[PRCo] Re: Simmons Loop

[Fred W. Schneider III]

Remember the old rules about property taxes on tracks don't apply if
government owns.  And the property on which it sits is no longer
taxable.  On the other hand, do you think for one minute that Pittsburgh
Railways would have left an abandoned line (reads Drake) sit there with
the signals illuminated for two years?  

"Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:
> 
> No need to remove it...that costs money!  Port Authority just let a contract
> for the development of the new Library station site, complete with parking
> facility, and I'd be almost certain that the loop will go away as part of
> this expenditure.  Maybe it will migrate 20 miles south or so like some of
> the other loops are doing, maybe not.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of
> Kenneth Josephson
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 7:45 AM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Simmons Loop
> 
> Jim Holland wrote:
> 
> >   --  no--way could one of these lrvs
> > get down to a 36-foot radius  --  which is close to what Simmons was.
> 
> Was? So did PAT finally remove Simmons Loop? It was still there during
> September
> 1999. Just wondering.   Ken J.