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Reply to "Surviving Roundhouses?"

The roundhouse you mention south of Wheeling, W.Va. was the B&O's Benwood roundhouse.  My early memories tell me that one was gone by the mid-1990s, though the coaling tower stood for a little longer.  I can remember travelling up to Wheeling with my grandfather and, as a five- or six-year old boy being fascinated by seeing it, and then disappointed when one day both buildings were gone.

 

Just northwest of where I am (Elkhart, Ind.) stands a Michigan Central roundhouse in Niles, Mich.  I think it is used by a some kind of local business.  It appears to be in good condition, and the turntable remains intact as well.  

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