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railway turntable

device for turning railway rolling stock (usually locomotives) and for switching between many tracks entering a roundhouse
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railway turntable

Summary

railway turntable ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (512 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • railway turntable is a type of railway facility[2].
  • railway turntable's Commons category is recorded as Rail transport turntables[3].
  • railway turntable's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Railway turntables[4].
  • railway turntable's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as railway=turntable[5].
  • railway turntable's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[6].
  • railway turntable's different from is recorded as gramophone[7].
  • railway turntable's different from is recorded as railway traverser[8].

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Definition and Type

railway turntable is a type of railway facility[2].

Why It Matters

railway turntable ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (512 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wiki.openstreetmap.org. wiki.openstreetmap.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → svingskive_-_jernbane
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → railway facility
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007560712705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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