engine house

Where trains sleep

An engine house is a building that shelters engines or engine-operated equipment.

The term most commonly refers to a fire station, where fire engines are kept ready for dispatch: The old engine house has been converted into a restaurant.

Historically, engine houses also housed stationary steam engines for pumping water or powering industrial machinery.

railway

roundhouse

Circular train maintenance building

turntableRotating music player
locomotiveRailway pulling machine
maintenancePreserving working condition

repair · depot · rolling stock · coal · boiler · shed · stall · pit · water tower · inspection

firehouse

firefighter

Emergency blaze responder

apparatusEquipment for a task
sirenWailing alert device
rescueSave from harm

ladder · hydrant · hose · alarm · brigade · paramedic · dispatch · first responder · extinguisher · helmet

Categories

firefightingfire station, fire truck, firefighter, firefighters, fire department
railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
fire stationsfirehouse, fire hall, fire trucks, fire pole, poles
heritage railwaysheritage railway, railway preservation, steam train, steam locomotive, preservation society
Industrial heritagefactory, mill, foundry, ironworks, steelworks
Mining Heritagecolliery, coal town, mining town, mining settlement, mining camp

Opposites

railroad facility function

engine housepassenger terminal

Building for boarding travelers

passenger station · depot · train station · railway station · ticket hall

fire station function

engine househospital

Medical treatment facility

emergency room · trauma center · ambulance bay · burn unit

building function

engine housepassenger terminal

Building for boarding travelers

waiting room · ticket office · dwelling · residence · living quarters

Family

house, engine, engineer, engineering, engines, engineers, engineered, reengineer, reengineered

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Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G