Sodus Point, NY
yet another tour by Scot Lawrence
The PRR Sodus Point
yard,on the shores of Lake Ontario,
was the northernmost
point on the PRR Elmira Branch.
Here coal was unloaded
into Great Lakes freight ships.
the Elmira branch
was one of the last holdouts of Steam power on the PRR.
Big Pennsy mainline
steamers were running here until 1957!
The tiny 3-stall roundhouse
still stands! deep in the property of a local marina.
On a nice May afternoon
I decided to take a ride out along the shore of Lake Ontario to
Sodus Point, to see
if I could find this rumoured PRR roundhouse!
I pulled into the
Marina lot, and there she was! :)
after a quick stop
into the marina office to ask the friendly marina guy for permission to
"take a walk
back and photograph
your roundhouse for a few minutes" I was on my way!
the roundhouse is
used for storage by the marina..boat stuff.
There is NO trace
of the turntable pit at all!
it is completely filled
in, and you cant even tell where the edges of it were!
This photo is taken
from a public road, behind the roundhouse.
the "Genesee Malt
House" also still stands! a huge and unmistakable landmark along
Sodus Bay. the PRR
tracks once ran right alongside this structure, to the huge coal
pier on the lake.
There is no visible trace of the coal pier or trestle.
Scot Lawrence
May 2003
sscotsman@yahoo.com