Roundhouse No. 1

Constructed in 1907 as part of Southern Pacific’s Big Move, Roundhouse No. 1 had 32 stalls for servicing yard and switcher engines, as well as locomotives used for snow removal assistance in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.  It was torn down in 1955.

Roundhouse No. 2

A second and much larger Roundhouse was built by Southern Pacific in 1914. It also had 32 stalls, but they were built to accommodate large cab forward steam locomotives. These were some of the largest steam locomotives ever built and designed to carry heavy freight loads over the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This Roundhouse was demolished in 1962, after the steam era, and replaced by today’s diesel-electric locomotive repair facility.