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PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:52 am    Post subject: Unusual Twin Turntables Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Different engine sheds. must be one for southbound and one for northbound perhaps? I beleive it may be to turn locos around the trains if one is pushing and one pulling maybe?
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dunno, maybe one for steam, one for deisel. Or perhaps there are so many locos they need two roundhouses.




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PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Could it be as simple as the fact that there wasn't enough room between the road to the north and the existing track for a 360' roundhouse - so they built two 180s?  
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2008 8:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
No idea. The only info I have is from this interesting photo page about turntables.

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/c...s/transportation-rail-turntables/

I was searching for alternatives to the Hornby turntable when I found them. I see there's also one with bigger roundhouses in Santiago.


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