Rating:
65189
{78}%
4 votes
Milby Street Roundhouse
Description
Turntable on old HB&T. Though currently listed as UP, the most commonly used name for the turntable is "HB&T Milby Street Roundhouse".
Facts
- Overview
- Pony/through girder turntable on Union Pacific Railroad Co., Galveston Subdivision
- Location
- Houston, Harris County, Texas
- Status
- Intact but closed to all traffic
- Railroads
- - Houston Belt & Terminal Railway (HBT)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- Pony/through girder
- Also called
- UP Milby Street Roundhouse
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +29.74489, -95.34053 (decimal degrees)
29°44'42" N, 95°20'26" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/273654/3292811 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Park Place
- Inventory number
- BH 65189 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 1, 2015: Added by Patrick Feller
My dad was a railroad engineer for HB&T until his death in 1966. I seem to remember a roundhouse on Canal St. At that time, HB&T was affiliated with AT&SF, and Mopac. Since we were relatives, we rode Santa Fe passenger trains for free.
I have very vivid memories of the Sunset Limited and the California Special. I remember the smell of the cl
ub car. Wonderful memories.