass | ||
Roundhouse Only | 8 | Chicago & Illinois Midland | AFT Manufacturing | Hewittsville | IL | USA | destroyed by tornado in 2018 | |
Visual Remains Only | 10 | Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis | Union Pacific yard | Hillsboro | IL | USA | concrete floor visible | |
Turntable Only | Illinois Central | Canadian National Homewood yard | Homewood | IL | USA | turntable still in use | ||
Turntable Only | Gulf, Mobile & Ohio | abandoned | Joliet | IL | USA | turntable partially visible through trees | ||
Visual Remains Only | 31 | Elgin Joliet & Eastern | Canadian National yard | Joliet | IL | USA | roundhouse outer ring partially visible between tracks | |
Visual Remains Only | Illinois Central | empty lot | Kankakee | IL | USA | arc of roundhouse remains no stalls or tunrtable pit vivible | ||
Visual Remains Only | CCC&STL RR | Field | Kankakee | IL | USA | Roundhouse shops still exist as brick building in parking lot. | ||
Visual Remains Only | Peoria, Decatur & Evansville (Illinois Central) | abandoned | Mattoon | IL | USA | undergrowth around concrete floor | ||
Turntable Only | 58 | 1929 | Chicago & Northwestern | Union Pacific Proviso Locomotive Facility | Melrose Park | IL | USA | 110 foot turntable still in use |
Roundhouse Only | 5 | 1912 | Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific | Scrap yard | Moline | IL | USA | Tracks and turntable removed by 1937. |
Visual Remains Only | Illinois Central | vacant lot | Mounds | IL | USA | Foundation outline easily seen recent aerial views. | ||
Visual Remains Only | 8 | 1884 | Gulf Mobile & Ohio | Curwood printing, now closed | Murphysboro | IL | USA | Rebuilt in 1925 with additions to 3 sides of roundhouse. Razed in May 2022. |
Visual Remains Only | New York Central | abandoned | Paris | IL | USA | turntable pit filled in | ||
Turntable Only | Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific | Constitution Garden, city park | Peoria | IL | USA | Preserved as historical display. To be moved to the Monticello Railway Museum. | ||
Visual Remains Only | 37 | 1885 | Peoria & Perkin Union RR | Greenbrier Castings outdoor storage | Peoria | IL | USA | roundhouse trackways visible under outdoor storage |
Visual Remains Only | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | yard | Quincy | IL | USA | Buildings just to the south were attached to the original roundhouse | ||
Visual Remains Only | 8 | Lake Erie & Western Railroad | empty field | Rankin | IL | USA | Foundation visible in grass. Turntable is no longer discernable. | |
Turntable Only | Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal | CSX yard | Riverdale | IL | USA | turntable still in use | ||
Visual Remains Only | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | Iowa Interstate yard | Rock Island | IL | USA | more recent 1 bay building on part of foundation | ||
Visual Remains Only | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific | vacant lot | Rock Island | IL | USA | only portion of outer wall remains | ||
Visual Remains Only | 4 | CMSP&P | Foundation | Rockford | IL | USA | Turntable pit visible, trees hide foundation. | |
Visual Remains Only | 3 | 1897 | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | wooded lot | Rockford | IL | USA | Turntable turn point still standing |
Visual Remains Only | 16 | Chicago & Alton | Kansas City Southern yard | Roodhouse | IL | USA | concrete floor used for hard storage | |
Visual Remains Only | 12 | Chicago & Eastern Illinois | farm | Rossville | IL | USA | Roundhouse razed in 2020. | |
Visual Remains Only | Chicago & Eastern Illinois | Union Pacific yard | Salem | IL | USA | foundation visible | ||
Visual Remains Only | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific | lawn | Savanna | IL | USA | foundation outline visible in grass pattern | ||
Visual Remains Only | Chicago, Burlington & Quincy | vacant lot | Savanna | IL | USA | foundation visible | ||
Visual Remains Only | Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific | Railroading Heritage of Midwest America | Silvis | IL | USA | Once was a 'full' roundhouse. Concrete floor intact. Received turntable from Bensenville, IL in 2022. | ||
Visual Remains Only | Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific | vacant lot | South Beloit | IL | USA | outline of 2 roundhouse bays and turntable ring faint | ||
Roundhouse and Turntable | 8 | 1949 | New York, Chicago & St. Louis | Norfolk Southern Calumet yard | South Deering | IL | USA | |
Visual Remains Only | Chicago & Northwestern | Union Pacific yard | South Perkin | IL | USA | turntable ring visible, brush growing inside | ||
Visual Remains Only | Illinois Southern | wooded lot | Sparta | IL | USA | Foundation visible. One track remains, overgrown. | ||
Visual Remains Only | Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis | Illinois and Midland RR yard | Springfield | IL | USA | outline of foundation faintly visible | ||
Visual Remains Only | Atcheson, Topeka & Santa Fe | Railroad Property | Streator | IL | USA | Extremely faint turntable facing foundation wall | ||
Visual Remains Only | 5 | Mobile & Ohio | Antennas | Tamms | IL | USA | Turntable Ring and 5 Stall Foundation | |
Turntable Only | Wabash | Rail yard | Tilton | IL | USA | |||
Turntable Only | Chicago & North Western Railway | Display | Union | IL | USA | 1910 American bridge Co. 80 foot from Harvard IL | ||
Turntable Only | Denver & Rio Grande Railroad | Future Roundhouse | Union | IL | USA | Originaly in Denver,CO purchased By Illinois Railway Museum April 2016 | ||
Roundhouse Only | 18 | 1906 | Chicago & Eastern Illinois | abandoned near UP yard | Villa Grove | IL | USA | Had 18 plus 8 stalls. 8 stalls were razed by 1983. |
Roundhouse and Turntable | 47 | 1904 | Illinois Central | Canadian National yard | Wamac | IL | USA | 9 stalls remain |
Turntable Only | Chicago & Northwestern | Union Pacific yard | Waukegan | IL | USA | not in use | ||
Visual Remains Only | Elgin, Joliet & Eastern | vacant lot | Waukegan | IL | USA | rubble on foundation |
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.