colorado hirailer posted:To turn a locomotive, you only have to turn it half way, 180 degrees, and one way, so maybe can get by with slightly more than half the width of a turntable...that German example is very intriguing.
You couldn't use it to take a locomotive from one lead and turn it to depart on the same lead. But you could take a loco from one of the leads, rotate about 200 degrees and put it on the other lead.