[PRCo] Re: 38 Mt.Lebanon/ 42 Dormont

[John F Bromley]

Hi Mark.

1. Yes
2.  Just past the wye, room for one car past the wye, basically, so it could
back out and not foul the outbound.  I VAGUELY recall that they then pulled
forward of the wye to lay over and/or pick up passengers.  You need an
expert local to verify that.  There was a signal light, even though the
track was short, probably timed with the traffic signals rather than the
other direction as visibility was OK.  There was also a crossover north of
the loop on West Liberty Av so short 38s could leave the carhouse in the AM,
go out the 42 and turn left into West Liberty, then through the crossover
from the outbound to he inbound line and off they went.  Short 38s outbound
simply turned right on the same curve and went back to Tunnel on the 42.

JFB

----- Original Message -----
From: <Macmarka at cs.com>
To: <Pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 12:38 AM
Subject: [PRCo] 38 Mt.Lebanon/ 42 Dormont


>
> I was only 1 year old when the 38 line was merged with the 42(1963 I
> believe). I have a couple questions about this merge. 1) Was the 38 line
> double track the whole way to Clearview Loop?   2)Where did the single
track
> start outbound? At Dormont Wye?I know it merged with the old 38 line
beteen
> McFarland Rd. and Peermont. Was there a need for a signal at this point,
or
> was the single trackage short enough not to need a signal? When did it
become
> double track?  Questions, questions, questions. Thanks all!
>
> Mark McGuire
>