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In this episode Chris explores both authentic railroad turntables and roundhouses--and scale models, seen here.
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In this episode host Chris Chianelli visits Greenfield Village, part of the massive museum called
The Henry Ford. Henry Ford was passionate about saving buildings and artifacts from Americana, and Greenfield Village is part of that vision.
Among the artifacts and restored buildings in the collection, Greenfield Village also boasts an impressive turntable and roundhouse. The turntable is unique in that it is hand-operated; tow men can push a 100-ton locomotive resting on it.
Later in the program Chris visits a model railroader In Kansas City, Missouri, who has built an impressive, multi-stall turntable and roundhouse on his O-gauge layout.
Back in the studio Chris is joined by guest David Popp (Associate Editor, Model Railroader Magazine) to demonstrate how to add a turn table and roundhouse to an existing layout. Construction of these added elements is done using modular pieces.
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