Dormont *Loop!!!!!!!*

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Another file shows that the special work for Beechview (Dormont) Junction
Loop was ordered and delivered in 1917.  There are also 1916 drawings of the
entire layout that, due to their fragility, cannot be unfolded until we are
ready to microfilm them.  I'd like to compare them to the 1931 proposed
layout.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
[mailto:owner-pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jim Holland
Sent: Friday, January 21, 2000 4:32 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: Dormont *Loop!!!!!!!*


Greetings!

Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
>
> We have a 1931 drawing of the Dormont Loop, for example, and
> correspondence discussing the filling of the McLaughlin Run valley to
> eliminate the trestle at Drake.

	This begs the question - when was the Dormont wye built?  And . . . was
the loop proposed before the wye was built?  Was the location of the
proposed loop in the same vicinity as the wye?  Why was a *wye* chosen
instead of a loop?

James B. Holland
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