Curved sidings near turntable?

[RobertInOntario]

Rob:
Old Hornby Dublo books show the turntable going to a straight engine shed, with curves in the tracks to make them all parallel.
Other than that, British roundhouses with a turntable outside are scarce (but not unknown). The common version is a straight engine shed fed by switches with a separate turntable purely for tuning locos (and single-ended observation cars). Roundhouses with turntables tended to have the turntable inside, like York museum. I'll see what other examples I have.
The engine shed in the Thomas TV show is very unusual.

This sounds great -- thanks! We visited the West Somerset Railway in 2009 and they have a turntable there -- I probably have some pics of it, IIRC -- I just have to dig them up. Otherwise, I'll google it. Cheers, Rob