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This is a list of railway roundhouses. A roundhouse is a building used for servicing locomotives, large, circular or semicircular structures often located adjacent to or surrounding turntables.

1850s drawing of facade and plan of the roundhouse for Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2012)

Australia

Exterior of the 'Garratt Shed' end of No. 2 Roundhouse at Broadmeadow Locomotive Depot

Belgium

Canada

Incomplète.

Alberta

British Columbia

Vancouver Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre

Ontario

The Great Western Railway Roundhouse in London, Ontario, Canada

Quebec

Saskatchewan

The Biggar, Saskatchewan Roundhouse being demolished

Chile

France

The Chambéry roundhouse in Chambéry, France

Germany

Hungary

Budapest North Depot with turntable

Indonesia

Italy

Japan

A roundhouse at Umekoji Steam Locomotive Museum in Japan

Mexico

Poland

There are several dozen round houses still in operational use in Poland (albeit for diesel or electric locomotives) each with electric powered turntables. Many also remain extant but unused such as Gnieszno and Bydgoszcz. Below are ones associated with steam preservation.

The roundhouse at the National Railway Museum Entroncamento in Entroncamento, Portugal

Portugal

Switzerland

The restored roundhouse in Uster, Switzerland

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

The Changhua Fan-Shaped Depot in Changhua City, Taiwan

United Kingdom

Sunderland South Dock locomotive depot

United States

The roundhouse at Chattanooga Railroad in Atlanta, Georgia

Several of the historic roundhouses in the United States are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Alabama

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Georgia

Hawaii

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Detroit, Toledo & Milwaukee Roundhouse

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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  10. ^ "Midwest Railway Preservation Society". Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  11. ^ "Railway Preservation News • View topic - Williamson roundhouse".
  12. ^ Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office – National Register of Historic Places – Search Result