A massive turntable that could someday be the centerpiece of the proposed West Virginia Railroad Museum is coming to Elkins.



Museum planners searched for three years to find a suitable turntable, and they found it in Chicago.

The 82-ton, 90-foot long turntable once owned by Belt Railway was set to arrive by train Thursday.

Project coordinator Denver Barnett says the ground will have to be excavated and the turntable painted. Then it will be placed into a 4- to 5-foot deep impression in the earth.

Turntables are a rare find because they were used for steam engines, which have long since been replaced by diesel.

The museum group, formed in 2003, is restoring two steam locomotives and hopes to eventually run them on 122 miles of state-owned track.

On the Net:

http://www.wvrailmuseum.com/

Information from: The Inter-Mountain, http://www.theintermountain.com

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