The Steam Engine turntablle for the Durango Silverton Narrow Gage RR in Durango Co

Old Frisco Turntable in what use to be the Frisco yard in OKC, now the BNSF yard. Before it was moved to the ORM

No 63601 moves onto the turntable inside Barrow hill roundhouse.

The old railroad bridge near the Dumbarton Bridge in Newark, California. There is talk of reopening this line as a part of a new south bay crossing.

A turntable is a device for horizontally turning rail vehicles, less often road vehicles. This process was primarily performed on steam locomotives with a tender, which can only run in the forward direction at their maximum speed.

Eine Drehscheibe ist eine Einrichtung zum horizontalen Drehen von Schienenfahrzeugen, seltener von Straßenfahrzeugen. Dieser Vorgang wurde vor allem bei Dampflokomotiven mit Schlepptender durchgeführt, die nur in Vorwärtsrichtung mit ihrer Höchstgeschwindigkeit fahren können. Wikipedia

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Nikon D810 with Nikkor 105mm/2.8G: ISO800 - 1/125 - f4.8

C17 967 rides the turntable before returning to Gympie hauling the Mary Valley Rattler

Class A4 No60009 'UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA' is about to move off the turntable and out of the engine shed at Barrow Hill Roundhouse

The turntable at the NS Juniata Locomotive Shops was empty the last time I visited, but the S&A heritage unit is on one of the tracks, awaiting service.

Sigma 15mm f/2.8 @ f/7.1

Bure Valley Railway at Wroxham, Norfolk.

Ac16 221a goes for a spin on the turntable prior to heading to Grandchester on a trial run

By the year 1990, the sanding tower and turntable were all that remained of the steam era maintenance facility in the joint Union Pacific - Utah Railway yard in Provo, Utah. New comfort cab EMD and GE units await assignment the morning of July 7th.

Have fun while you shop until you drop. Credits @ pixelstyles.blogspot.nl/2017/07/1820-turntable-junky.html

C17 967 - Mary Valley Rattler - Amamoor Qld

Ac16 221a goes for a spin on the turntable prior to heading to Grandchester on a trial run

NRM York ..The last time I was there , this beauty was in the workshop, with only the front piece visible ..I was told at that time ,of the gathering of the 6 A4 Pacifics ,that The Flying Scotsman ,would probably NEVER run again ...

So this visit is special for me ,to see her on the turntable ,but will one day be able to catch her on the mainline in full steam :)))

Sony A6000 and 7Artisans 35mm f0.95

C17 967 simmers away on the turntable prior to departure for Gympie

A Pennsylvania RR GP9 and F7 go for a spin on the turntable at Crestline. This would have been Good Friday 1966. At that time the RR was still using a few stalls of the roundhouse but it was already in decrepit condition. Some of it was being used for storing bulk materials. Don't remember what happened after their spin. I'd hate to think that they went out on a local and we didn't. So we'll assume that they were just geting put away.

For one last view before dark, CSX was able to spot the pair on the turntable at their yard at Russell, KY for a rare view.

A relic of the past. At Station of Düren

This image shows a macro shot of a needle of an old Electrola 98 'turntable', which works without electrical power. And it's loud!

HMM - Happy Macro Monday!

WM 7166 gets a ride on the turntable at Cumberland, MD on July 1, 1978. This was the infamous rainy weekend trip a bunch of us took to Cumberland and Altoona where it rained pretty much the entire time. We drove straight from home near Rochester, NY all the way to Cumberland. Towards evening we drove up to the Altoona area where we spent the next 3 days, mostly parked under the 17th St. bridge by ALTO Tower to stay dry..

Rain clouds are rolling out at sunset as the crew sends their power to the roundhouse. NCTM's FP7, Southern 6133, goes for a spin on the turntable in the day's last light. A twist on the typical pan shot, this was a long exposure done while following the turntable as it was in motion. It took a few tries to get it right, but manages to capture the motion of the world around the still locomotive.

C17 967 Amamoor Qld

C17 974 rests on the Amamoor turntable after the journey from Gympie

So I’ve been doing quite a bit of star trails lately. Some of you may have seen my Insta story showing my very basic sleeping in the car setup. This photo is the result of that outing on Friday night.

This wasn’t the first choice for the location on Friday night. But, this was the spot where clear skies were forecast. So ended up here.

Specs

Nikon z6 with sigma 14-24

30s | f4 | iso 400

Almost 990 shots

About 70% moon

Ortofon OM5E cartridge on a blue vinyl record spinning on top of a U-Turn Audio acrylic platter.

2102 sits on the turntable after unhitching from the excursion, while two SD50s took the train down to reading shortly after.

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Kolari Vision modified camera..

Pere Marquette 1225 on the turntable at the Owosso Yard during a night photo shoot with Lerro Productions.

The Thorens TD150 still sounds great

After being serviced one of the locomotives of the Harz is seen on the turntable at Wernigerode to be set for the shed road to rest for the folloeing days service

Car with purple undercarriage lights

Black River & Western TB-1 cruises into downtown Flemington with the 1202 taking a hot centerbeam down to KB services in Ringoes, it was nice to get back to one of my local shorelines for one of my last photos before I head away from Jersey again for the fall (8/16/23).

My turntable with Ortofon Red cartridge. Playing Daft Punk.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Southern Railway# 4501 getting ready to be turned on the turntable at Summerville, GA.

The steam, a 2-8-2, built by Baldwin in 1911 was on an excursion trip from Chattanooga, TN to Summerville, GA on 4.1.2017.