Dormont *Loop!!!!!!!*

[Edward H. Lybarger]

The Dormont Jct. Loop plan was revived again in 1945 by the accident
prevention committee as a means of avoiding running over pedestrians leaving
cars and walking where they shouldn't.  By this time, the cost was up to
$38,500, a prohibitive number.  In 1921, the cost was estimated at about
$22,000.  It also appears that the Borough of Dormont opposed the loop
concept.

-----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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