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Railway Turntables

This page lists the turntables which have been used in NSW. With the demise of steam locomotives turntables have little use, and hence most of the following have been removed or are no longer functional.

The "status" values listed have the following meanings:
In use Sees occasional use, for example when turning heritage steam locos.
Out of use Currently booked out of use.
Closed No longer used, but still in a reasonably good condition.
Derelict No longer capable of being used, with some damage or no longer connected to the main line.
Ruins Only the pit or foundations remain.
No trace It is no longer possible to see where the turntable once resided.

The "type" values have the following meanings:
M = Turntable is/was manually operated
E = Turntable is/was electrically-driven
For the metrically minded, equivalent sizes are:
50' =15 metres
60' =18 metres
75' =23 metres
90' =27 metres
105' =32 metres

Metropolitan Region

Location Size Type Status Notes
Campsie - Flemington Goods Line
Enfield Yard 90' E No trace Roundhouse 1. Replaced earlier 75' manual turntable in 1929. 0
Enfield Yard 75' E No trace Roundhouse 2. 0
Enfield Yard 105' E No trace Roundhouse 3. Relocated to Thirlmere in the 1970s. 0
Delec 75' E ? 1
Chullora - Sefton Goods Line
Chullora Loco Workshops 75' E ? Rolling Stock & Loco Workshops 0
Chullora Loco Workshops ? ? ? Rolling Stock & Loco Workshops 0
Main North Line
Hornsby 60' M No trace Area now taken up by eastern side car-park. 1
Main South Line
Redfern 75' E In use Eveleigh Train Presentation Centre 1
Main Western Line
Penrith 60' M Derelict ex-Valley Heights. 0
Richmond Line
Richmond 60' M No trace 0
Rozelle - Darling Harbour Goods Line
White Bay 75' ? ? Served an engine shed near the former White Bay power station. 0
South Coast Line
Waterfall 60' M Out of use 0

Northern Region

Location Size Type Status Notes
Barraba Branch
Manilla 50' M Ruins 1
Barraba 50' M No trace 0
Boggabilla Branch
Boggabilla 50' M Ruins 1
Dorrigo Branch
Dorrigo 60' M Closed 0
Goninans Works Branch
Goninans Works 75' ? In use 0
Inverell Branch
Inverell 60' M No trace Turntable has been removed to the Inverell Pioneer Museum. 0
Main North Line
Hawkesbury River ? ? ? 0
Gosford 75' E In use 4
Wyong 75' M ? 0
Sulphide Junction 75' E In use Cardiff Workshops 0
Broadmeadow 105' E Out of use 1
Broadmeadow 75' E In use 1
Maitland 50' M ? 0
Singleton 60' M ? 0
Muswellbrook 75' M Closed 1
Murrurundi 60' M ? 0
Willow Tree 60' M ? Sellers turntable. 0
Werris Creek 105' E In use 1
West Tamworth 60' M ? 0
Walcha Road 60' M ? 0
Armidale 60' M Out of use 0
Glen Innes 60' M Closed 1
Tenterfield 60' M Closed Sellers turntable No. 1252. Turntable can still be operated. 4
Merriwa Branch
Denman ? ? ? 0
Merriwa 60' M Closed 1
Morpeth Branch
Morpeth ? ? ? Wagon turntable serving wharves 0
Mungindi Line
Gunnedah ? ? ? 0
Moree 60' M ? 0
Garah 50' M ? 0
Mungindi 60' M ? 0
Murwillumbah Branch
Lismore 50' M ? 0
Byron Bay 50' M ? 0
Murwillumbah 60' M Closed 1
North Coast Line
Dungog 60' M ? 0
Gloucester ? ? ? 0
Taree 75' E ? 0
Wauchope ? ? ? 0
Kempsey 60' M ? 0
Macksville 60' ? ? 0
Raleigh 60' ? ? 0
Coffs Harbour 60' M ? 0
Glenreagh 60' M ? 2
Grafton City 60' M Closed 1
Casino 75' M In use 1
Kyogle 50' M ? 0
Port Waratah Branch
Port Waratah 60' M ? 0
Walgett Branch
Narrabri West 60' M ? A Sellers turntable. 0
Wee Waa 50' M ? 0
Walgett ? ? Ruins 0

Southern Region

Location Size Type Status Notes
Blayney - Demondrille Line
Lyndhurst 60' M Ruins 1
Cowra 75' E In use Loco 0
Bombala Line
Queanbeyan 60' M In use 2
Michelago 50' M In use The turntable was replaced with the unit from The Rock, in 2008. It was purchased by the ARHS (ACT) and installed by the Army reserve unit at Cooma. 2
Cooma 60' M In use Sellers turntable No. 1286 2
Nimmitabel ? ? No trace 0
Bombala 60' M Closed 2
Boorowa Branch
Boorowa 60' M Closed 3
Burcher Branch
Burcher 60' M Ruins 0
Canberra Branch
Canberra 75' M Closed Not installed. Planned to be installed by ARHS ACT in their compound. 0
Captains Flat Branch
Captains Flat 60' M Closed Sellers turntable 3
Corowa Branch
Corowa 60' M Closed 1
Crookwell Branch
Crookwell 60' M Closed Sellers turntable No. 1284 2
Eugowra Branch
Canowindra 50' M Derelict 2
Eugowra 50' M ? 4
Grenfell Branch
Grenfell 50' M Ruins The turntable (Sellers No. 1072) is believed to now be at Caravan City, Cowra. 2
Hay Branch
Narrandera 60' M Closed No approach roads available. 1
Bringagee 51'6" M Ruins Probably ex-Victorian. 1
Hay 60' M ? 0
Holbrook Branch
Holbrook 50' ? ? 0
Kunama Branch
Batlow 50' M Ruins 1
Kywong Branch
Kywong 50' M ? 0
Lake Cargelligo Branch
Temora 60' M No trace 0
Wyalong 60' M No trace 0
Lake Cargelligo 60' M Closed 2
Main South Line
Campbelltown 50' M No trace 0
Picton 60' M ? Sellers turntable. 0
Thirlmere 105' ? In use Relocated from Enfield Roundhouse No 1 0
Moss Vale 75' M No trace Site is now part of the Endeavour railset stabling facility. 0
Goulburn 90' E In use Roundhouse turntable; nominally available but difficult to access. 0
Goulburn 60' ? ? Yard 0
Harden 75' E In use 1
Cootamundra 60' M In use 2
Junee 100' E In use 1
Wagga Wagga 60' M Out of use 5
Uranquinty 60' M No trace 0
The Rock 50' M No trace The turntable has been moved to Michelago. 0
Culcairn 60' M ? 0
Albury 75' E Out of use Approach road is booked out. 1
Naradhan Branch
Naradhan 60' M Derelict 1
Oaklands Branch
Lockhart ? ? No trace 0
Urana 50' ? Ruins 0
Oaklands 50' M Derelict 0
Rankins Springs Branch
Rankins Springs 60' M Closed 4
South Coast Line
Thirroul 90' E ? 1
Wollongong 60' M In use Sellers turntable. Unusually, fully enclosed by a pit wall. 0
Kiama 60' M In use 1
Bomaderry 60' M In use Sellers turntable 1
Stockinbingal - Parkes Line
Forbes 60' M ? 0
Taralga Branch
Taralga 60' ? Ruins 1
Temora - Roto Line
Griffith 60' M In use 0
Hillston 60' M Closed 2
Tocumwal Branch
Jerilderie 51'6" M ? Probably ex-Victorian. 0
Finley 50' M ? 0
Tocumwal ? ? Ruins Broad gauge pivot table that was converted to dual gauge in Oct-1916. Converted to a rocker centre in 1927. 1
Tocumwal ? ? Derelict Rocker table provided in the 1940s as part of war-time expansion. Was abolished in the late 1960s. The pit was used for the partial re-installation of a 53 turntable (now suspended). 1
Tocumwal 60' M Closed Standard gauge Sellers turntable 1
Tumbarumba Branch
Tumbarumba 60' M Closed 3
Tumut Branch
Gundagai ? ? Ruins 1
Tumut 50' M Derelict Sellers turntable. 1
Unanderra - Moss Vale Line
Summit Tank 60' M Ruins 0
Westby Branch
Westby 60' ? ? 0

Western Region

Location Size Type Status Notes
Brewarrina Branch
Brewarrina 50' M ? 0
Broken Hill Line
Molong 60' M ? 0
Parkes 75' M In use Loco 0
Bogan Gate 50' M ? 0
Condobolin 60' M ? 0
Broken Hill 60' ? ? Stockyards? 0
Broken Hill 75' M In use 0
Cobar Branch
Cobar 50' M In use Sellers turntable? 1
Coolah Branch
Coolah 60' M Closed Sellers turntable 1
Coonamble Branch
Coonamble 50' M Closed Sellers turntable No. 972 3
Deniliquin Line
Deniliquin 42' ? No trace Existed under the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company. 2
Deniliquin 53' ? No trace Removed to Seymour on 4-Apr-1995. 2
Deniliquin 70' ? In use Ex-Inglewood 1914 rocker turntable, commissioned on 9-May-1988. 2
Gwabegar Line
Cullen Bullen 60' M Ruins 0
Torbane 60' ? Ruins 1
Kandos 75' E Derelict 1
Rylstone ? ? ? 0
Mudgee 60' M Derelict Sellers turntable. 0
Gulgong 60' M ? 0
Dunedoo ? ? ? 0
Merrygoen 60' M Derelict 1
Binnaway 60' M ? 0
Coonabarabran 60' ? ? 0
Baradine 60' M Ruins 0
Main Western Line
Valley Heights 60' M In use Believed to be the third on the site, after the original and a replacement from Katoomba broke their backs 2
Katoomba 60' M No trace Relocated to Valley Heights. 1
Mount Victoria 75' E No trace 0
Lithgow 90' E Out of use Loco roundhouse 1
Wallerawang 60' M No trace 0
Bathurst 60' E Closed 0
Blayney 60' M Derelict Sellers turntable? 1
Orange 75' E Closed 0
Wellington 50' M No trace Replaced by a 60' turntable. 0
Wellington 60' M No trace Was a Sellars turntable. 0
Dubbo 60' ? In use 0
Narromine 60' M Closed 1
Nevertire 50' M ? 0
Nyngan 60' M In use Sellers turntable 2
Byrock 50' M Derelict 1
Bourke 60' M ? 0
Oberon Branch
Oberon ? ? ? 0
Parkes - Narromine Line
Peak Hill 60' M ? 0
Tottenham Branch
Tottenham 60' M In use 1