Barrow Hill Roundhouse, until 1948 known as Staveley Engine Shed, is a former Midland Railway roundhouse in Barrow Hill, near Staveley and Chesterfield, Derbyshire, now serving as a railway heritage centre.
A mix of steam, diesel and electric locomotives facing the roundhouse turntable
The Roundhouse in March 2011
A railway roundhouse is a building with a circular or semicircular shape used by railways for servicing and storing locomotives. Traditionally, though not always the case today, these buildings surrounded or were adjacent to a turntable.
the John Street Roundhouse, now part of Roundhouse Park in Toronto, Canada, viewed from the CN Tower in September 2012.
Roundhouse in Berlin-Pankow
Roundhouse in Uster, Switzerland
Changhua roundhouse at Changhua, Taiwan, built in 1922 and still in use today