STL From Above posted four photos with the comment:
While I was out taking photos in the Cortex area, I noticed a strange yet familiar set of markings on the ground. Tucked behind IKEA is the remnants of an old railroad turntable. The site was partially demolished to make way for the Metrolink lines that run nearby. I did a little digging and found that the turntable was originally built in 1917 as part of the Wabash Railroad company. The old track and mechanical parts of the actual turntable had been rescued three years ago and sent down to Florida to be restored and used for a steam-driven tourist railroad. It's pretty cool that our city's historic railroad roots run so deep that forgotten equipment around the city is getting new life and still being used today!!Gimme a follow for cool finds like this if you're not following me already!!
John Gabris: Story about the sale of the Turntable from this post:
John Gabris: There was an industrial gas plant built buy Union Carbide-Linde Div that was built on the N. side of the RR tracks, right next to the big grain elevator. I believe part of the IKEA sits on that property. The Linde building was demolished before they built IKEA, but I had worked at that Linde plant for 14 of its approximately 100 years of existence. In all those years, I never knew about the RR turntable. In the early years of the Linde plant, they received box cars from the Union Carbide plant (I believe in TX or AR)that contained large hoppers filled with Calcium Carbide, used to makeAcetylene. We had our own spur to recieve deliveries. At the time, I was a model RR enthusiast. One year, I found 2 model boxcars that replicated the Linde Division of Union Carbide Box cars. I still have those today.
Thanks for the post!
Dan Manning: ‘Rescued’ in other words someone stole it lol
Zac Brzuchalski: No they carefully removed it. [See below for three photos of the move.]
Noah Haggerty shared
Richard Fiedler: Andrea Britton remains of Wabash’s Vandeventer Ave roundhouse and engine terminal. All Wabash passenger power in the St Louis area was serviced there at one time.
[In addition to Union Station, Wabash also had a depot by their Delmar Railyard on the west side of town.]
Dennis DeBruler shared with the comment: "This Vandeventer Ave Roundhouse serviced all Wabash passenger locomotives in the St. Louis area."
Dennis DeBruler: Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/b4Qa6nLPrCwcLSMKA
Dennis DeBruler: The turntable was saved and moved to Florida: https://www.facebook.com/railfanmag/posts/pfbid0qHE9cxgiaKaGcoZYF37pXy8ruii4Upi846TPpQxVWeW3xAdHxzbcc7wfju89Cc3bl.
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| Nick Gilliland commented on the above post |
Zac Brzuchalski provided three photos of the move in the comments.
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| David Harfst commented on the above post Wasn’t partially demolished for Metrolink. The track used by Metrolink there was Wabash’s main line to Union Station. |
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| Robert Gibson Jr. commented on Noah's share |
The roundhouse is near the upper-left corner. I included Union Station near the right.
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| 1954/59 Cahokia and 1954/1958 Granite City Quads @ 24,000 |
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| safe_image for Wabash Railroad Turntable Bound for U.S. Sugar |
I could not find any information about the turntable on the https://sugarexpress.com/ website.
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