I had a chance to look at some old B&MRRNebr employee timetables at the Newberry Library. They do show a turning facility at Broken Bow, for a short time.
Timetable 96, dated July 15, 1888 lists a turning facility (it doesn't say whether a turntable or wye) at Broken Bow, as well as Ravenna, Seneca, Whitman, and Alliance. A supplement to timetable 5, dated April 28, 1889 also shows a turning facility at Broken
Bow, but not at Whitman. Timetables 6 thru 9 are missing and timetable 10 is incomplete. Timetable 11, dated November 24, 1889, no longer shows a turning facility at Broken Bow.
Also, some old engineering records I took notes from, made reference to a turntable at Broken Bow being located opposite ML Milepost 176.01, about 610 ft east of the present depot.
Glen Haug
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The 1918 Sanborn does not show a turntable either.
Bill Hirt
No turntable on the 1943 Sanborn map, either.
Tom Burg
Under signs my 1945 ETT has C, W, & Yd thats Fuel, Water and Yard. No turntable.
Ken Martin
listed under the signs column is a variety
of letters. Y=wye T=turntable rule 223a in the rulebook.
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