July 17-20, 2014 – Savannah, GA (continued)
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Thursday we visited the Georgia State Railroad Museum in Savannah. This wonderful museum is located at the old Central of Georgia Railroad Repair Shops. The roundhouse is the major attraction in the museum. The original roundhouse built in 1855, formed a complete circle and was only 250 ft in diameter. In 1926 it was redesigned and expanded to accommodate larger steam locomotives. The roundhouse was divided into 34 stalls, each over 138 ft long. It was great fun to watch the turntable working. Here the engine and passenger car that we will take a tour on are getting positioned on the correct track. After we boarded the train backed onto the turntable again to get positioned with another track for a tour of another part of the yard. We used the turntable 3 more times during our short tour. It was great fun to actually be on a turntable while it is moving and see how it operate...