Brian Austin Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) In the late '70s or early '80s my family toured the Framingham, MA GM plant. Today the property is home to a vehicle auction company. Edited October 18, 2020 by Brian Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Thanks Brian - nice trip down the memory lane. I live about 20 miles away from Framingham, so I was familiar with this plant. It used to generate quite a bit of railroad traffic (with many parts being delivered to the plant, and the finished cars being shipped by rail). Friend of mine is building a model train layout which will feature Framingham. While the entire plant is too large to model, he will likely include part of it to generate traffic on his model railroad, just like it did in the "real" world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john sharisky Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 I toured there as a senior in high school. They were assembling the newly downsized 1978 Oldsmobile and Buick A-bodies (as this brochure shows). Later, my (new) ‘83 Chevy Celebrity was assembled there. John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Austin Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 8 hours ago, peteski said: Thanks Brian - nice trip down the memory lane. I live about 20 miles away from Framingham, so I was familiar with this plant. It used to generate quite a bit of railroad traffic (with many parts being delivered to the plant, and the finished cars being shipped by rail). Friend of mine is building a model train layout which will feature Framingham. While the entire plant is too large to model, he will likely include part of it to generate traffic on his model railroad, just like it did in the "real" world. Neat idea for a layout. Is he replicating the passenger station? That would make an impressive model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 It is still in the planning stage. Even in N scale, he will have to do some serious selective compression as he plans to model the trackage going all the way to Boston. He has a kit of the Worcester station - that is also a very impressive structure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafsprings Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Thanks for posting Brian. More interesting reading. http://bestride.com/news/25-years-ago-gm-closed-framingham-assembly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Austin Posted October 27, 2020 Author Share Posted October 27, 2020 Very informative article, thanks for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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