On Thursday, May 08, 2008, at 02:42AM, "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> What's a turntable? ;-) >> >> A thing for turning train engines around. However I've not >> seen one with a plastic cover on it. > > Didn't see this before I posted. There are actually a > few still in existance and one can see the scars in aerial > photos of some old rail yards. <http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=51.561311,5.082797&spn=0.002928,0.005955&t=k&z=18> .tsooJ --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list