Railroad Engines

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Title: Railroad Engines
Photographer: Unknown
Subject Headings: Transportation - Railroads, Railroads - Buildings and Structures - Roundhouses (Railroads),
Condition: Good
Description: Railroad Engines [An exterior photo of two engines in a roundhouse. One man is standing on each engine. The engines are numbers 208 and 202. 202 also has the letters D.S.S & A. on it.]
Source of Description: Negative database [cataloger]
Institution: Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections
Donor: Roy Drier
Date of Photo: undated
Medium: still image
Color: black and white
Size: 27.4 cm x 21.8 cm
Polarity: Positive
Image No: MTU Neg 00088
Collection Name: Roy Drier Photograph Collection
Terms of Use: Rights to reproduce and distribute this image may be restricted. Contact the Michigan Technological University Archives and Copper Country Historical Collections for further information.
User Comments:
• This does appear to be an engine house or shed, but not because of a lack of turntable. A curved back wall would indicate a roundhouse, whether it had 2 stalls or fifty.
10/14/2014 6:53:57 PM by Anonymous
• This is an engine house or engine shed depending on who you talk to; not a roundhouse. The tracks appear to be leading into a switch. A roundhouse is so named because it is placed around" a turntable. A turntable and roundhouse would be way too costly for two stalls/engines so for smaller yards, sheds or engine houses were constructed."
11/27/2007 3:40:30 PM by Anonymous
• Name:M Worrall

This is the Mineral Range roundhouse at Mass City on the South Range branch.
2/3/2014 9:16:16 PM by Anonymous