HISTORIC RAILWAY STRUCTURES SURVEY (HRSS)

Historic Railway Structures Survey is an NRHS initiative to catalogue of existing railway structures of all types and create a lasting historical record. To complete the project, we will need the help of the public.

Our current survey effort focuses on roundhouses. We are seeking input and additional help in identifying existing roundhouses expanding the information we have on roundhouses we already know about.

Our goal is to compile a record of all the existing roundhouses remaining in the United States. This listing will be possible only through the efforts of the public. Upon completion of this task, the listing will be made available to members, historians, and other interested parties through the society. We also hope to create an article for future publication in the Bulletin. Although we have had a good initial response, there are still major gaps in this survey.

How can you help? If you know of a roundhouse in your area, check the list to see if we have it. If we don't, then compile some basic data, to be forwarded for compilation. If we do have the roundhouse listed, then see if you can add any detail to the information we have. The amount of data gathered will vary from structure to structure.

We are seeking input and additional help in identifying existing roundhouses expanding the information we have on roundhouses we already know about. In the table below, the left column contains the data we already have, some incomplete. The right column is a blank form describing the informtion we need.

Updates or additions to this list to be forwarded to:

Richard B. Shulby, AIA
Dir. Historic Structures Surveys
11017 Spice Hollow Court
Charlotte, NC 28277
e-mail: Rshulby@aol.com
Fax: (704) 414-1917

Thanks for your help in preserving our railway history!