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John Sery
posted four images with the comment: "In Chuck McAbee's response to industrialmodel's post about B&O auto parts train 396, he mentioned GM's Baltimore assembly plant. That remined me of a field trip that my Jr. High School shop class took to visit that facility on Broening Highway in 1965. Highlight was seeing the car engines drop down from a second floor to mate with the car chassis below. I still have the booklet from that trip that I have scanned if you are interested! You can see the plant service tracks on the cover photo and the text mentions that approximately 70 railroad cars served the plant daily."
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BaltimoreMagazine
"vehicle production was halted for four years at Broening highway as 'rosie the riveters' built fuselages for U.S. Aircrafts during World war II. Courtesy of GM ARCHIVES" |
This area was dominated by Pennsy, but the post was in a B&O group, and it appears that B&O did have a tendril that snaked its way down to this plant.
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| 1966/67 Baltimore East Quad @ 24,000 |
By comparing the topo maps, we can see the differences made because of the 1962 expansion mentioned in the brochure.
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| 1953/53 Baltimore East Quad @ 24,000 |
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