We ventured up to the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore this morning because they were offering the opportunity to see the old 1884 turntable in action. Will has one in his Thomas set that he thinks is pretty cool so we thought he'd dig the real thing. He did.
They gave it five or six nearly soundless revolutions.
If you look closely in the model, there's a man turning the turntable from below. That's exactly how the B&O one worked today - with a single man manually pushing a 60-foot diameter turntable carrying a tractor, a train and a tender. It was pretty amazing to think of the mechanics.
Weird shot but we like it. See you!
