Re: Roundhouse at Valley Hts

[John Duncan McCallum <mccallum@melbpc.org.au>]

David Langley wrote:


 
> What's the proper term for the Valley Heights loco facility. Does
> roundhoues describe loco stalls arranged in a circle fashion around a
> turntable or does it in fact mean a "round" house i.e. right round the
> turntable. If that is so, what is the proper description for Valley
> Heights.
 
> AIU Seymour and Junee were/are proper round houses. Now I'm not sure
> what to call Bendigo where the turntable is inside the rectangular shed.
 
> DEL.

David,
Your first statement is what I would call a "roundhouse". To my
knowledge,
there were very few wholly circular roundhouses in the world.
AFAIK, the VR loco sheds were never called roundhouses, even though most
of 
the larger ones had the turntable in the middle with radiating roads.
North Melbourne, I believe, had 2 tunrtables inside it.

John McCallum