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Milby Street Roundhouse

Harris County, Texas

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Photo taken by Patrick Feller

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #311438

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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)

Categories 

Closed (2,477)
Girder (8,492)
Harris County, Texas (126)
Houston Belt & Terminal Railway (12)
Houston, Texas (87)
Movable (2,737)
Owned by railroad (10,318)
 Railroad (13,686)
Swing (1,290)
Texas (2,296)
Through girder (3,142)
Turntable (12)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,028)

Update Log 

  • January 1, 2015: Added by Patrick Feller

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