Gasoline Alley by Jim Scancarelli for August 14, 2014

“Gasoline Alley Southern Railway”: I like the name. Two special banners for Jimmy, too!

“No Trespassing without written permission” ;-)

.Great artwork as usual, Jim.

Outstanding artwork for a wonderful story!

A nice little refuge on an otherwise ugly internet this morning.

Jim has an incredible eye and imagination for detail…right down to the locomotive weather vane!

That is beautiful artwork and a heartwarming story, Jim, but it also is a sad story that reminds me to pray for cures for childhood diseases.

Obviously a labor of love!

There’s got to be a reason for the engine number: 952. I wonder what it might be…

@Gweedo—-“Roundhouse” is the round shaped “house” (building) in your photo that houses the locomotives for maintenance work. The turntable is simply the turntable.

There are still a few roundhouses, or parts of them, left in the country. Look around railroad towns and railyards with one of the satellite map apps. There are still turntables or their remains even where the roundhouses are gone.

There are a couple of retired B&O Roundhouses that are entirely round. Most famous is the Mount Clare roundhouse in Baltimore which houses the B&O History Museum.