Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains/ICC valuations/West Side Belt Railroad

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The railroad of West Side Belt Railroad Company, herein called the West Side Belt, is a single-track, standard-gage, steam railroad, situated within the State of Pennsylvania, extending from West End, Pittsburgh, to Clairton, with a branch from south of West End, Pittsburgh, to Banksville, an aggregate distance of 22.709 miles. The West Side Belt also owns 25.795 miles of yard tracks and sidings, or a total of 48.504 miles of all tracks. It reaches Pittsburgh and points in Clairton by means of trackage agreements with other carriers. Its property is operated by The Pittsburgh & West Virginia Railway Company as agent.

CORPORATE HISTORY

The West Side Belt was incorporated July 25, 1895, under the general laws of the State of Pennsylvania, for the purpose of constructing, operating, and maintaining a railroad beginning at a point at or near the confluence of the Little Saw Mill Run and the Big Saw Mill Run, streams in Allegheny County, Pa., and extending to near Monongahela City, on the Monongahela River in Washington County, Pa. Pursuant to the above purpose, the West Side Belt acquired by an agreement of merger and consolidation, dated June 25, 1897, and filed for record July 3, 1897, the property, rights, and franchises of The Little Saw Mill Run Railroad Company. It also acquired on May 23, 1902, by an agreement of merger and consolidation, the rights and franchises of the Bruce and Clairton Railroad Company. The West Side Belt itself and those two corporations named above comprise the line [...]

No.	Name	Incorporation	Succession
1	West Side Belt Railroad Company.	Under general laws of Pennsylvania, July 25, 1895.
2	The Little Saw Mill Run Railroad Company.	Under special act of Pennsylvania, Apr. 15, 1850.	Merged with 1, July 3, 1897.
3	Bruce and Clairton Railroad Company.	Under general laws of Pennsylvania, Nov. 12, 1901.	Merged with 1, May 23, 1902.