[PRCo] Re: The Dormont wye

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The Dormont wye was serviceable right up to trhe end of
street running in Mt. Lebanon -- on the last day of the
42/38 line, special trips were made on the Washington Road
poart for the "last day" celebration.  Cars ran all day
between Clearview Loop and the Dormont wye.  Refular
service cars to Pittsburgh were also wyed at Dormont that day.

Tom
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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jim
Holland
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 6:16 AM
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Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh_PA about 1945--1948!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Good Morning, Mark!

> Macmarka at cs.com wrote:

> Thanks for the heads-up Jim!  Dormont Junct. is where my Grandmother took
me
> to catch the streetcar downtown. Of course this was mid to late sixties.
One
> question about the Dormont wye. Me and a couple buddies used to watch the
> streetcars during the early to mid 70s. I remember that the wye was used
very
> infrequently.

	As Fred mentioned, after 1963 it was used for rush hour trippers signed
42--DORMONT   ---   not unlike trippers signed  43--NEELD.   Don't know when
the
wye was discontinued.   Probably kept until the line was shut down for
rebuilding.