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What (who) is Turntable - definition

DEVICE FOR TURNING RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK (USUALLY LOCOMOTIVES) AND FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN MANY TRACKS ENTERING A ROUNDHOUSE
Turntable (railroad); Turntable (railway); Turntable (rail); Railroad turntable; Turnplate; Train turntable; Railway turntables; Rail turntable; Armstrong turntable
  • Park Lane goods station]] of the [[Liverpool and Manchester Railway]] in 1831
  • A turntable for the [[Central Railroad of New Jersey]].
  • Railway Museum (Spoorwegenmuseum)]] in [[Utrecht]]
  • A heavy German goods locomotive on the turntable at the [[German Steam Locomotive Museum]], [[Bavaria]]. The pivot of this turntable is off-center, which prevents the turntable from rotating a full 360 degrees.
  • A4 Pacific No.9 "Union of South Africa" on the Ferryhill turntable, May 2019
  • A small turntable at the [[Textilmuseum Bocholt]]
  • Function of a railway turntable on [[Upsala-Lenna Jernväg]] in [[Sweden]]
  • A ''turntable'' at the [[John Street Roundhouse]], now part of [[Roundhouse Park]] in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]], viewed from the [[CN Tower]] in September 2012.
  • Papar]] Station ([[Sabah]], [[Malaysia]])
  • cable car]] on a turntable at San Francisco
  • roundhouse]], 1909
  • Perris, CA]]. This type of turntable with the central tower and supporting cables is called a “gallows turntable”
  • Twin-gauge straight + curved turntable at Petit Train à Vapeur de Forest, Brussels
  • lk=on}} gauge track

turntable      
¦ noun
1. a circular revolving plate supporting a gramophone record as it is played.
2. a circular revolving platform for turning a railway locomotive.
turntable      
(turntables)
A turntable is the flat, round part of a record player on which a record is put when it is played.
N-COUNT
Turntable      
·noun A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars, locomotives, ·etc., in a different direction;
- called also turnplate.

Wikipedia

Railway turntable

In rail terminology, a railway turntable or wheelhouse is a device for turning railway rolling stock, usually locomotives, so that they can be moved back in the direction from which they came. Naturally, it is especially used in areas where economic considerations or a lack of sufficient space have served to weigh against the construction of a turnaround wye. In the case of steam locomotives, railways needed a way to turn the locomotives around for return trips as their controls were often not configured for extended periods of running in reverse and in many locomotives the top speed was lower in reverse motion. In the case of diesel locomotives, though most can be operated in either direction, they are treated as having "front ends" and "rear ends" (often determined by reference to the location of the crew cab). When a diesel locomotive is operated as a single unit, the railway company often prefers, or requires, that it be run "front end" first. When operated as part of a multiple unit locomotive consist, the locomotives can be arranged so that the consist can be operated "front end first" no matter which direction the consist is pointed. Turntables were also used to turn observation cars so that their windowed lounge ends faced toward the rear of the train.

Examples of use of Turntable
1. There were firemen on turntable platforms hosing down the fire.
2. Burton, tucked away behind a turntable, gleams silvery as the Tin Man.
3. James Last was on the turntable as the Argentinian soldiers burst in.
4. Many may remember the Lenco brand, which used to belong to a turntable manufacturing company.
5. Not far away is a sound studio fitted with a special vibration–free transcription turntable.