[PRCo] Re: Liberty 12th Wye_--_Why?~?~?~!~!~!

[John Swindler]

Both Penn and Liberty were once double track.  Later converted into one-way 
pairs.  Was some of this trackwork kept in place to turn cars during 
floods?????

Also, wasn't there an 89 Frankstown Short that turned somewhere in strip 
district??

John



>From: "Barry, Matthew R" <mrb190 at pitt.edu>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: "'pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org'" <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
>Subject: [PRCo] Re: Liberty 12th Wye_--_Why?~?~?~!~!~!
>Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 09:54:57 -0400
>
>
>I am not sure, but it may have had something to do with the possibility of 
>detouring cars that would have traveled inbound over Penn Avenue.   There 
>was an inmound track coming down Liberty Avenue at 32nd street, that 
>switched into the outbound Liberty Avenue track.  Plus there were inbound 
>tracks on Penn that had switches leading into two side streets onto the 
>outbound Liberty track.
>
>Anyone else want to take this?
>
>Matt
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org 
>[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Jim 
>Holland
>Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 1:20 AM
>To: - 1714 PRCo__WP__JTC -
>Subject: [PRCo] Liberty 12th Wye_--_Why?~?~?~!~!~!
>
>*http://tinyurl.com/22zq3r
>.
>**Had to check my maps to confirm but yes, Matilda, a single track wye
>did exist at Liberty and 12th.     Had there been a wye on 12th and Penn
>then we would have had a short stretch of single track to short turn
>from either direction.     But only a simple turn for the
>44-Knoxville_&_PA_Stn existed at Penn and 12th so  _Why_The_Wye_ at
>Liberty and 12th?~!~?
>*
>--
>*Jim Holland*
>
>Studying *Pittsburgh Railways Company*
>
>....................From 1930 -- 1950
>
>*Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (PTM)*
>
>http://www.pa-trolley.org/
>
>*N.M.R.A.*
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>http://www.nmra.org/
>
>
>
>

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