LeRoy, NY: Restaurant/B&O/BR&P Depot and 1906 Marion Steam Shovel

Depot: (Satellite)

Steam Shovel: (Satellite)

Dolomite Quarry: (Satellite)

BR&P = Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh

This route is now operated by the Rochester & Southern.

Brian Coblentz posted
My grandfather Jack Koehler photographed the B&O Railroad station in Leroy, NY on October 28, 1978
The Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Company shared

Ray Yacuzzo: Now the D&R Depot Restaurant.

The Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Company  updated

Street View, Jul 2019

Street View, Aug 2025

Of the three railroads that went through town, the B&O route is the one that survived.

1950/52 Le Roy Quad @ 24,000

 Allcia Dariithuk, May 2025

Roger Lord, Jun 2021

Ken Corpus, Aug 2020

Marion Steam Shovel

John Kucko Digital posted four photos with the comment: "Throwback Thursday:  The old 1906 Marion Steam Shovel—built in Marion, Ohio—is always a neat sight when passing through LeRoy, NY.  Believed to have been used in the building of the Panama Canal, it was later used in the massive quarry located across the road from its current location where it’s on display.  This was also integral in helping create railroads across America, as well as repair older ones.  It is believed to be the largest intact steam shovel remaining in the world today."

Bill Sick: It was rumored that it was indeed the inspiration for my favorite children's book, Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel.

It is on the schedule to visit "Popperville" this year and read the book to my grandchildren with "Maryanne in the background, listening in and smiling proudly... And without a doubt she could dig more in a day than 100 men could dig in a week!

Gregg Welliver shared with the comment: "Blast from the past."

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Patti Huyck commented on John's post
My sister did a watercolor of it

Street View, Sep 2023