South Hills Junction

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	Included in the 1984 ERA *Headlights* article by Bill is his own photo
of 4919 signed 42 DORMONT inbound on top of the switch that loops the
admin building.
	From the looks of the photo, I would say that it is *about* 45 feet
from the switch point to the frog.  Once through the point on the turn,
the track is tangent to a point just several feet short of the frog. 
This shallow angle prevents the overhang of the rear of the car from
fouling the right-of-way for the opposite track.  Regardless, most
properties had rules preventing opposing movements of cars when one was
passing through a switch point!

James B. Holland
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        Pittsburgh Railways Company (PRCo), June of 1949 -- June of 1953
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