West Side Belt Railroad

West Side Belt Railroad
Reporting mark WSB
Locale Pennsylvania
Dates of operation 1895–1920
Successor Pittsburgh and West Virginia
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge)
Length 22.5 miles

The West Side Belt Railroad (reporting mark WSB)[1] was a standard gauge railroad incorporated July 25, 1895. It ran from Temperanceville, to Clairton, Pennsylvania, with a branch to Banksville. It acquired the Little Saw Mill Run Railroad by merger in 1897, and the Bruce and Clairton Railroad in 1901. [2] The railroad was bankrupt in 1908. [3] The line was purchased by the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway in 1920.[4]

References

  1. ^ Railway Equipment and Publication Company, The Official Railway Equipment Register, June 1917, p. 422
  2. ^ Vaill, John S.; Ewing, Thomas Jr., eds (July 15). Pittsburgh Legal Journal. New Series. XXXIII. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: John S. Murray. p. 12. http://books.google.com/?id=jUIWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA24-IA6&lpg=PA24-IA6&dq=%22Little+Saw+Mill+Run+Railroad%22+%22West+Side+Belt+Railroad%22. 
  3. ^ (PDF) Pittsburg Road Fails New York Times. 1908. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9C06EED91639E333A25750C2A9609C946997D6CF. 
  4. ^ "P&W. Va. Buys a New Spur" (PDF). New York Times (November 16). 1920. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9A04EFDB1F3DE533A25755C1A9679D946195D6CF.