Dormont *Loop!!!!!!!*

[Edward H. Lybarger]

I suspect that the wye was built early on, as a way of turning SE cars
there.  It was quick and cheap.  The loop drawing dates from 1931, and would
have used land on the outbound side of the wye.  The drawing exists because
it is part of a file relating to the lease of unused land to Dormont Borough
for parking.  PRCo received half the revenue from the meters, subject to a
minimum equal to the real estate taxes they paid to Dormont.

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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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