Spoorwegmuseum - Utrecht, NL
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member T-Team!
N 52° 05.174 E 005° 07.864
31U E 646009 N 5772771
In the Dutch National Railway Station in Utrecht, you will find this turntable and "roundhouse" (3 gates) to show the visitors how in the past locomotives were moved and stored.
Waymark Code: WM14QZN
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Date Posted: 08/12/2021
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
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According to the Railway Museum's website:
"There is a turntable on the outside area of the Railway Museum. It was built 80 years ago in the German city of Magdeburg. In the steam era (roughly until 1958) turntables were indispensable. After all, steam locomotives cannot easily reverse. To turn them, turntables were in use at workshops and locomotive depots."

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Video from the Spoorwegmuseum (in Dutch) about the turntable : (visit link)

Details museum
Maliebaanstation 16, 3581 XW Utrecht

Opening hours
1000 - 1900 daily

Waymark railway museum (visit link)
Number of Stalls: 3

Year Built: 01/01/1940

Currently in Operation: no
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