This site is interesting in that it is the site of repairs and the turntable was where the maintenance and repairs were done.   http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=16855   There is a photo of the turntable in the Images of Lambertville book. Nancy ~   Nancy Janyszeski Bucks County & Northampton History • BucksCountyHistory • Bucks County GenWeb • http://www.pa-roots.com/~northampton/ • http://www.nockamixon.us • PAGenweb • Spruance Library Bucks County Historical Society    * Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania http://www.genpa.org/ >________________________________ >From: Mr. Bill Hartman <mrbill1033@comcast.net> >To: NJHUNTER <njhunter@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 3:25 PM >Subject: [NJHUNTER] Pennsylvania Railroad in Lambertville > >Do any of you Lambertville history buffs know the location of the Pennsylvania R. R. repair shops and especially the round house. There have been frequent references to these facilities during the late 1800s in the Hunterdon Republican Newspaper. I looked at a present day aerial view of Lambertville and I cannot see any land indentations that would signify a "round house". I checked both the North and South end of town. I know there were sidings in the southern part of the city, but could not see anything relevant. > >The railroad was still in operation in the early 1930s, since my father told me he had taken the train from Flemington to Lambertville and thence on to Philadelphia where he worked for a few years until the depression put him out of work! > >I grew up in Flemington and remember the turn table, where Turntable Junction is now located. We used to help the train men push the old hand operated table so they could get their small engine pointed in the right direction. We would also put pennies on the track and let the engine run over them, which would, of course, flatten them and ruin a good piece of penny candy! > >Ah, the good old days! > >Regards, >MrBill > > >PS: For those who haven't kept up with your research, the newspaper is now complete up to 1891, go to: > > > > > > >Hunterdon Republican newspaper, visit: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~njhrna/ > >Visit the Hunterdon County GenWeb page at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~njhunter >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NJHUNTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >