Category: General Motors

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the concept of “good enough.” That phrase is often thrown into the mix to talk about the concept of detailing locomotives and rolling stock just enough to look “the part.” But it clearly creeps into everything we do on our layouts. I’ve also …

So, last time I talked about my decision process on whether to build a wood and cardstock mock-up of the large General Motors building. Spoiler alert: I was in. I do, however, want to call out this quote from that post: Normally, I’d jump right in and start construction on …

Once the track was laid for General Motors, and then modified to match the new and improved structure plan I made for the area, I thought it would be good to actually start working on the assembly plant structure. To be honest, I’ve been itching to build a structure for …

Once upon a time, in the city of Baltimore, there was an auto plant… Joe wanted to model it, so he drew a track plan for it, built it, nailed it, and lived happily ever after. If only it were so simple.

I’ve said it before, my layout, although strongly based on Baltimore, will not be an exact replica. In fact, I look at it more as an alter-ego than anything else, with the freedom to change things based on my needs (and whims). General Motors is no exception. In the GM …

I previously talked about the layout of the General Motors plant and how I thought it would easily translate to a track plan. And for the most part, it did. At right is my original track plan covering the area in and around GM, including Penn Mary Yard and the …

I’ve talked about how daunting it can be to model an auto assembly plant. They can be massive, sprawling affairs with lots of buildings and scale miles of track. But in this case I got lucky. The way that this plant was laid out made things pretty compact, which definitely …

As we covered in a previous post, (and, if you’re reading regularly, are probably sick of seeing,) I decided to start with the area of the layout that included the GM assembly plant, Penn Mary Yard, the Canton RR interchange, and the line to Bethlehem Steel. The photo at the …

* Let’s be honest. No one would know this unless: you’re from the Baltimore area and paid close attention you worked there or you’re a weirdo like me Based on a previous post, you may have known that, for many years, General Motors had a large assembly plant in Baltimore. …

Once I had my concept in place, and a draft of the track plan I was happy with (I’ve come to believe that a track plan is never complete, it’s just the latest draft, but more on that later), it was time to start building. I made the decision long …