The Railroad Roundhouse
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Detroit Toledo & Milwaukee Roundhouse
Roundhouse
Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse was built in 1884 in Marshall, Michigan, for the Detroit, Toledo & Milwaukee Railroad. Today it services the locomotives and equipment of Greenfield Village's Weiser Railroad.
Detroit Toledo & Milwaukee Roundhouse, Original Site, Marshall, Michigan, 1890-1900
Photographic print
This photograph shows the Detroit, Toledo & Milwaukee Roundhouse in its original location in Marshall, Michigan. The roundhouse's crew is posed in front of the building. Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place.
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad "South Yards" Roundhouse Barrel Storage, Flat Rock, Michigan, 1924
Photographic print
Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse, located at Flat Rock, Michigan, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse and Yards, Jackson, Ohio, 1924
Photographic print
Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse, located at Jackson, Ohio, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse Interior, Ironton, Ohio, 1923
Photographic print
Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse, located at Ironton, Ohio, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse Interior, Ironton, Ohio, 1923
Photographic print
Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse, located at Ironton, Ohio, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse, South Yards, Flat Rock, Michigan, May 1924
Photographic print
Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse, located at Flat Rock, Michigan, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse, Ironton, Ohio, 1923
Photographic print
Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse, located at Ironton, Ohio, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse, Ironton, Ohio, 1923
Photographic print
Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse, located at Ironton, Ohio, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
Engine on Turntable at the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse, Jackson, Ohio, 1924
Photographic print
Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse, located at Jackson, Ohio, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
Engine Smoke Consumer at the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse, Jackson, Ohio, 1924
Photographic print
Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse, located at Jackson, Ohio, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
Engine Smoke Consumer at the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse, Jackson, Ohio, 1924
Photographic print
Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse, located at Jackson, Ohio, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
Lockers and Lunch Area inside the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse in Flat Rock, Michigan, 1943
Photographic print
Steam locomotives required constant maintenance and the roundhouse is where that work took place. An army of skilled and unskilled workers, like this unidentified man at the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad's Jackson, Ohio, roundhouse, kept locomotives in good running condition. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
Railroad Roundhouse at Charles River, South Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1881
Photographic print
Railroad workers posed with a 4-4-0 American-type steam locomotive for this photograph taken in Massachusetts in 1881. The locomotive sat in front of a two-stall engine shed. "Roundhouse" became the common name on American railroads for any building in which locomotives were serviced and maintained -- whether the building was round or not.
Locomotives at the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Roundhouse, Jackson, Ohio, 1883
Photographic print
Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse, located at Jackson, Ohio, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
Railroad Workers Standing with Steam Locomotive on Turntable, circa 1900
Photographic print
Workers posed with a 2-8-0 Consolidation-type locomotive sitting on a turntable. The locomotive, numbered 5733, most likely belonged to the New York Central Lines. The men probably worked at the roundhouse in back, servicing and maintaining this locomotive and others like it. Some of the men wore suits and ties, suggesting that they were supervisors or administrators.
Roundhouse at the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad "South Yards," Flat Rock, Michigan, 1924
Photographic print
Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse, located at Flat Rock, Michigan, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse at Napoleon, Ohio, 1921
Photographic print
Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse, located at Napoleon, Ohio, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse, Ironton, Ohio, 1923
Photographic print
Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse, located at Ironton, Ohio, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
Railroad Turntable, 1901
Turntable (Railroad)
Turntables allowed locomotives or railcars to be turned around in tight spaces. Some turntables also provided access to roundhouse stalls. The Pere Marquette Railway used this turntable, built in 1901, in Petoskey, Michigan. It has no motor. The turntable is so well balanced that workers can turn a locomotive by hand.