Unusual Turntables
- In one location in France, lack of space forced the installation of an asymmetric turntable, where the pivot point was about one-third along its length. Such a turntable cannot rotate 360 degrees. A similar, operational turntable is located in Bavaria at the German Steam Locomotive Museum, pictured above.
- At Ventnor railway station, due to lack of space a small turntable was provided to allow steam engines to run around their trains, and similarly at Bembridge railway station.
- There is a turntable for trolleybuses on the Solingen, Germany, trolleybus system, at the former southern end of route 683. The turntable, in German Drehscheibe "Unterburg", was in regular use until November 2009, at which time the route was extended beyond it, but it remains operational and is used for special occasions.
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