Turning Big Engines at Lynchburg

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Abe

The late steam era turntable at Island Yard in Lynchburg was a 100 foot table, not long enough to turn the big power, like an A, J or Y. They could turn a Z there, with a wheelbase of roughly 95', I believe that big power was to be turned at Phoebe, as it was a wye track there.

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Ken Miller

> On Mar 22, 2023, at 9:48 AM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> Can anyone tell me how big engines (Mallets) were turned at Lynchburg?  Was there a turntable of sufficient size at Island ?
> 
> -- abram burnett, 
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