@GVDobler posted:I saw this on another post and saved it. I thought it was a old round house. Maybe it was, but it certainly would make an interesting feature on a layout. The trucks park on the inside and the cars to be loaded hug the outside wall.
Does anyone know if it was originally a roundhouse or did they kinda copy the idea?
Right, they are indeed freight houses. 3 of them were built in the New York city area back in the late 1800's. One each for the DLW (Harlem Transfer) , CRRNJ (Bronx Terminal), and Lehigh Valley (Bronx Terminal ).
For more information, look at the Trainweb site for industrial and port railroads of New York city. These terminals had no rail connection to other roads or even their own. Interchange traffic was solely by car float operations.
BTW, some of the terminals listed on the website would make for an interesting small switching layout, doable in 3 rail. Harlem Transfer measures out to about 6 & 1/2 feet by 13 feet with O-54 curves and turnouts.
