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- Railroad Workers Standing with Steam Locomotive on Turntable, circa 1900 - 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.
- circa 1900
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Railroad Workers Standing with Steam Locomotive on Turntable, circa 1900
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.
- Railroad Turntable, 1901 - Where space was too tight for a loop or wye track, railroads could turn locomotives and railcars around using a turntable. Some turntables also provided access to roundhouse stalls. The Pere Marquette Railway used this one in Saginaw, Michigan, before moving it to Petoskey, Michigan, in 1913. This well-balanced turntable had no motor and was rotated by hand.
- 1901
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Railroad Turntable, 1901
Where space was too tight for a loop or wye track, railroads could turn locomotives and railcars around using a turntable. Some turntables also provided access to roundhouse stalls. The Pere Marquette Railway used this one in Saginaw, Michigan, before moving it to Petoskey, Michigan, in 1913. This well-balanced turntable had no motor and was rotated by hand.
- Broadside, Advertisement for WM. Sellers & Co., 1855-1860 - This late 1850s wood engraving advertises the Philadelphia company, William Sellers & Co. Originally started under the name Bancroft & Sellers, the company changed its name in 1855 after the death of senior partner Edward Bancroft. The William Sellers & Co. manufactured railway products, "turning and sliding tables and pivot bridges."
- 1855-1860
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Broadside, Advertisement for WM. Sellers & Co., 1855-1860
This late 1850s wood engraving advertises the Philadelphia company, William Sellers & Co. Originally started under the name Bancroft & Sellers, the company changed its name in 1855 after the death of senior partner Edward Bancroft. The William Sellers & Co. manufactured railway products, "turning and sliding tables and pivot bridges."
- Engine on Turntable at the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse, Jackson, Ohio, 1924 - Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse at Jackson, Ohio, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.
- January 03, 1924
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Engine on Turntable at the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad Roundhouse, Jackson, Ohio, 1924
Steam locomotives required constant maintenance from an army of skilled and unskilled workers, and the roundhouse is where that work took place. This roundhouse at Jackson, Ohio, served the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. The DT&I operated a 378-mile mainline between Detroit, Michigan, and Ironton, Ohio.