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Steamtown National Historic Site, Pennsylvania · United States
Roundhouse and Turntable EarthCam
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10:51 PM local · Night
Available at last check · 7 minutes ago
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Runs this camera at Steamtown National Historic Site, Pennsylvania.
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Availability
Checked by confirming the operator’s camera page responds. That is a weaker claim than a stream check.
Up 100% of 111 checks over 22 days
Availability is not activity. A camera that passed its check may show an empty scene; animals come and go.
About this place
The EarthCam set up at Steamtown National Historic Site provides an aerial view of the park's Roundhouse and Turntable complex. Various pieces of equipment are on display within the complex. Buildings within the city of Scranton can be seen in the backdrop. Turntables were primarily used by railroads during the steam era. Locomotives awaiting light-duty maintenance and repairs were moved from yard tracks onto the turntable. The turntable operator would then use controls to operate the electric motors that powered the turntable to rotate, aligning the turntable tracks with those for an available maintenance bay in the roundhouse. When servicing and minor repairs were complete, the locomotive would back onto the aligned turntable, and be rotated to return to revenue service or await a new assignment.
Local date
Sat, Oct 31
Weather
Unavailable
What the operator says may be seen here
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